Saturday, March 31, 2012

SHANG PALACE AND EU YAN SANG FOOD FOR HEALTH

KEE@FSWMAG.COM

Shangri-La; 03-2032 2388
www.shangri-la.com
slkl@shangri-la.com


SHANG PALACE IS SHANGRI-LA'S FLAGSHIP CHINESE RESTAURANT, FOUND IN ALL ITS GLOBAL HOTELS AND EU YAN SANG IS THE MOST FAMOUS, ESTABLISHED AND AUTHORITATIVE MEDICAL HALL IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSE.
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Dato Anne Eu, chairman of Eu Yan Sang and Kee Hua Chee
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Rosemarie Wee , Area Director of Communications of Shangri-La the reigning Queen of Hotel PR with VIP guests including Puan Sri Cecilia Lim wife of Tan Sri Lim of Genting Highlands worth around RM 4 billion, Datuk Victor Wee of Tourism Malaysia, Datuk Jimmy Choo and The Star contingent of June Wong, Managing Editor of Star Publications, David Yeoh and Leanne Goh and of course the Sparkling Divinity Kee Hua Chee

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SO IMAGINE THE RESULTS WHEN THESE TWO COMBINE FORCES TO CREATE A SUMPTUOUSLY HEALTHY YET DELICIOUS CUISINE!

STARTING FROM 23 MARCH TILL END APRIL 2012, LOVERS OF FINE FOOD CAN FEAST ON THE HEALTHIEST AND MOST POTENT CHINESE CUISINE IMAGINABLE THAT IS WHOLESOME AND HEALTH-BOOSTING WITHOUT THAT AWFUL MEDICINAL, BITTER TASTE.

As a child, my parents used to dose me on Chinese herbal medicines that tasted nasty, looked nasty and smelled worse. Sure I am now healthy, robust and brimming with energy thanks to my parents and Chinese herbs but I sure would have liked a more palatable way!

Now there is!

Shang Palace's new Health is Wealth menu features the very best in Chinese herbal and medicinal cuisine that retains all the goodness in addition to a delicious taste only the best chefs can muster

The new menu is practically a mini crash course in Chinese Traditional Medicine as each delightful and delicious looking dish is explained in great detail about its efficacy.

This is what I enjoyed;
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Double boiled, 6-flavoured Chicken Soup; RM 32

Double Boiled 6 Flavour Chicken Soup; Tones the spleen and kidney system
I always like chicken soup and ordered 2 portions and since the guest next to me was missing, I drank his soup too so now my spleen and kidney must be in tip top condition. Even in western cultures, chicken soup is not only good for your health but your soul.

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Sauteed Lamb With Dang Shen and Bei Qi; RM 68
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Sauteed sliced Lamb with Dang Sheng and Bei Qi; Strengthens the stomach and benefits the Qi or Chi, the unseen but can be felt energy that pervades the universe.
I normally avoid lamb as I don't like the smell and taste and also only this morning Mary was playing with her lamb in the meadows and now it has been slaughtered to Mary's mortification. But this lamb was so well done and infused with the tantalising flavours of herbs I ate with gusto what I usually avoid like the plague!

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Prawns in Ginseng wine and Dang Gui; RM 58
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Prawns in Ginseng Wine and Dang Gui; I hate prawns regardless of whatever you put in since I saw 'Alien' the movie in which the monster emerged from the spaceman's stomach looking like an awful lobster or gigantic prawn. But my friends assured me the 2 prawns tasted great while nourishing their kidneys and improving their Chi.

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Steamed Codfish with Chen Pi and Black Fungus; RM 118
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Steamed Codfish with Chen Pi and Black Fungus; the cod was super fresh and the fungus not only nourished my spleen and stomach but also played with colours as the white cod and black fungus acted as yin and yang.

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Vegetarian Chicken; RM 32
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Vegetarian Chicken with Strawberry and Hawthorne Sauce; this strengthened my stomach and digestive system though I prefer kampong chicken or organic chicken as I am not a vegetarian. If Buddha wanted us to be vegetarians, He would have made us cows. Still, the sauce was delicious and unusual though the chicken tasted like bean curd...

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Wok Fried Organic Charcoal Noodles; RM 36
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Wok fried Organic Charcoal Noodles with Yu Zhu and Basil Leaves; Benefited my Chi, balanced my Yin and nourished my internal dryness, whatever that meant. I don't think my insides are dry like Sahara desert but I am sure I became healthier. The black noodles look like the Italian spaghetti with octopus sauce but this had a beautiful, lingering fragrance and I could smell the faint, exotic charcoal.

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Herbal Desserts; RM 32
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Herbal Desserts; Ginseng Jelly with Aloe Vera jelly which tasted great and the description alone assured me I was on to a good thing. It was also supposed to reduce my body heat and remove any toxicity. The chilled jujube cake with osmanthus is anti-ageing and cough preventing so it is as good as SK-II.

The Dang Gui glutinous rice balls were supposed to brighten my eyes, improved blood flow and general circulation.


SHANG PALACE INTRODUCES

HERBAL CUISINE MENU

Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Eu Yan Sang, a leader in marketing Chinese herbs, introduces the “Health is Wealth” food promotion starting from 23 March 2012 until the end of April at Shang Palace.

Specially prepared by Chinese executive chef of Shang Palace, Tan Kim Weng, the dishes feature unique combinations of specialty Chinese herbs and healthy menu choices, offering beneficial properties for health and wellbeing, such as improving blood circulation, flushing toxins from the body, nourishing vital body organs, strengthening bones and benefiting mental concentration.

Among the highlights of the menu include the Double-Boiled “6-Flavour” Chicken Soup, a fresh and tender chicken dish double-boiled with selected high-quality “6-Flavour” ingredients and fragrant sugar-coated ginseng. This smooth, rich and aromatic soup helps to tone the spleen and lungs, brightens the eyes and benefits “Qi”. The Braised Sea Cucumber and Chinese Mushrooms with “Huai Shan” is a thick, succulent and premium grade sea cucumber dish braised with sweet and powdery huai shan (Chinese yam). It helps to improve kidney function, enhances blood circulation and nourishes the spleen and lungs.


Healthy vegetarian dishes, such as the Braised Maitake and King Oyster Mushrooms with Vegetarian Oyster Sauce, feature a fine selection of king oyster mushrooms combined with tender maitake mushrooms and fresh broccoli. Rich in taste and aroma, the dish helps to reduce blood lipids, nourishes the bowels, stomach and skin, and strengthen bones. The American Ginseng Jelly with Aloe Vera Ice Cream is a healthy dessert which nourishes the skin and neutralizes toxins.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages 72 hotels under the Shangri-La, Kerry and Traders brands with a room inventory of over 30,000. Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services. Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. The group has a substantial development pipeline with upcoming projects in Canada, mainland China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey and United Kingdom. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

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The goodies from Eu Yan Sang, the most famous, authoritative and successful Traditional Chinese Medicine chain, founded in Malaysia!
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The best ingredients from Eu Yan Sang are used in Shangri-La's new Health is Wealth menu, now on till end April
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BANGKOK AIRWAYS NOW FLIES DIRECT FROM KLIA TO KOH SAMUI

KEE@FSWMAG.COM

STARTING FROM TODAY, 1 APRIL 2012, BANGKOK AIRWAYS, THAILAND'S ACCLAIMED BOUTIQUE AIRLINES, FLIES DIRECT FROM KLIA TO THE FANTASTIC RESORT ISLAND OF KOH SAMUI IN THE GULF OF THAILAND.

Apart from Phuket, Koh Samui is one of Thailand's most famous islands and renowned for all the right reasons. You want peace and meditation and live a monk-like existence? You got it.

You want a raunchy nightlife filled with loud music, garish decor and psychedelic lights? You got it.

You and wifey are bringing the family and granny and want clean, good, old fashioned fun? You got it?

You are alone and single and bored stiff with the emphasis on 'stiff' and need some release? I can help, I mean Koh Samui has plenty of options.

From serene temples to quiet coves to beautiful parks and fun shopping and more shopping and bar-hopping in seek of pleasures of the flesh, the choice is yours.

In fact, I will be joining the inaugural flight of Bangkok Airways from KLIA at 8.25am later this morning on the very first historic flight from Kuala Lumpur to Koh Samui! We will arrive at Koh Samui at 9.05am which gives me an entire day. My return flight will depart Koh Samui at 6pm and arrive at KLIA at 8.30pm so there is plenty of time to reach home for a rest before going to work the next day. This does not apply to me as I am not a member of the working class and sleep and wake whenever I like.

Bangkok Airways flies daily from Kuala Lumpur to Koh Samui.

Anyway I will be blogging about Koh Samui so stay tuned.


Bangkok Airways and Malaysia Airlines start code share deal

Effective from 25 March 2012, Bangkok Airways (PG) and Malaysia Airlines (MH) has commenced code share agreement on the Thai carrier's selected domestic flights and also on its latest international route between Thailand and Malaysia as well as on the Malaysian carrier's two services between Thailand and Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysia Airlines will set its MH marketing flight code on Bangkok Airways' jet services for Bangkok-Koh Samui (31x weekly flights) Bangkok-Phuket (14x weekly flights) , Bangkok-Chiang Mai (14x weekly flights), Koh Samui-Phuket (14x weekly flights) and Koh Samui-Kuala Lumpur (daily flight) whilst Bangkok Airways will codeshare on Malaysia Airlines' Kuala Lumpur-Bangkok (27 x weekly) and Kuala Lumpur-Phuket (14 x weekly) services.

The latest Bangkok Airways' daily return service for Kuala Lumpur-Koh Samui allows Malaysians and international passengers to fly direct into the island from KL International Airport (KLIA) without a stopover in Bangkok. It has convenient flight timings, departing KLIA at 08.25am to arrive Koh Samui at 9.05am whilst its return flight leaves the island at 18.00pm and arrives KLIA at 20.30pm which is convenient for international connections on Malaysia Airlines. The Koh Samui-KLIA service is Bangkok Airways' third international route into Samui island after Singapore and Hong Kong.

Mr.Peter Wiesner, Bangkok Airway's Senior Vice President-Network commented "This new partnership will offer better flight connectivity for passengers travelling on Malaysia Airlines from long-haul routes to K L International Airport (KLIA) for their onward journey to Koh Samui as our flight departure from KLIA allows good traffic flow from both Europe and Oceania. We are also expecting a sizable amount of Malaysian tourists to Koh Samui which is claimed to be one of Thailand's most beautiful beach destinations."

Malaysia Airlines Senior Vice President International Affairs, Mr. Germal Singh said "We are delighted with this cooperation with Bangkok Airways which is fast growing into Thailand's premier domestic and regional airline. With Malaysia Airlines' current 27 weekly services between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok and twice daily services between Kuala Lumpur and Phuket, the codeshare with Bangkok Airways nicely fits in the needs of our travelers. Our customers now have better travel options to Thai cities like Chiangmai and also for circuit trips like KLIA-Phuket-Koh Samui-Bangkok-KLIA. The codeshare with PG allows us to improve our Thailand product as well as offer seamless connectivity to these sought after destinations whilst strengthening KLIA's position as a key gateway for travelers."

For more information and reservations, customers can contact Bangkok Airways' Central Call Center at 1771 or +66-2270-6699 or visit www.bangkokair.com or Malaysia Airlines offices in Bangkok (+66-2250-6568 -74, +66-2250-6560 - 7) and Phuket (+66-7621-3749, +66-7623-4467).

About Bangkok Airways

Bangkok Airways (www.bangkokair.com), with the ASIA'S BOUTIQUE AIRLINE slogan, is the first private airline established in Thailand since 1968. Taking off daily with about a hundred flights per day from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok Airways flies travellers from around the world to more than twenty exquisite destinations across Thailand and Asia. Samui, Phuket, Trat (Koh Chang) and the Maldives are amongst the hottest beach selections, while Sukhothai, Luang Prabang and Siem Reap (Angkor) are World Heritage sites.

Bangkok Airways is the only airline in Asia to have won the Skytrax Best Regional Airline for six consecutive years from 2004 - 2009. As a member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Bangkok Airways continues to provide comfort at an uncompromised safety standard to all passengers.

About Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines (www.malaysiaairlines.com) is the national carrier of Malaysia and one of Asia's largest, flying nearly 37,000 passengers daily to some 80 destinations worldwide across 4 continents. The distinctive Malaysia Airlines brand is an extension of the special culture of warmth and friendliness unique to Malaysians. This inimitable Malaysian sense of graciousness is branded as "Malaysian Hospitality" and symbolized by the acronym MH which is also the airline's flight code.

Both Malaysia Airlines and its Kuala Lumpur hub (KLIA) are among the industry's most frequent winners of awards for quality service. Malaysia Airlines itself has won the World's Best Cabin Crew title from the Skytrax airline quality rating agency in six of the past 10 years. In the latest (2011) World Travel Awards, UK it was named World's Leading Airline to Asia for the second year running.

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Malaysia Airlines' B-737 800

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F & F FASHION FINAL AT THE POOL@NIHONKAN



KEE@FSWMAG.COM

THE F & F FASHION SHOW SPONSORED BY TESCO AT THE POOL@NIHONKAN ON 25 MARCH 2012, THE LAST NIGHT OF MERCEDES-BENZ STYLO FASHION GRAND PRIX AND THE WINNERS OF STYLO MODEL SEARCH.

HERE ARE THE PHOTOS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AS THEY HAPPENED...

THE FIRST OF 2 ROUNDS FEATURING F & F FASHIONS

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I like her red bra!
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I know you like too so here is another look!
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Justin Koit, 22, won 3rd place
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Julius did not win
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The grand finale
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THE LAUNCH OF STYLO MODELS CLUB
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I wondered why the banner read Stylo Models Search instead of Stylo Models Club...
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Eagle-eyed Dato Nancy Yeoh noticed and ordered the correct one
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Her minions came scurrying with the right banner
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All ready
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Dato Nancy Yeoh ordered everyone should cut properly and not slice Stylo's name
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All obeyed except Maggie Loo who over-cut poor York Spencer's ribbon so his ribbon read 'STY' instead of 'STYLO'!
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Maggie Loo is to blame! Some people sniggered 'Blur Queen'!
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'STY' can be short for 'STYLISH'
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The judges are huddled together to confer and decide the first and second runners-up
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Kai Schlickum of Mercedes-Benz seemed to be very interested in the judges' deliberations
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While waiting for the judges to decide the tie between first and second runners-up, I went to take photos of Amira
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What a sex goddess
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Alluring femme fatale!
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Finally! All have concurred!
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The 10 finalists were summoned for the last time on stage
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Enroute to the judges' table, I took these 3 sex sirens
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Last pose
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The water's warm and inviting but none took the plunge
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Justin Koit's the 2nd runner-up and won RM 40,000 which is a year and half of his barista salary!
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I thought Justin would be first runner-up. These 2 really towered over these 2! Lucky I was safe behind my camera
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A glittery win
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14 yr old Mira Bouwmeeter was 1st runner-up and romped home with an amazing RM 50,000 which is a lot of pocket money for a teenager!
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Mira is pretty as a doll
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As I expected Loh Tze Shian to win, I focused my camera on her and caught her look of joy and surprise. Poor Julius failed to win.
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These two could be twins separated at birth, same like Kee Hua Chee and Kee Anu Reeves
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These 2 towered over these 2
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What a winsome couple. Loh and Kai should be lovers since they are practically the same height and can kiss while both are standing and she does not need to stand on a chair
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Mine, all mine! Finally! Loh took part in Malaysia Ford Supermodel Search earlier but failed to win but look at her now!
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Hem Patel looks a bit like Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia's richest Indian and boss of ASTRO and Maxis
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Dato Nancy Yeoh joins in
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All the top 3 winners plus sponsors and organiser
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A historic moment for the archives
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Justin Koit, 2nd runner-up, Loh Tze Shian winner and Mira Bouwmeester 1st runner-up
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Another lookee
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The winners standing tall
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Still tall and gorgeous
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Due to all the excitement, the winner with the feline eyes decides to take a catnap
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Loh Tze Shian continues her slumber as Justin Koit grins
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Holding their awards high and proud as they should
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Jubilant winners
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Emcee extraordinaire and RAPR manager Doreen received a surprise bouquet from Soren Ravn, MD of Carlsberg Malaysia and shed tears of joy. Doreen has been emceeing Stylo since Day 1 and continues to do an excellent job so well done and congrats and see you next year Doreen!
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Another cat-napper at the press conference
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Sharing a joke
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Snoozing could be very contagious
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The winner is awake now
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Kai Schlickum of Mercedes-Benz explaining a fine point
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Justin Koit is very articulate and carries himself well which is why I thought he should be 1st runner-up
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Justin is 22, Loh is 19 and Mira is 14
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Now it is Mira's turn to catch 40 winks!
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Mira passes on her drowsiness
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Now everyone is wide-eyed and bushy-tailed
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Two glam-slam sex sirens
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The sultriest vixens in town with me missing in this picture
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Dancer and model Lim Wei Sin and actor, blogger and freelancer Kee Hua Chee
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Lim Wei Sin's hair stands up while Kee Hua Chee's hair goes limp
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Kee Hua Chee with Frederick who was Most Photogenic in the Mr Campus Contest but had only 1 pose
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Whichever my camera turned, so did her so all I got was the same pose
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Same pose
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He refused or was unable to change his pose
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See?
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This threatened to continue all night till dawn so I forced him to stand in front of me or I said I would punch him in the mouth
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These gorgeous, hunky models had no problem facing my camera
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This guy owns Stylo Indonesia franchise
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I think they will be having an affair as he asked for her name card but not mine
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Now he is pressing his beer bottle against her bosom in rehearsal for pressing other hard rod in same place
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I have my admirers too; Fabian Folger, son of Roland Folger boss of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia and David Mueller, son of Florian Mueller also of Mercedes-Benz Czech Republic
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Winsome 3some
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Enrique and Kee Hua Chee
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Kee Hua Chee, Daren Tan and Amira
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Kee Hua Chee and Amira are world class loungers

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