Keith Kee fashion show wows the crowd @ KL Wedding Expo

The fashion show featuring stunning and breathtaking pieces that wowed the crowd from top designer and leading couturier Keith Kee on June 19th during the 3-day 11th KL Wedding Expo 2010 from June 18 – 20 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

Here’s a selection of pictures at the event:

Renown fashion designer Keith Kee with models wearing the beautiful design bridal dresses.x
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Croatia Online Update

A huge thanks to readers for their patience and fidelity pending our return to normal business. Our page hits have been averaging 80 to 100 per day, despite the lack of recent content which we are determined to put right very quickly. Our total page count since we started has sailed over 90,000 so the next milestone is that magic 100,000th hit.

Our book, The Croatia Cruising Companion has been holding its own pretty well too despite a similar lack of recent attention from us. On Amazon UK it’s currently number 3 for all books on Croatia and 35 for all books on sailing globally, though it can be occasionally caught at number 1 and in the top 5 respectively.

Since our last posting, we’ve written a book on Montenegro and Croatia for Boat International, made a winter tour around Croatia from Dubrovnik in the south, to Zadar in the north, and submitted pages and pages of reviews and editorial for Time Out Croatia’s 2010 Visitors’ Guide To Croatia, published a few weeks ago.  We’ve not been idle in the UK either but that’s a story for another time. The important think is that we’ve a mountain of news to catch up on and plenty to report.

As for today’s photo, what better way to get over the recent lull than with a picture of Nikola Bašić’s Greeting To The Sun in Zadar. We finally had some time in Zadar at the right time – just before and during sunset – to see it in it’s full glory to the backing music of the Sea Organ by the same designer/architect. Words and photos really don’t do it justice and you have to see and hear them both for yourself. It’s not just the ingenuity of it all, and the lighting and sound effects, it’s the whole ambience of the area – ferries leaving the spanking new terminal by it but, most of all, kids with their ears to the ground listening to the Sea Organ, or running around chasing the light patterns of the Greeting To The Sun. Once you’ve had enough of all that Zadar’s nightlife has plenty of new things to offer including a parachuting cocktail bar owner who mixes his favourite cocktail on the way down. And that’s our next story!

Thanks for sticking with us and we hope you won’t be disappointed.

Abandoned incomplete building in Jalan 20/24 Paramount Garden, PJ finally torn down

The stalled project of the abandoned and incomplete two-storey service centre cum office building on a piece of vacant land in Jalan 20/24 Paramount Garden in Petaling Jaya was finally demolished on Sunday 27th June 2010

The construction started in mid 2006 but was temporarily halted soon after residents living in the residential area strongly objected. They wanted the local authority to retain the empty lot as greenery.

Located opposite the LRT Taman Paramount station, it was a real eyesore and threat as the aedes breeding ground.

A decision was finally made to tear down the building.

It was a happy final chapter for the residents who had objected to the project since 2003 but the local authority granted approval to construct the building despite the protest.

A special crane was used to tear down the building.


The stalled project was ugly and a huge eyesore.


The crane removed the debris on to the lorry.

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Going, going, gone!


The abandoned building is finally gone. Demolished.


Note the LRT Taman Paramount station in the background.
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Pre-school institution in China

State of the Art Pre-school design based on the latest international models and standards for early childhood care. Pods like flower pods spreading their seeds to the winds, fanned to optimize access to southern light and heat. The concrete structure is also designed to redirect cold winds aways from outside playgrounds. Pods are clad with "Green" resin fiberboard instead of wood, minmizing maintenance and weathering.
Overall, concept was to create a fluid and spiritual environment distant from the more mechanistic, rigid and prosaic late-modern designs that have come before it. We want to allow the architecture to invigorate a child’s sense of wonder and generate unique memories without resorting to theatrical stage design or applied nostalgic detailing.

  Pre-school institution in  China

Pre-school in  China

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Pre-school architecture

Unusual And Creative Calendar Designs

The most creative modern calendars and innovative calendar designs that will show you the current date in style.