Cucuwan Events - Simply too good!

Cucuwan Events experienced its 1st event by organizing wedding of Dan's friends wedding from Australia - Shaufee and Fizah. It was held somewhere in a hidden venue deep in the heart of Bukit Tengku. The team for this events were: -

Dan - MC
Yanz - Music effect and arrangement
Fiz - Floor manager
Fila - Event flow coordinator

Congratulations. Next time kita charge!!!

The crew: -






















Hafiz and Fila with bad intentions: -

Prince Memet's Bday - Picaddily

Picadilly, KL - HAPPY Birthday Prince Memet!!

Cucuwans celebrated the birthday of the youngest member of Cucuwan Studios in style at a posh restaurant near S14 PJ. It was a suprise party which was planned to perfection.

May Memet have a great year ahead and found his true love hahaha....

-kurkur-

Diana's Bday Bash!!!

DIANA'S POOL SIDE PARTY

Diana's 14th bday was celebrated in style in Jade Tower with her friends and families.

Full of good BBQ food, deserts and ice creams, she also got tons of presents from friends...lucky her!!













DIANA's Skool Mates (ada yang cun tak?)



















BANGCIK's Present

The Return of the King

Pelangi Damansara 10 Jan - Bersempena cuti Maal Hijrah, Cucuwan telah berkampung di rumah Acik Ros yg tersayang bagi menyambut kepulangan Rockers Cucuwan, Iqbal Al-Bakri. Bal telah pun landed di bumi Malaysia ini awal Rabu 9hb Jan dan terus ke mamak yg terdekat bagi melepaskan rindu kepada nasi di M'sia..haha (cuma pedas sikit jer)..

Biasalah, apabila Iqbal kembali, expectation adalah tinggi kepada semua cucuwan apakah souvenir yg nak bagi..haha..semua lebih kurang dapat wallet cuma Fila tah mcmana nasib dia dapat buckle belt extra..blahlah..Danial surprisingly turns up but Damien was the villain yesterday apabila telah memberi alasan untuk menghadiri birthday member dia kat Subang..sudahlah corrupt..talk is cheap..

Petang sikit kita lepak kat Curve minum teh tarik dekat mane lagi but Teh Tarik Place..Dan terperasan Faizal Tahir was sitting accross the shop so we decided nyanyi sikit verse dari lagu Gemuruh.. gemuruh jiwa, semangat membara..Sarah was there too co-incidently join sekali minum teh..

At 7pm, Acu telah mengajak dinner beramai-ramai di Chiengmai restaurant dekat Sg. Buloh..we all blank kat mane lah tempat ni but with Acu reputation, it should be something classy since nk menyambut Bal balik kan? so, 4 kereta follow Honda Acu dan we end up in the middle of nowhere kat simpang sebelum Hospital Sg. Buloh .. aku mula2 skeptical gak area tu sbb dodgy semacam jer roadnyer but tiba2 muncul premis tersergam indah after a few miles down the road..nasib baik acu..kitaorg dah mula nk kutuk..hehe

So, lepas tu sesi melantak pun bermula dgn Memet dan Abg Da set-up the pace of the game.. With Damien missing in action, there more food available untuk dibelasah..haha.. anyway thanks for the dinner yesterday to Acu and Auntie Sue, next time belanja lagi ok..

New York 14 Dec

New York 14 Dec - It will be complete if ur not visiting Central Park in New York. It is one of the must attraction place in New York and easily the biggest park u could ever had here in the city. I've taken my time to go there taking to Canal St and walk down the 5th Avenue. Here, i've visited Disney store and to manage to bump to the Trump Tower. Never thought of that.

Then, i reached Central Park around 1pm and yeah man it's huge park. I've been walking almost 1 hr and did'nt even covered half of it. BTW, if u r too tired too walk, u could use the service of horse wagon and trishaw. Since it's winter u might not see a lot of people hanging around since it's cold and wet but it's still a good experience for me. There is a museum and central park zoo here if u want to visit but i opt not too so i could have more money to spend for shopping later.

After that, around 3.30pm i've decided to go to Madison Square Garden (MSG) where it is a historical venue to most of sports and entertainment venue like superbowl,wrestemania and baseball. I took some pictures before headed to Macy's to buy Coach bag for my friend, Zul. His wife pesan so i could not dissappoint him.

Later in the evening a linger at Times Square before met up with Bal and Yati at Bubba Shrimp where this is seafood shop for Forrest Gump movie starring Tom Hanks. It is packed with people all the time and you need to line-up before getting a table. There is a concept here where there is a sign at each table. If u want the waitress to stop at ur table u just simply flip the sign to red color that says "Stop Forrest Stop". If not it will blue sign says "Run Forrest Run". Quite fascinating.

Okay it's time to sleep because we are planning to rent a car tommorrow to go to Atlantic City and Woodberry for the weekend. Till then, cya!

New York 13 Dec

New York 13 Dec - The unexpected showed up. It was a snowy and rainy day. I had to bring an umbrella for my trip. Ice covered most of the places, road, cars and watch out it is a little bit slippery walking down the aisle. Sejuknya tak terkata!

My plan for today is to walk through the Chinatown and buying some souvenir to bring back home. Instead, the showery rain and the cold weather hinder me to really explore the little China. I couldn't believe it that is not really easy to bargain with the Chinese. I thought it could be as easy as in Bangkok but i was wrong. Some are quite arrogant when it comes to bargaining.

Afterwards from Canal St, i went to buy Broadway ticket at Marquis Theatre near Times Sq. It was 2pm and to my surprise a lot of people has already line-up to get the tickets. It is true like Bal said to me yesterday, if we are not hurry we might not get tickets for tonight show. Luckily i got 3 tickets for The Drowsy Chaperone with Bob aget (Full House) as the main cast. It cost us USD60 for the show.

Then, after gruelling line-up i took a break at Junior Restaurant and ate their famous pancake and hot chocolate. It tastes really nice. After that, i shoot to Madame Tussauds museum for USD29 admission fees to see the wax of US celebrity. It kind a like Madame Tussauds in London maybe slightly better with additional mannequins. If it your first time, u'll be enjoying it very much.

Bal gave me a call to meet up at Marquis Theatre at 7.30pm and we went in as early as 7.45pm. The theatre is a new one and it was shimmers with red colour. We got a good seat thanks to my early ticket booking and even sat 2 row seats away to John Stamos (Full House). He still looks young the same as the TV Series before.

The show is a romantic comedy with Bob Saget becomes the narrator of the story. I really enjoy the show full with songs and laughter especially the Aldolpho guy who keeps making funny line. I wish my cousins was here to share the same experience. Sadly no camera is allowed in the theatre.

We went straight back home at around 10pm and singgah kat Mexican shop and bought Chicken Fujita for dinner. It tastes like chicken kebab with rice and beans. I like it very much.

Hopefully tomorrow is not raining so i could visit Central Park and Madison Sq Garden as my first plan.

New York 12 Dec

New York 12 Dec - I woke up around 10am and updated my blog and pics from yesterday visits. After browsing the net, i've been informed that the last elevator going up to Empire State Building is at 1.15pm. So i'm a bit in a rush and managed to sneak in at 1.10pm. The entrance fee is 19USD but in order to go to the highest peak (102nd floor observatory level) will cost u extra USD15. The building is under construction at 80th floor where at this level pic was taken for memoir and map plus audio tour can be purchased at USD12. I've then take another lift to level 86th floor to see the view of New York.

Here, there is not much room for visitor to view the scenery and a bit windy at this point so it can get easily cold up here. I managed to take a few snapshot while a lot of people doing so with not much room to take into account. There is also gift shop up here for people to buy. I then slip up to 102nd floor, the highest peak of the Empire State Building.

At this level the space is not that much but it is reasonable since not many people who are willing to pay extra to get up here. Since the peak is a closed area, u could take ur time to see the whole view of NY city without worrying the breeze of the cold wind. If i want to compare the peak of Eiffel Tower i've visited back in 1999, it is bigger space there in Paris.

After that, i walk to 5oth St and 5th Av to Rockefellar Center where people gather for ice skating experience. I stopped by at National Library and took some pics. At the Rockfellar, a lot of people taking pics because of nice scenery and the Christmas Tree and we could here christmas song all over the place. I then bump to NBC building where i took the Tour to go behind the scene in NBC studio. Macam David Letterman and Jay Leno Show. It will cost u around 18.50USD and the tour took u around 1 hour plus. Sadly, i couldn't take pics inside the studio because it is a restrictive area. The best part of the tour is u have the opportunity to go Live on camera being the anchor man of the news or the weather man..hehe..pretty fun

Next, Bal give me a call to meet him near his office because couple of his friend wanna meet up at his house to pick up some stuff because Bal is moving away..Opps..if u guys didn't know, Bal is moving to Bermuda for 1 year work posting. Bal will be coming back to Msia for a brief vacation sumwhere in Jan 14th. So, it's the chance for him to taste the roticanai and tose before going to Bermuda.

Later in the night, Bal cooked steak for us and Yati join us later around 8pm. after coming back from work. We then watched Haru Biru sent from Memet but we got confused with the storyline thoguh Bal like the camera settings. Bal passed me some money for me to buy Broadway show ticket for tomorrow at Times Sq so we'll be watching around 8pm.

Till then, ola!

New York 11 Dec

New York 11 Dec - I woke up around 9am and making my move at 10am after grabbing 3 slices of yesterday's pizza (still good). It was a sunny day and quite hot for a walk to the subway. The station is 71st Forest Hills and it is on E line. There is a lot of lines here at subway depending on where u go so u must pay attention if not u can get easily get lost down here.

Today i'm planning going to Statue of Liberty where u can stopped at the last staton of E line which is the WOrld Trade Center cum Chambers St. It will be 20 minutes walk to the Ferry Station so i decided to switch lane to Line 1 to South Ferry. What would u know? When i drop into the train i met with two student girls, Janet from Bogota, Colombia and Ayumi from Osaka, Japan who are going to the same place. They both studying at Florida and are on vacation here in New York. I asked them if they don't mind me joining them so at least i got friends to take pics with. Yahoo!!

We arrived at the Battery Park where u need to buy the ferry ticket of USD12 to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. If u want audio assistance then u'll need to add USD10 on top of it. The ferry consists of 3 decks and can hold up to 300 people a trip. The highest deck is where u could see the view and take pictures but at this point of time it is cold up there.

We arrived at the Statue and took some pictures but we are not permitted to climb to the stat because we need to make reservation 2 days before to do so. After that we are on the Ellis Island where this is the place for immigrants check in during earlier days. If u could see from my pics, they have a lot sub division of rooms to process immigrants before they can get into US. Registry room, medical room, legal room and to my surprise mental room where they are puzzles for u to solve. They are also buildings for people to sleep and detain if u are inflict by disease. Here too u could check ur ancestor history same like in the movie Hitch (Will Smith).

After that, we decided to go to Wall Street where we could find famous buildings from the Financial District. I took the pic of Trump building and few other monuments for memoir. We then go uptown to see the Ground Zero where the WTC building collapse from 9/11 incident. It's quite dark at that point (5pm) and we could here people doing construction for the new site to be rebuild. There is a board of names people died that day and there is a path station for u to go to New Jersey.

Next, i followed the girls to do some window shopping at nearby mall before i decided to call it the day to go and see Bal and Yati at 29th St and 5th Av for dinner. They took me to Olive Garden, one of the finest Italian restaurant here in New York and very much enjoy the food especially the appetizer and the desert , Ice-cream chocolate gelano..so creamy..hhhmmm

We then went back home and while i lying on the couch i was straight went to sleep....zzzzz....snoring kepenatan...

New York 10th Dec

New York 10 Dec - It has been good trip so far for me in New York. It is cold right now since my arrival on 4th Dec but u will get used to it if u are here for a while. There are so much for me to write here; my Magic competition, the New Yorkers, the food and weather, Iqbal and Yati but i'm going to concentrate here to walk you day to day my journey at New York from Iqbal's place in Queens since ada internet connection at his home.

Today morning Bal decided to take leave to accompany me and work from home. We decided to woke up late since semalam bergebang dari 9pm to 3am with Yati (Bal's girlfriend) cathcing up things since dah lame tak jumpa. But Bal is still the same old Bal and Yati was really friendly and i feel welcomed to their place in Queens. Btw, New York itself terbahagi kepada 5 area; Manhattan,Queens,Bronx,Brooklyn and Staten Island. Basically Manhattan is like KL where the business operation and the heart for New York and Queens is 20 minutes away (by subway) from Bal place. My staying while playing Magic tourney is at Manhattan 96th street and i took a cab to Bal's place which is USD40. The travelling is quite far because of the traffic and rain but if u took the subway is not that really bad for Bal to go to work.

Anyway, we got off to the nearest subway which is 71st Forest Hills. The subway cost only you USD2 per way regardless how far u go. But for Bal, he's using his monthly pass card of USD80 limitless ride. Then Bal bring me to Dallas BBQ for lunch and he ordered for us Tangerine Pina Codalas (without alcohol). My God, it tastes so nice and sweet. Good choice Bal. Then he ordered chicken wings and for me white meat with baked potato and fried mash. Kenyang giler siut sampai tak habis.

Then, Bal bring me to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum and the admission cost was USD25. We took some pictures and i am amazed with some of the artifacts and stuff inside it. The trip will take the most is 1 hour depending how details you want to see things. I bought a small bottle as a souvenir.

Bal then brought me to the center of Times Square where usualy people will gather celebrate for New Year's Eve. I took the opportunity to visit Hard Rock cafe, MTV shop, Planet Hollywood, TGI Friday's and Toy's R Us. The streets also is full with Broadway show (teater) and we plan to see one of the show on this Thursday.

Bal dropped by to couple of music stores where we tested some of the guitars and drums there. Bal's love to hang out at those shops if he got the time and showed one of the guitar he got for his birthday.

We then shoot back home around 7.30pm and took our earlier laundry on the way back home. Yati joined us later from work and we ordered pizza and ate for dinner. Peperoni pizza i supposed. We then watched Impak Maksima given by Mak Yah and they enjoyed it very much. They were surprised that M'sia can produced that kind of story.

Tommorrow i'm planning to go to Statue of Liberty by myself and i hope i could my way there since Bal is working tomorrow. Till then that's for now.

Signing off.

Songs from NRG night 18 Nov 07

Here the list Lord Dan - Happy hunting..

1) With or without u
2) Wake up call
3) Umbrella
4) Tiada lagi - AMy Search
5) Teman tapi mesra
6) Sweet Child o mine
7) Sunday Morning
8) STarlight
9) Somebody told me
10) Seek and destroy
11) Red hot
12) Pump it
13) Mr. Brightside
14) Lips of an angel
15) I will survive
16) Hurt
17) Hotel California
18) Here without u
19) Dewi-Dewa
20) Big girl don't cry

Let's Celebrate

Bangkok trip

25-29 Oct - It has been a wonderful 4 days trip to Bangkok last weekend. Going with 8 friends, playing Magic and experiencing Bangkok lifestyle, it couldn’t get any better.

Though I’ve done badly in GP Bangkok and PTQ KL, I took it on a positive note.I’ve learn something about the new set. U need to make sure that u build ur sealed deck to upmost synergy of creature tribes. U could been pulled to play with bomb cards and build around the color but it still about the tribe elements. Lorwyn can be tricky but after last weekend when I manage to see some pro players, it opens my eyes to new dimension and rating some cards in higher and better combination and in different colors. Still I lost badly.

But in Bangkok the night life is something u look forward to especially during weekend where they open market till late at night (mcm downtown). I significantly feel that u need to know around and familiar with places cause if u look too foreign, u can be targeted to be cheated. Kena pandai tawar-menawar especially with taxis and hawkers and generally u can get cheaper and fancier items here than in KL. Some people actually buying things here in Bangkok and sell back in KL for triple the price.

U would find that the girls here are gorgeous and cute in general. At first I thought it was only me but later my friends agree with me on this matter. That’s why Bangkok is called mini-heaven where the city is associated with guys finding pleasure here. It’s true that’s it easy to find access to beautiful girl or even massaging. There was a place called Poseidon where the girls there u could get for the night or even 2 hrs depending on ur budget. The place is as gigantic as Sunway Pyramid where the room is equipped with shower room, tv and huge bed.

U could not ignore that pork is like makanan ruji here and u could not run away from it. I even accompany my friend to eat pork chop and u could find it a little bit disgusting. What to do, my trip has more Chinese so just join them..but I ate mostly waffle, nasi even secret recipe just to be safe. If ur too fussy here, it’s quite troublesome to find the right food here. The tomyam here is superb and I even ate goring pisang with kelapa dipping..awesome!!

It’s not complete visiting Bangkok without visiting their temple. I manage to visit the Royal Grand Palace at the last day of the trip. I’ve been stopped at the guard post to wear long pants if I want to go in so I decided renting at 100 baht near the area. That day almost everyone wears in yellow shirt to respect and pray for the king who actually is ill at present. Coincidently, I wore my GP Bangkok t-shirt which is in yellow. The palace is huge and almost every crafting and building is in gold. Some area is restricted from taking pictures but I manage to slip-up one or two pics..hehe..don’t tell anyone k..

Overall I had fun and hopeful I could be back there for the GP Bangkok in 3 years time..

Damian down with Dengue fever

Ayan is currently suffering from Dengue fever disease. It is believe that he was diagnosed of such illness since last weekend and was admitted to General Hospital KL at Wad 26. He lost massive amount of red cells and is now being treated with dripping water and 100 plus beverage. He looks a little bit pale from the picture today but slowly recovering from the disease. Ayan is now in the middle of sitting his final exam for current semester and set to re-sit it in a later stage.

Our condolence from Cucuwan members and hopeful he'll be back on his feet in a week time.

Cucuwan Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2007

It's the time of the year again! After one whole month of fasting and restraining from the dark side of activities, Cucuwan celebrates the annual Hari Raya celebration back in our hometown, Teluk Intan. Here are some of the pictures of our activities during the 3 days event, rich with food filling our stomach non-stop..haha!!

The goons in blue and brownies!!









Beraya di rumah Jose Hafizho













Melantak ikan bakar diNasa Tomyam courtesy of Acu's.










Barbecue di rumah Tok Wan, our beloved grandfather.











The chef Fila Wenger membuat black pepper sauce sambil dibantu oleh tukang perasa, Lord Dan.










Damien is the overall Shooto winners during the weekend with his fancy team, AC Milan. Lucky punk.










Mistik in action! Watch out for the Bulan Mulia. It spells trouble!!









Abg Da terlelap setelah penat menjamu selera..hehe..candid from Fila

Our Yard Is Their Battleground

You have a funny feeling that you've heard about it before but you never thought it will actually turn into reality.
Well, it will. Very soon. So soon you can almost see it.

Believe it. The battle is on its way. And you're already wondering what future lies ahead.

Selamat Hari Lahir Fila dan Fina

Sept 29 - For the first time, Cucuwan buka puasa di Midvalley dgn air mata kuching..hehe actually kita menyambut hari jadi Fila dan Fina yg ke - tutut .. and i was actually around Midvalley playing Magic Prerealease Lowryn the new set. We decided later buka puasa kat Picadilly, my usual hangout place bila main Magic kat Milenium Square, PJ .. we watch football match between Man City and Newcastle..turns out Petrov and Elano scores for my team..yeah!! i guess Memet and I benefited from the same players.

After that we jamming at Mahogany since studio kat Kenny Rogers fully booked..it turns out the studio is still as bad as b4 and equipment pun suck to me..and it affects the performance of us that night ..haha (alasan) . anyway Cucuwan would like to wish Happy birthday to Fila and Fina since lahir sama dalam bulan Sept dan dipanjangkan umur n murah rezeki..lain kali belanja lg k..haha!!

This is where our golf career started....Carrey Island!!

CAREY ISLAND IN MEMORY

Ha ha ...im sure you guys still remember this haunting trip. We had to endured 2-hour drive to nowhere before we found this scary golf course somewhere in Klang/Banting....





































The performance was terrible but the trip was well worth it. We maybe among the 1% among Malaysian golfers who had played there....

The following photos were found in my PC for memories sake!

Prerealease MagictheGathering - Lorwyn

Haha..it's the time of the season again..the new core set of Lorwyn will make an appearance this Saturday/Sunday at Cititel Hotel Midvalley. This set will be dominating for 2007/2008 year where Sealed Deck season kick back into market starting with GP Bangkok on 27-28 Oct 07 and ultimate first timer PT KL 2008 held somewhere in March 2008.

The set revive the environment of tribal creatures like in Onslaught block but colour combination will be different between tribes and creatures type. It also features new mechanic like planeswalker, champions on creatures and clash where combat phase will never be the same again. Expect bloody Giant Warrior against itsy bitsy Faerie Merfolk and the new Kithkin Soldier kicking some ass.

As for promo of the new set, click here for preview. Till then, which tribe will you side to?

Jenny Blue New Songs List

Jenny Blue last week met at Suzy's corner and did the unexpected. The band members suprisingly listed down several songs that they like to perform in the next jam session. Although pretty ambitious, it is hopefully a start to a more progressive band. Perhaps, a HRC gig soon? (ya rite!)

Here goes (im delivering Jose.....): -

Lord Dan
Sweet home alabama
I hate everything about you
Famous Last words
Slither
You and I Both
Stand Up and Shout

Fila Wenger
Memburu Impian
Beautiful Girl
Selamat Hari Raya
Maha Karya Cinta
Rollin
Camelia
Bob Marley Songs

Sir Alah
How far we've come
St Jimmy
Come on Alia
Laguku Untukmu
Testify
Song 2

Wi
Cinta si rama-rama
Generasiku
Animal Instinct
Killing in the name off
Time is running out

Damien_Geordie
Cochise
Runaway Tain
Iris Goo Goo Dolls
Drops of Jupiter
Show me how to live

Jose
Teenagers
Telinga ke tulang
Sweet Escape
Come out and Play

Memet Gagah
My only dreams
St Anger
Its my life
Puteri
Sweet Child O Mine

Extras
Crazy
American Woman
Fly Away

Wishes