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Microsoft TechEd – Day 1… Part II – Lunch

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The opening started at 9am and end around 12pm. Of course, after the opening is done, food must come, right… so, off we go for lunch at Grand Banquet Hall at Level 1.

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Getting out from the Plenary Hall.

 
Going down…. to Level 1… to Grand Banquet Hall.

 
Crowd are piling-up at the entrance… door still closed… then opened around 12.15pm for…. RUUUUSH… FOOOOOD!!!

  
According to TechEd, there are 2000 participants (not sure if that figure includes the staff…)

To be continued…

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Microsoft TechEd – Day 1… Part I – Opening

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September 10… Bonn woke me up around 7.30am. He already took his bath. I rush myself… took my bath, wear my shirt… then off we go. Since breakfast is not included in our room, we went straight to the monorail… the same journey we took yesterday. The monorail is packed… damm… we have to let that one… waited for the next one. The Putra is the same, but we just force in.

Reach Suria just after 830… the TechEd opening will start at 9am. Still have half hour. We took our breakfast at Dome… I can’t remember what I ate… but it was definitely not enough for my stomach although the bill is almost $50 for both of us.


It was already 9am, so we rush to KLCC… straight to Level 3 and the TechEd staff usher us to Plenary Hall for the opening… performance for the opening already started… COOL… the first thing I saw in the dance was the ‘mogunapit’ dance… the local dance from Sabah… the dance are lively… intermix with all kind of dance.

I will post my entire TechEd photo to my flikr later… I have like almost 3GB of photos… so if you like to see them, watch out for this channel… 8)

  

 

 

  

 

 

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Microsoft TechEd – Registration

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After receiving our kad keys, off we go to our room. Told the ‘porter’ to send our bags to room 417. Inside the lift, I asked Bonn if I should give the porter tips… he said ‘no need’… so no need lah…

updated… (September 24)

Once I landed on the bed, I just snoozzzzzz… I don’t think Bon slept. I woke-up around 4pm. I took my bath and started our journey to KLCC using my planed route.

Took the monorail at Imbi Station to Bukit Nenas Station. Then walked to Putra’s Dang Wangi Station. The walk is less than 200m but I felt it like 2KM… I was dragging my feet… mannn…. I have no energy… felt like sleep walking. Along the way, there is a place… looks like a bangalo… it got name something like ‘nature jungle’ or something like that. It was about 30m from the Bukit Nenas Station… There was function going on, looks like it’s over. I recognized the sound being played… it’s the Australian aborigines horn or ‘trumpet’… you know, the long pipe like bamboo… which makes booommmm sound… A bunch of guys were playing it, and becoz it is played through the loud speakers, the sound is tremendously wonderful. Wasted, did not take pictures…

We reach KLCC, straight to Level 3 for registration… no problem, cant get lost here… was here last year for the same thing. Quoted my ID TE0491… got my bag. Bonn got his too.

Then we walked back to Suria KLCC and landed at A&W.

My favorite Double Float Root Beer 8)

 
The nice A&W’s wall at Suria KLCC.

Then back to hotel for another round of sleep.

Around 8.30, we went out for food. Eat the ‘something’ Chicken Rice… can’t remember the name. It was next to Sungei Wang… next to the rows of ‘Arabian’ stalls. The food was nice.

Then we walked around outside Sungei Wang… then heard the nice sound again… crap… the bunch of guys we saw earlier are performing their Australian echo sounds again…. it was at the vacant area between Lot 10 and Sungei Wang. Dammmm… did not bring my camera… did not take their picture earlier when they practicing too… that is double dammm. Went to buy some drinking water after that and back to hotel for anouther zzzzzzzzz….

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Microsoft TechEd – Taxi ride to Sol Melia Hotel Part II

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Our taxi driver… lets call him Samy, wookay… from the start, he was already stressful… we tried to start a conversation, but Samy seems to be concentrating at the major traffic jam. He was squeezing through at every opportunity (photo at the bottom). He was doing more stunts after receiving a call… he was speaking in Tamil, so we don’t know what the conversation was about… the call did made him doing more stunts… I know KL drivers do a lot of stunts… but Samy is doing more… hongking at every car although he was at the wrong… but thanks to him, we arrived at the hotel quicker, we arrived at the hotel around 2.30pm… wow 40 minutes journey… donno how late we will be if Samy wasn’t  doing his stunts…

Hotel said, room not ready… o mannn… I made the reservation a month ago and it’s not ready yet!.. I did ask for non-smoking room… the lady said it will be ready in 40 minutes… we ask them to keep our bag and went for foods!!! The only food I have since morning are the $10 breakfast and the rice on the aircraft.

We walk to Low Yat Plaza and straight to the food court. We landed at Kopi Club… ordered our food… and the service was so slow… after the food, we went back to the hotel… I needed a rest badly. Check with the counter, they not sure what is our room… damm… the lady is gone… now new shift I guess… they dig their documents and found my registration… then told us, they need another 10 minutes to find out if our room is ready… waited at the lounge… at last got our room… room 417.


Stayed here in early January this year… Royale Bintang Hotel.

  

  


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Microsoft TechEd – Taxi ride to Sol Melia Hotel Part I

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We arrived at KL Central around 1.50pm

We proceeded to the taxi counter. Bonn and I decided to take the budget taxi. It cost $14 for the trip to Sol Melia Hotel.

When we put our bags into the taxi’s compartment, my bag and Bonn’s two bags can’t have enough room… the ugly LNG tank was occupying 1/3 of the taxi compartment… I did ask a taxi driver before if the LNG does save them money… his answer was… swearing… cursing… at the GOV… LOL. Bonn took the front seat and I took the back seat with my backpack. While at the back, I was imagining what would happen if Mat Rempit comes and grab one of our bag while we are stuck in the jam since the taxi compartment is not locked… only tied with an elastic band.

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Microsoft TechEd – The Journey: KLIA

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When I left KKIA, my checked-in luggage was 7kg… and with me is my backpack… we’ll see how much it will grow when I go back next Sunday 😉

Last year TechEd SEA 2006, I stayed at Cititel Hotel Midvalley. We took the LRT from Midvalley to KL Central… then with Putra to KLCC.

So, while on the plane, I was already planning my route from Bukit Bintang to KLCC. This time I stayed at Sol Melia Hotel, Bukit Bintang. Maneuvering around these areas should not be a problem. So, I decided to use the monorail from Imbi to Bukit Nenas. Then I will continue from Dang Wangi to KLCC with Putra.

 
We arrived at KLIA around 12.40pm

 
Then proceeded to KLIA Express…

 
My backpack and luggage (with wheels) on the KLIA Express.

To be continued…

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Microsoft TechEd – The Journey: KKIA

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This gonna be a very long posting… but to make it shorter, I will spread it into a few posting for the next few days… all depends on my time and how much I can recalled… I’m very forgetful…

Here we go… my journey started on the September 9, 2007. I arrived at the KK International Airport around 7.50am and the flight is at 10.00am… I know, I’m too early… got reason for that.

I’m supposed to check-in with Bonn… but his phone seems to be out of service. Waited for him until 8.40am and proceeded to check-in. As usual, I requested for the emergency exit seat… coz it has 2 seats instead of 3 (for Boeing 737)… the space is bigger, u know lah big size mah, can stretch-stretch my legs bah….. Unfortunately, all emergency exit seats are taken. I end up at seat 9A, next to window… cool September 9 and getting row 9… 999 😮 lucky not 666 😛 SMS Bonn my seat number… hoping he will get the same row.

 I went inside and look for foods… imagine, paid $10 for this mee kosong, sausage & a cup of tea. I felt more energized after finishing it… then went to Gate 4. Saw few people I recognized… chit chatted with them… and still wondering where the heck is Bonn. His phone is still unreachable. Then 10 minutes before boarding… Bonn appeared… his Dopod keep hangs-up every time it rings. He got the very back seat; I think it was row 24 out of 25 or 27… I hate the back seat coz it’s very hot over there… my tips… for Boeing 737, emergency exit seat are at row 12, 13 & 14… around there lah. Take row lower than row 14 coz its cooler… the air-cond is stronger towards the fronts… don’t ask coz I don’t know why…

  

  

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Microsoft TechEd – Time for packing II

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First, my apology to all those who have been sending me messages wondering what happened to me during the TechEd becoz I have no new posting…

Well, I’m still in KL right now… been shopping like mad for the past 2 days 😮

Unfortunately, my hotel don’t have WiFi service in the room 🙁 that is why I can’t do my blogging. When I’m back in KK tomorrow… my flight is late at night… I will continue my blogging as usual 8)

Right now I’m writing my blog in my room… trough DIAL-UP service to KK… can you believe that??? The speed is like tortoise… it’s not cool you know… but I have to do this way becoz I want my office to pay for my hotel phone bill 8)

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Microsoft TechEd – Time for packing

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I have not pack a single stuff… I only have like 2 hours before going to sleep… else I’ll be sleep walking during my flight tomorrow.

I’ve reconfirmed with the hotel yesterday and my booking is still on… I’ll be staying around Bukit Bintang.

I hope once we checked-in, we (5 of us) can go for the early registration at KLCC before 6pm tomorrow… else we have to fight for the long-Q on monday.

One of us, David, already in KL right now… probably having fun… he went today’s evening.

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Microsoft TechEd – Neccessary Stuff for My Trip

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registration… pass
air ticket… pass
hotel… pass

Okay… I’ve completed with all the necessary stuff for my TechEd SEA 2007 trip today…

Registration: Manage to get the special early bird fee at RM599. I registered & paid online on May 23, 2007.

For the air ticket, I manage to get the not very cheap round trip price at RM608. If there were no gold-rush and last minute thingy during the MAS 50 Hours Mad Sales recently… my ticket should be around RM200!!! grrrrr…

Then for the hotel… it’s going to cost me RM145++ per night without breakfast. This is a corporate rate… Published rate is around RM215++ with breakfast! Never mind about the breakfast… if I wake-up early, I think I will be able to get some light breakfast… some snacks probably… hopefully provided by Microsoft 😉 else, I just eat maggi mee in my room loh… then, since I’m staying around Bukit Bintang, I’m gonna need taxi every morning… I think it will cost me around RM5-RM10 per trip… or I can use the monorail to Central then another train to KLCC just like what I did last year… one train from Mid Valley to Central then another to KLCC. Coming back time, I definitely can use the train from KLCC. Hotel and taxi/train fare will be shared with my friend… that will be lighter… so not so expensive…

So far, this trip has cost me…. without food… and I eat ALOT!!!…
Registration – RM599
Air Ticket – RM608
Hotel – RM145 x 7 = RM1,015
Total… RM2,222.00 whooaaa… what a nice number 😉


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