Selangorlicious Prize Giving Ceremony 2012

back in june 2012 (i think), tourism selangor kicked-off their selangorlicious food blogging competition. this was organised by the tourism selangor and its objective was to promote the street food around/in selangor. the food review/blog competition theme was street food. i was invited to the launch event and according to my friend, it may be a good networking opportunity for me to promote my or rather my family's chain of restaurant.

but me being myself, kept a low profile and observed the energy during the launch. very energetic i must say. everyone was excited. i was excited too but not sure why as at that time i did not intend to submit any write-up.

with many friends who was involved in this event, i was 'enticed' to give it a try. honestly, writing is not my forte. so i ponder upon it for a few days/weeks and whenever i went out for lunch or dinner around selangor, i brought my camera along and took pictures of the food or snacks. yes, i'm better with photography than writing. a picture speak a thousand word, no?

again, persuaded by my ever so supportive friends, i was already leaning towards writing an entry. as i said earlier, i'm not strong in writing BUT... i'm strong in strategizing. the strategy was - i draft my ideas and opinions and let my wife do the editing and proof read it. haha! 

my intention was to do ONE entry but i ended up with seven. but really, it was a fun experience. after submitting the entries, again, i was persuaded hard by my friends to start a blog. well, THIS blog is the result of those persuasions. i fell ill the next day when this blog went live. 

the tourism selangor team with several hard core bloggers

(photo quality: blame blackberry)

(as you can see, no watermark here because i'm just too lazy to do it)

then came 19th September 2012, the prize giving ceremony for the selangorlicious food blogging contest. it was held at gulam mee restaurant, kota damansara and there were many guest that day. i only knew a handful of them.  all hardcore blogger, avid traveler and food lovers.  

photo credit to nigel low

3 categories (overall - photo and write-up. english, malay, chinese version) at stake with 2 sub-categories each (best photo, best write-up). the overall category winners will bring back rm5,000 (1st place), rm3,000 (2nd place) and rm1,000 (3rd place) while the sub-category is rm1,000 each. very handsome sum of moolah.

event took place sharp at 8.30pm and there i was, sitting and hoping to win the best photo (english category). 

emcee: best photo goes to.... mr. x! (my heart was in tears)

emcee: best write-up goes to.... mr. y! (i told myself that it is ok. will try harder next year)

emcee: 2nd runner-up goes to... mr. z! (ok, this overall category is just impossible for me to win. let's eat!)

emcee: 1st runner-up goes to... "our strong supporter and fellow blogger, farizlow!" (the emcee said something like that and it took me few seconds to actually recognize my own name)

i just could not believe it. seriously. i was shocked and awed at the same time. looks like my strategy worked!

1st runner-up overall category

(photo quality: blame blackberry)

(no watermark again because i'm just too lazy to do it)

close up

(photo quality: blame blackberry)

(no watermark again because i'm just too lazy to do it)

selangorlicious 2012 winners
photo credit to nigel low

you must be wondering now, what or where my entries, right? well, i believe that the winning entry deserved a post on its own. 

here, i would like to say thank you to all those 'involved' with me in producing this award-winning entry. haha! i really had fun doing this. thanks to my wife for editing and proof read the entries.

BIG thank you to selangorlicious and tourism selangor too. i'll be back next year.

up next, the winning entry.