Shoes!

Shoe: Car, swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

Skipped morning marketing on Saturday to go to the Malaysia International Shoe Festival 2012 at PWTC. Before heading out, we had breakfast at the new food court in Kuchai Lama. Plenty of stalls, but mostly only operated at night. Poor selection for breakfast. Took wantan noodles. Surprisingly crispy texture. SK's car was at the mechanic's for a clutch pad replacement so went there without a GPS. My oh my, what a mistake that was. Took us nearly an hour to get to the venue and things were made worse by some stupid road closure at Dataran Merdeka. Parked our car at Sunway Putra Mall (The Mall Formerly Known As The Mall - the name is still as leong) and walked over to PWTC. The place was teeming with students as the Karnival Pengajian Tinggi was also there and Muhyiddin was also there. Actually the shoe expo was quite small. We didn't take long to finish it. Mostly cheapo local brands looking for a bazaar-like environment to sell their shoes. The only remotely 'international' thing about about it was several exhibitors from Thailand. At least Jimmy Choo exhibited some shoes and Zang Toi had a booth. In addition to the commercial booths, there were a few showcases of designs from competitions. One of them was the Malaysia Footwear Design Competition 2012. I did not like the winning design. But several other submissions did catch my eye. Another competition featured the use of recyclable products to come up with a combination of clothes and shoes. And several groups of design students could be seen duking it out, trying to bling up a pair a white sneakers for a wedding theme. Believe it or not, there was even a miniature shoe competition. Ironically, mum did not buy a single pair of shoes. She bought baby clothes instead. Wakakaka. In the end, we went into the giant shoe house in the shape of tiger striped pumps. Found nothing interesting in there, just cheapo styrofoam shoe toilets and other mundane stuff.













Quickly left the place in search of lunch. Upon exiting, saw the local designer Bill Keith talk blah-ing about his business acumen to a friend. Also saw two super tall caucasian models who were undoubtedly disappointed that instead of finding Manolo Blahniks in the expo, they only found Asadi's officially licensed Angry Birds slippers. For lunch, we stopped at Restoran Soon Lei, Kuchai Lama. Goon Wah was not open on weekends, so we decided to try that place instead. Basically the same dishes, but with a different taste. Personally, I prefer Goon Wah's XO Fish Head Noodles and Guiness Stout Chicken Wings. The fuzuk barley drink was also disappointment. Even Woo Pin did a much better job. But Soon Lei did cook up a very tasty plate of Pumpkin Glass Noodles. Later that night, my home played host to a BEC gathering. Had been years since they gathered at Puncak Jalil. As usual, several people got lost and had to be guided in. And unlucky for us, it was a very stuffy evening. Quite gummy even after we set up three extra fans. Guess they won't be coming back anytime soon, or at least after I air-condition the whole house. LOL. Cleaning up after the party sent me straight to bed... zzz.