Lucky Draw - Karamunsing Shopping Complex

The Karamunsing Shopping Complex is holding monthly Lucky Draws (May to Dec 2011). The draw date is the 15th of each month with 1 lucky draw ticket for every RM200 spent at participating merchants. The first prize is RM10,000. Since I happened to have bought a printer last month, I was given some tickets, so I came down to see what it was like ...

... I never knew that that many people spent that much money at Karamunsing Complex stores!

Using my camera as the reason, I pushed towards the stage ...

... the venue was terribly crowded, but the draw itself was done very professionally. They gave enough time for each winner to come forward through the crowd to get to the stage.

The 12 prizes were in those red envelopes randomly pinned on the blackboard. The GM of the Complex drew the first lucky draw ticket, then each "winner" picked the next winning ticket. The 12 winners then selected their individual envelopes and the luckiest person got the RM10,000.

It was late, I was hungry; so across to Karamunsing Capital for dinner ...

... the only thing "Old Town" in Old Town was the signboard ...

... now you know what Pappa from PappaRich looks like! ... Dr. John? ...

... and the Chicken Recipe Restaurant seemed to serve fish (according to the nice pictures on the signboard.

So I settled for the Chub's Grill ...

... where it was "Love on first bite", you could "Play with your food", so that "you get it on your shirt if you are doing it right", "carnally", and "why have comfort food when you can have happy food!".

(All photos taken with the Canon EOS 450D in RAW format and processed through Photoshop Elements)

Fatty Chef Cuisine

I went looking for some take-out dinner at Karamunsing Capital. There were many eating spots there. I am sure I will be trying some of them in future (I only took photos of those that caught my eye). I must say again that I am really impressed with the ease-of-use, the colour and the resolution of the Lumix FZ-35 I used (these photos were taken at about 6.30pm in RAW format at 12 megapixels - but reduced to 640 x 480 pixels at 72dpi for internet publication). For those interested, Panasonic Lumix has launched the new models (FZ-45 and FZ-100).

There was Peppermint.

There was Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa. They say its a clone of the nasi lemak from Kampung Baru KL (I had many great meals there, I wonder if this will be to that standard?).

There was Ipoh Town Kopitiam.


I didn't know that Venice was that near to Ipoh (geographically?)

The was Old Town White Coffee.

There was Hang Li Po (Chinese Muslim Food). There was a Pool Hall on the first floor (I must pay them a visit soon). The slow shutter speed (low-light situation) caused all the pedestrian-blur.

I went to take-out at Fatty Chef Cuisine.

It was an eye-catching name, though the chef I saw in there was not fat at all! Restaurant had good ambiance at matching prices.

The take-out was of very good standard (both the cooking and the containers / cutlery).

Madness in Kota Kinabalu

The Building on the right is Kompleks Karamunsing, while the new shops on the left is Karamunsing Capital. Kompleks Karamunsing was completed in the early 80s by Promet Dikoyu. It was a bad time economically and the complex was practically empty for a few years. Promet Group was restructured (capital reduction etc..) in 1998 or so. The building had been sold to a sarawakian. They seem to have upset a number of the tenants. The shopping mall is now a warren (Sg Wang style), but still popular because of the number of IT related shops there.

The new shops in Karamunsing Capital were completed this year. I haven't been around the shops there.

This is the "madness" in the Post Title. They have blocked off the connecting bridge between the two areas! I can understand it if they put up a carpark toll-gate. But to block off THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC is pure madness!