The Kid From The Big Apple

by Cleffairy // March 3, 2016 // 1 Comment

I’m not sure where you usually bring your kids to during the school holidays but whenever school is out, I’d bring my son traveling. To me, nothing could help us to bond more than spending time together on our family trips. Our family trips are usually backpacker style and the destinations are always those away from the city and closer to nature.

Of course, there are times that the school break is too short to plan any trips and my husband and I opt to bring our son to the cinema for a movie treat or a full scale movie marathon instead. Cinema, you say, why cinema? Some would say that cinema is fairly an odd place to bond with your kids.

Well, truth be told. Cinema is fast becoming my favourite hangout place mainly because all three of us would actually snuggle together and enjoy what’s being shown instead of me and my husband glancing down on our respective smart phones, trying to catch up with work. You see, apart from places of worship, cinema is probably the only fun place that does not allow gadget usage during showtimes. Everyone will have to put away whatever gadgets that they have whenever they are in cinema, and this is absolutely good for us.

Yes. We are guilty of being overly attached to our gadgets, that but trust me, we do make effort to disconnect to reconnect and spend some quality time as a family.

Problems? Yes. Our son is still in primary school and movies have to be carefully selected in order to suit his age. My husband and I will usually choose children friendly movies or at the very most, movies rated PG-13 to watch together with our son during our movie outings so that he won’t only have fun, but benefit educationally from the movies.

Most of the movies that we watched are from fantasy and fiction genre, but here’s recommending a very good movie that you can watch with your family for the upcoming school holiday; The Kid From The Big Apple.

Anyway, no spoilers for the movie from me over here. There’s no joy in spoiling anyone’s fun in giving spoilers but I vouch for this movie and highly recommends it if you want to have a movie outing with your family that will not embarrass you with profanities or inappropriate scene.

Check out the summary below:

The Kid From The Big Apple

Cast List
Ti Lung(狄龙）： Ah Gen 阿根(The Grand Father)
Jessica Hester Hsuan(宣萱）： Sophia Lin(The Mother)
Sarah Tan(陈沁霖）： Sarah Lin 林思家(The Grand Daughter)
Jason Tan(陳智深): Ah Bao 家宝(The Boy Next Door)

Award List:

1. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Female Supporting Cast – Jessica Hester Hsuan
2. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Male Supporting Cast – Tik Lung
3. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Scriptwriter – Jess Teong
4. Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Best Newcomer – Sarah Tan
* Macau International Movie Festival 2015, Official Selection Movie

Nominations
1. Official Finalist Hollywood, Screenplay Contest 2014
2. Official Finalist New York, Screenplay Contest 2013

The Kid From The Big Apple tells the story of a little girl from New York by the name of Sarah Lin whose mother is a single mother. She’s all dandy in New York but one day, her mother had a little work crisis in China and had to send Sarah to her estranged grandfather who is living in Malaysia until the problems resolves. Naturally, being well settled in New York, Sarah rebelled against the decision and all hell breaks loose when she was sent to her grandfather.

There’s language barrier between the granddaughter-grandfather, culture shock, generation gap and many more.
The movie is not only fun but is packed with moral values that kids these days could possibly learn. A forewarning, though. This movie is both laughter inducing and at the same time, an effective tearjerker.

There’s plenty of heartwarming and touching scene that will most probably tickle your funny bones but at the same time, make you sob your head off.

This is definitely a child friendly movie, I must say. I can guarantee that by the time you leave the cinema, you and your children will be taught a lil bit about appreciating life’s little pleasure, honoring friendship, family ties, bridging the generation gap, filial piety and most importantly, lifelong learning.

Here’s a little bonus for your conscience should you really watch this movie; part of the profit from this movie will be channeled to Mah Sing Foundation for the needy. Isn’t that great? You can have a clean good fun time with your family and at the same time, give back to the society.

The Kid From The Big Apple will be screened in cinemas nationwide from 10th March 2016. Early bookings is recommended to avoid disappointments.

Step by Step Guide on Customizing Gifts with Printcious

by Cleffairy // March 3, 2016 // No Comments

Wanna get some gifts for your loved ones or wanna send your business acquaintances some gifts but everything in the gift shop seems rather quaint and ordinary? Well, fret not. Just customize your own with Printcious. Printcious.com, with the tagline Precious Gifts From Your Heart is an online shop that offers personalized gifts for all occasions and for people from all walks of life.

Not quite sure how to customize your gifts? It’s pretty easy, really. If you’re not fussy and decisive kind of person, you can actually get it done in mere 15minutes. Here’s a simple guide on how you can customize your own gifts.

First of all you will need to have an account with Printcious and be their member in order to customize things and make your purchases. Don’t worry. It’s pretty straight forward. You may opt to sign up via email or just directly login through your Facebook account. Printcious works the best though website or using laptop and desktop. I would highly recommend you to use the PC or laptop but they are functional via mobile and tablet too, so whatever machine you opt to use works just fine, provided you have an updated apps on your smart phones and tablets.

You will be automatically redirected to this page, where you can manage your accounts and track your orders and whatnot. You may also join their affiliate program and make profit out of it if you want.

Once login, leave your account management page for awhile and navigate through the site and see what suits you.

There’s plenty of things that you can choose to customize. There’s T-shirt, phone cases, mugs and cushions.

Let’s say you wanted mugs as gifts, so all you need to do is click on ‘Mugs’ and this will appear. It’s basically a clean slate, and it is up to you to design whatever you wanted. All you need to do is just click customize.

The base colour of the mug can be changed, so by all means, change to whatever colour you fancy.

Upload your pictures, logos or texts and once you are satisfied, just place your order, choose your delivery option and and make your payment. Your item will be delivered to you within 1-5 working days.

Here’s mine. I decided to make a mug as gift to my client. Received it within stipulated time in perfect condition with good quality printing on the mug. I’ve also customized some T-shirts and given them to some friends, will talk about it next time once my friends and acquintances gives me feedback on the quality of it.

Basically the gift shopping experience with Printcious is not bad and the price is competitive too. Customization tool is simple to use and it is really great if you wanna customize gifts in bulk.

Wanna make some of your own gifts or corporate merchandises? Head over to Printcious now. Any further inquiries, please refer to the information below:

Printcious
No. 30, First Floor, Jalan Tiara 4,
Bandar Baru Klang, 41150 Klang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Contact: +60193232502

Email: [email protected]

Working Hours:
Mon – Fri (9:00am – 6:00pm)
Sat (9:00am – 1:00pm)
Sun & Public Holiday (Closed)

Rasa Utara, Berjaya Times Square

by Cleffairy // February 29, 2016 // No Comments

Being a Penangite who lives in Kuala Lumpur, finding a place that serves authentic northern delicacies can be quite tedious. Plenty claimed to serve original recipes from Kedah, Penang and Perlis but more often than not, it’s not the case and merely northern food in branding and name only.

Now, I’m constantly on the hunt for good northern Malaysian food and recently discovered that the restaurant Rasa Utara is offering pretty much authentic and good ones.Reaching the restaurant is fairly easy and straightforward.The restaurant is located conveniently in Times Square and is easily accessible by public transport like buses and monorail.

Here’s what my family and I managed to try in Rasa Utara not long ago; Set Nasi Rasa Utara, Nasi Jagung, Nasi Rasa Utara, Ikan Menari, Udang Sambal Petai, Daging Masak Hitam, Kailan Ikan Masin, Udang Asam Goreng, Ayam Goreng Cili Lagenda, Laksa Pulau Pinang, Mee Rebus and ABC (Ais Batu Campur)

Checked out their menu and discovered that they are offering set meals at a reasonable price. Picked out one and ordered their chef’s recommended; Set Nasi Utara, consisting of Nasi Utara, ayam masak merah, fish crackers and sup bergedil on the side. Definitely a wholesome meal for someone who wants a bit of everything in one sitting.

Nasi Utara can be ordered individually or in a set. It is fragrantly infused with a myriad of herbs and spices.

Nasi Jagung. Basically this is rice cooked with corns. Might be weird to some but to me, it is positively addictive and complement most of the dishes offered in Rasa Utara very well.

Ikan Menari is one of the Chef’s recommended in Rasa Utara. The fish is fried and presented in a way that makes it looks like it is dancing in the air. The fish was adeptly fried and was served with irresitably spicy sambal dipping on the side. Good on it’s own and to be taken with the variety of piping hot rice offered on the menu.

Udang Asam Goreng was something I wouldn’t mind having again soon. Unlike the prawn dishes that I’m familar with, this prawn dish is sourish instead of bland or spicy. Highly appetizing and great to be had on it’s own or with rice.

Udang Sambal Petai was nicely done. Perfectly spicy and aromatic with the pungeant stink beans.

Ayam Goreng Cili Lagenda is not for the faint hearted. It’s really spicy and if you’re to eat this, make sure you have wet wipe or a napkin as it’s pretty much tear and sweat inducing.

Daging Masak Hitam was one of my favourite that night. The cubed meat was cooked to perfection and was perfectly flavoured with spices. Goes well with rice, or if you please, with crusty bread as well. Should you order this to take away, you’ll be pleased to discover that the dish tastes better the next day too.

Mee Rebus is sensational, according to my son. The gravy was thick and was bursting with flavour and was topped generously with condiments.

I’m always picky when it comes to laksa. It takes a really good and experienced cook to produce a really good laksa dish. Been hunting for a really good bowl and most of them are terribly disappointing. They either have diluted laksa soup, or the soup is infested with tiny fish bones, which is definitely a turn off. This Laksa Pulau Pinang from Rasa Utara however is up to par to my northern girl standard. The laksa soup is not only thick and have no traces of fine fish bones in it but it’s sweetly flavoured with bunga kantan as well. The laksa is topped with a slice of boiled fish, boiled eggs, shredded cucumber and slice pineapple and shrimp paste sauce on the side. Definitely a star and a must order if you’re to patronize the restaurant.

Satay was all right. The skewered meat was sufficiently flavoured.

For dessert, we decided to go for something really cooling to wash down all the hot and spicy dishes away. We had ABC; Ais Batu Campur. An instant pleasure.The portion is huge and generous with assorted nutty toppings, definitely something we needed after all the spicy dishes that we had.

Overall, they serve authentic utara dishes with pretty reasonable price and highly recommended to those northerners who would like to have a taste of home. There’s plenty of signature dishes I haven’t managed to try in Rasa Utara and definitely would be making a revisit back there for more northern-Malay delicacies.

For more info on Rasa Utara, check out below:

Rasa Utara

G-12, 13, Ground Floor of Berjaya Times Square

Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/rasautara/

Learn to Overcome Fear with Aaron Crow: Fearless in Genting

by Cleffairy // February 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

I’m quite a coward. I have fears. A lot of em. And most of my fears are ridiculous and would manifest themselves in the form of nightmares. Some of my fears involves the fear of falling down from a tall building or getting my head chopped off by some goons while I’m walking on the road. All these are of course, just fears. They are not real and it is something can easily be overcome provided you know how.

My fears have been plaguing me for quite some time, but lucky me, I have been recently introduced to a dashing and powerful man; Aaron Crow.

Aaron Crow is a silent mentalist, and a magician in his own rights, well-known for his appearance on the smash hit TV show “Britain’s Got Talent” which wowed both the audience and judges and even the infamous and dreaded Simon Cowell commented, “That’s a great act!”. During his live show performance, he even trended worldwide on Twitter.

Aaron Crow is now in Resorts World Genting, Malaysia to help you overcome your fear in his: Aaron Crow’s “Fearless!”. With the tagline ‘Cheating Death Nightly’, his performance is definitely a must watch when you’re up in Resorts World Genting as he will without a doubt transport you into a parallel universe of magic, suspense, risky stunts and mystery which will leave you at the edge of your seats and wanting for more.

Hence, here’s a little on his show. His show, “Fearless!” is a show with the positive theme of facing and overcoming our fears. Aaron Crow – a warrior with a mission – said “We can all overcome our fears, we can all become stronger. The time is now; A new year, a new you, a fearless you”.

Aaron’s most popular acts are “Supravision” which is likely to be the most spectacular blindfold act in the world, “Bowman” which is an unseen combination of bravery and love that might bring a tear to the eye and “The Final Bullet” in which Aaron Crow attempts to catch a signed bullet shot at 300 Bar from a paintball machine gun. His routines are highly original and authentic and are performed with utter silence from him and to some spine-tingling and eerie music.

My family and I had the opportunity to witness the preview of his show during the Chap Goh Mei weekend and I have to say that it is nothing short of amazing. Unlike most performance, we were encouraged to face our fears and rely on our senses to overcome it.

I can’t tell you about the show in elaboration as we only had a short preview and were only highlighted to some of his acts, but I can assure you that psychologically speaking, the show is nothing short of exceptional definitely a must watch.

Here’s a little sneak peak;

Aaron Crow and a bunch of audience. He is coaxing them to eat needles.

Aaron Crow in the midst of his act with a volunteer.

Aaron Crow, slashing a pineapple placed on top of a volunteer’s head before slashing it with a Japanese Katana.

Aaron Crow, taking pictures with his adoring fans.

Aaron Crow’s “Fearless! Cheating Death Nightly’ is highly interactive and almost all of his acts involves pulling out the audience onto stage with him as volunteers. So, if you have spme fears to overcome or is an adraneline junkie, be sure not to miss this sought after performer and his brand new show “Fearless!” as he hits the stage in Resorts World Genting!

Aaron Crow Fearless showtime is as stated below:

18 March – 15 May 2016
Genting International Showroom (GISR)
4pm* matinee show

9.00pm daily

For more information about the show or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Celebrate Chinese New Year with Master Q in Genting

by Cleffairy // February 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

Laugh out loud this 2016 Chinese New Year with Master Q in Resorts World Genting. It’s Chinese New Year and Boss Chiu is on stage criticizing the unprofessionalism of the lion dance troupe.

Then he comically introduces his team including Old Master Q, Potato and Mr Chin.

Throughout the show, he will educate some of the Chinese New Year’s taboos that are the do’s and don’ts, lion dance instruments and the colour of fortune for Chinese New Year.

In between, there will be lots of funny elements that encourage interactions with the crowd. Some of Sam Hui’s canto-pop songs will also be played bringing us back to the 60’s – 70’s which is also the era of Old Master Q.

“Choy Sun Yeh” will also make an appearance with the song “Choy San Dou” playing and with Old Master Q and the gang joining in the fun later.

How exciting and fun can this be? To be able to reminisce about the times when reading the classic comic books in barber shops and to see the characters come to live before your eyes, it is definitely an opportunity you wouldn’t want to miss.

About the Show
6 Feb – 29 Feb 2016
Venue:Times Square Stage, First World Plaza

Time:
12.00 pm – 12.30pm
5.30pm – 6.00pm
8.00pm – 8.30pm

Resorts World Genting Chinese New Year Party for Special Children

by Cleffairy // February 20, 2016 // No Comments

Chinese New Year is the time for family togetherness and commonly celebrated with plenty of gatherings and reunion with family and friends. Realizing that not everyone is privileged enough to be blessed with a family or a privileged background, Resorts World Genting has taken an initiative to bring joy to special and underprivileged children from 9 selected children homes by celebrating Chinese New Year with them in Resorts World Genting Chinese New Year Party for Special Children.

The meaningful event was held in Coffee Terrace where the children were entertained with Lion Dance and various kinds of performance.

Gracing the the event was YB Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development and Ms. Katherine Chew, Vice President of Resort Communications & Public Relations.

YB Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development is seen mingling with the children and taking selfie with them.

And what’s Chinese New Year without angpows and sharing good things with each other? Here’s Mr. Aaron Chia Khong Chid, Executive Vice President
Genting Malaysia Berhad distributing goodie bags and angpows to the children. Looking on and assisting the shy children up on stage is to get their angpows and goodies from Mr. Aaron Chia is Ms. Katherine Chew, Vice President of Resort Communications & Public Relations.

Cai Shen the God of Prosperity and the gang is spotted too.

Lion Dance Performance

Children enjoying themselves immensely and are spotted teasing one of the Lion Dance performer with confetti.

Singing performance by a child talent.

Facemask changing performance

Miss Irene, Resort World Genting PR Senior Executive talking about the event.

It may not be sunny and merry all year round for the special children, but Resorts World Genting has definitely made their day during the party, and their effort is truly commendable.

Kicking off Chinese New Year 2016 with Hacken Lee at Resort World Genting

by Cleffairy // February 18, 2016 // No Comments

Are you a fan of Hacken Lee? Hacken Lee is a well known vateran singer hailed from Hong Kong. Not sure if you are a fan, but for those who were born in the 70s and 80s would surely remember his glorious time, especially in the 90s. Popular for his upbeat and soothing songs, Hacken Lee has never failed to surprise his fans with his soulful and energetic performance. Hacken, crowned as the singer with Zero Defect Vocal is not only a popular Hong Kong singer but has since been an actor, television host and sportscaster. He rose to fame in 1985 in a singing competition where he won with his rendition of Alam Tam’s hit ‘Love in the Fog’

The sensational singer was in Malaysia to perform for his concert during the recent Chinese New Years eve in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands. The concert was exclusive for his fans who were ushering the year of the Fire Monkey in Resorts World Genting.

Divided into two sections, earlier with the slow and romantic ballads and second half of the show a more energetic and upbeat sonhs so to prepare for the countdown, Hacken ushered in the concert with his first song by Alan Tam ‘Love in the Fog’ as the opening theme for evening.

The songs performed during the concert were either his own songs or songs made popular by famous artistes.

During the concert, Hacken serenaded fans with his own rendition of everlasting cantopop songs made popular by artistes namely ‘Wind’ by the late Leslie Cheung, a mandarin hit ‘Cannot Forget You’ by Jacky Cheung.

Adding spark to his concert were two young and talented special guest artistes namely Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and rapper artist RX Wong Ho Pong.

Pik-sum showcased her talents on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu and performed together with Hacken in his self made popular hit Fly Flower. Subsequently, Pik-sum used a higher pitch erhu called Gaohu. Together with Hacken both artistes continued to serenade the crowd with Hackens popular hit back in the 80s, Halfmoon Serenade, the Cantonese version of the Japanese hit that was composed and sung by Naoko back in 1987.

Later in the concert, Hacken appeared in full white attire with a white mask in significant to his participation in ‘King of Mask Singer which he won during episode one of the China Jiang Su TV competition in July 2015. He sang the winning songs Mount Fuji made popular by Eason Chan and a Mandarin hit Cannot Forget You made popular by Hong Kong Superstar Jacky Cheung.

The concert then continued with the upbeat section where Hacken wowed his crowd with fast songs such as Victory, Myth of Summer and many other others. Also present in the second half of the concert is young Hong Kong rapper artist- RX Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that include rapping, impersonating of sounds such as cars, planes and many more.

During his performance, RX also called for a battle of sounds with Hackens band drummer Mel at the concert where RX impersonates sound and Mel is required to follow. It got the crowd excited during the battle. Later, Hacken came into the scene and suggested a cooperation between the drummer and rapper by creating good music for the audience. Together, all the artistes performed World Cup Football related songs such as Victory & Fans Journey that got the audience dancing to beat.

As the clock draws nearer to 12am, Hacken called for a countdown starting from 20 seconds to 12am together with the crowd. The minute the clock strikes 12 midnight, Hacken wished the crowd Gong Hei Fatt Choy and straightaway went down the stage to distribute the Chinese New Year goodies to fans while singing two Chinese New Year songs namely Choy Sen Dou (Prosperity God has arrived) & Ying Chun Fa (Welcome Spring).

Besides giving the audience a fantastic performance, he gave an awesome countdown to the Lunar New Year before coming down from the stage and walked around the Arena of Stars to give the adoring fans some tokens for good luck before going back up the stage again to sing for them. The excitement continued with fans then started to distribute Angpow to Hacken on the stage. It was indeed a happy occasion for Hacken receiving so many Angpows from the audience. He instead assured the audience he will keep the Angpows for his two sons Ryan and Rex education.

The concert ended with Hacken serenading his fans with more songs and wrapped up the show with his ever popular hit Red Sun (Hong Yat).

Hacken Lee’s recent concert in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands was nothing short of fabulous and it’s definitely a wonderful start to the year Fire Monkey 2016.

Welcoming the Year of Fire Monkey in Chin Swee Caves Temple

by Cleffairy // February 18, 2016 // No Comments

Not sure where you can spend Chinese New Year without all the family dramas and the scorching heat that is usually part of the package during spring festival? Here’s a place you can go; Chin Swee Caves Temple, Genting Highlands.

Located at 4,600 feet above sea level, the temple is about 5–10 minutes’ drive from the peak of the mountain. There is plenty to see in the vicinity of the temple, even if you are not a worshipper. The temple itself is divided into a few sections and is one of the major tourist attractions in Genting Highlands. You don’t need to be a believer to visit the temple. As Chin Swee Caves Temple is a tourist attraction, people from all walk of life is welcome to visit. It is a place of worship, and therefore, no entrance fees is imposed. Offerings, monetory donations for temple maintenence on the other hand is welcomed.

As of writing, Chin Swee Caves Temple is currently organizing a Chinese New Year carnival at B1 Car Park until 14 February, from 10am to 8pm daily. 50 stalls have been set up that offers local and Chinese products such as gifts and souvenir at the carnival. In addition there will be special lion dance and cultural show at the same venue. Other tradition-rich activities that guests would find entertaining are Feng Shui reading, a giant Buddha Statue Wishing Tree, calligraphy contest for children on 13th February, and a singing competition for children on 14th February.

A giant Buddha statue can be seen sitting serenely at the hilltop, and here is where you can find a wishing tree. Be sure to make a wish or two should you visit the temple during the festive period.

Chin Swee Deity Birthday Celebration was also held at the Prayer hall at Level 7C, from 12th February, 11pm till 13th February, 3.30pm.

The statue of Chin Swee Deity sitting grandly at the altar.

Offerings for the prayers spotted.

Devotees are seen praying fervently for blessings and smooth sailing year ahead.

If you are a believer and wishes to partake in the religious activities in Chin Swee Caves Temple, fret not, thePrayer to the God of Heaven, Tian Gong will be held at the 13th Floor, Sky Terrace on 15th February, from 11.30pm onwards. There’s still time to head over there for some blessings. Ven. Zhang Yong has also been invited to give blessings daily from the 1st to 7th lunar day of Chinese New Year or from 8th to 14th February for those who are coming to Chin Swee Temple for Chinese New Year’s blessings.The sessions are scheduled from 10am to 12pm, and from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

Visit to the temple is convenient with free return shuttle bus service during the carnival period, from 9am to 9pm daily. Buses leave every 30 minutes and depart from the First World Hotel Lobby and Maxims Hotel Lobby.

Devotees may opt to stay at the Chin Swee Caves Hostel or First World Hotel.

In conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, Resorts World Genting is also offering Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Chinese New Year 2016 Event Line Ups in Resorts World Genting

by Cleffairy // February 18, 2016 // No Comments

Wanna escape the scorching spring festival heat? Head over to somewhere cooler are more relaxing. Genting Highlands would be a great idea. Plenty of events. Here’s sharing what’s happening in Resort World Genting throughout Chinese New Year 2016.

* Hong Teck Lion Dance troupe performance: Daily around the resort until Chap Goh Meh, 22 February.

*First World Plaza: Lao Fu Zi on stage,
12pm to 12.30pm, 5.30pm to 6pm, and 8pm to 8.30pm until 29 February.

*Meet and greet with the Monkey King from CNY eve until 22nd February 2016 in the resort.

*Chin Swee Caves Temple: Bai Tian Gong (Prayer to Welcome the Sky Gods) 13th Floor, Sky Terrace on 15th February, from 11.30pm onwards.

*Chin Swee Caves Temple: Ven. Zhang Yong daily blessings from the 8th to 14th February. Sessions are scheduled from 10am to 12pm, and from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

*Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Chinese New Year 2016 Celebrations in Resorts World Genting

by Cleffairy // February 18, 2016 // No Comments

It is all monkey business in Resorts World Genting. From the eve to the second day of Chinese New Year, as many as 228,000 visitors came up to Resorts World Genting to usher in the Year of the Fire Monkey.

The celebration kicked off as early as 2.00 pm on the eve of Chinese New Year, where visitors on the way up to the Resort were pleasantly greeted by Ms Katherine Chew, Vice President of Resort Communications & Public Relations and Mr Khor Hai Peng, Vice President of Security Department. During the short 2 hours at the second check point, a total of 2800 bags of mandarin oranges and special red packets were distributed to bring cheer to all its guests to the resort and to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The celebration followed by a grand Reunion Dinner that evening at the Genting International Convention Centre for over 1000 guests. They were entertained by Malaysia’s very own Divas namely Irene Barr, Yu Yan Shan and Chen Ai Jia.

After dinner all guests adjourned to the Arena of Stars for Hong Kong’s popular singer Hacken Lee Chinese New Year Concert. The energetic concert started from 10pm and ended almost three hours later. He surprised the crowd by delivering many of his greatest hit songs of which some were pieces sang by Jackie Cheung, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and other popular singers. During his solo concert he also brought in two special guest artistes namely the young and talented local Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and special guest RX rapper artist Wong Ho Pong.

Pik-Sum showcased her skills on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu in a romantic music called Fly Flower. She also used a higher pitched erhu called Gao-hu in another popular Cantonese folk song called Half Moon Serenade. While Pik-Sum serenaded the audience with heavenly music, next up came RX rapper artist, Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that included rhythmic and rhyming speech plus MCing/rapping.

The atmosphere at the concert was exuberant. Before the clock striked 12.00 midnight, Hacken Lee made a countdown together with the guests and welcomed the lunar New Year with a bang. He walked down from the stage to shake hands with his fans before giving away fortune bags and goodies.

On the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year, the celebrations continued with ‘Monkey Gods’ appearing together with fairies, Resorts World Genting Choy San Yeh (Prosperity God) and ‘Lions’ in and around the resort as early as 8 am.

At 2 pm, a spectacular high-stilt performance was held at the lobby of Genting Grand. Eight ‘Lions’ from award winning Kun Seng Keng Lions Troupe from Muar, Johor together with ‘Prosperity Gods’, ‘Fairies’ and ‘Monkey Gods’ were seen merry making with hundreds of customers before the grand performance started. It was a spectacular and dynamic show where two ‘Lions’ were seen jumping from stilt to stilts.

Guests of Honor included Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman & Chief Executive of Genting Malaysia Berhad and his wife Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, Dato Sri Lee Choong Yan – President and Chief Operating Offer and senior management team of Resorts World Genting. Concurrently, Hong Teck Lion Dance troupe is also performing daily around the resort until Chap Goh Meh, 22 February.

Meanwhile at First World Plaza, visitors who are fans of Old Master Q were entertained by the first ever on stage live show. The show features Old Master Q, the well-loved comic book character and his friends, including the kind-hearted yet humorous Mr Big Potato, the straitlaced Mr Chin, the lovely Ms Chan and Mr Zhao. The show organised by Resorts World Genting is currently held at the Times Square Stage at the First World Plaza from 12pm to 12.30pm, 5.30pm to 6pm, and 8pm to 8.30pm until 29 February.

Besides being on stage, fans of Old Master Q would be interested to know that Master Q and his friends will be merry making at various locations of the resort during the Chinese New Year festivities and will distributing Ang Pow to lucky customers.

For those who wants to get close to the ‘Monkey Gods’ for good luck, take note that they will be wandering and monkeying about the Resort from now until 22nd February 2016 and in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, Resorts World Genting is offering Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

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