Saturday morning when we were still at home in NS, SIL called to say that there were complimentary tickets for us to go Cartoonival. We have got 6 tickets, each cost RM250, so we decided to go for it instead of wasting it. (Eventhough we do not know what is it all about, I have briefly saw it in newspaper ad that there will be Powerpuff girl… which is not to our interest)
Arrived KL at 12pm. Had lunch at PILs place. Left for KLCC at about 2. Surprisingly the traffic is smooth flowing from Subang to KL on a Saturday afternoon. Reached KLCC about 2.30pm, walked all the way to KL Convention Center. The show is at KL Convention Center, 1st floor, plenatary hall. Upon reaching there, only I realize it’s the same place as where the Book Fest is held. ( Which I have read about in Twinsmom’s blog, which I’ve wanted to go very much) OK, OK , I want to take this opportunity to go see the books. Told hubby, if got time I wanted to go ( if it’s not because of the show, hubby won’t have drove all the way from Subang to KLCC for me to just visit book fest, luck is on me this time!!) KLCC was really crowded with people. The show started 3.30pm, we waited for hubby’s friend to join us because we’ve got 3 extra tickets with us.
I don’t find the show interesting though the props were nice, in fact I was getting bored, sleepier and sleepier when the show goes on. I only recognize Power Puff girls (don’t even know the exact name of the three of them), the rest of the character, I have not even seen it. We don’t watch astro CH62, only watch PlayHouse Disney. The cartoons on Cartoon Networks are for older kids, and I don’t find them interesting and when my kids are older I’m not going to let them watch it. JS was scared of the character Myojo Jojo (the ugly monkey) and I don’t think she really enjoys it as she doesn’t know any of the character.
During half time break, hubby said if I want to go to the book fest, he can look after one of the kids. So either I bring JS along or WH with me. Yeah…so I brought WH along with me and went downstair. It was really crowded, queue to pay RM2 for the entrance and when I was in the exhibition hall, it was really stuffy and hot inside. Upstairs was freezing cold, but the book fest was so hot. There were too many books and I don’t know where to start. There were too many people, almost elbow to elbow. Maybe because it’s a Saturday, it’s a school holiday, it’s a Public Holiday, that’s why the crowd. I found it difficult to walk around, don’t even mention walking near the books to browse through it. I had a sleepy baby with me in the sling which at one time I was walking and nursing him finding my way through the crowd. Worst… I have only 1 hour to shop!! I wanted to get some chinese books for the kids, but the children books I found were in Traditional Chinese. I wanted to teach them Chinese Characters, but the school system use Simplified Chinese, so it wasn’t suitable for me to start them of with the traditional one which might be confusing to them. At 5.20pm, I’m finding my way out from the exhibition hall to return to hubby and JS. I don’t even have time to go to the English Book section. So I left the bookfest with dissapointment and emptied handed. What a pity, so much books and I’ve got no time to slowly savour it.
Apparently JS enjoyed the 2nd part of the show maybe there was some interaction between the preformers and the audience. The show finished at 5.30pm. By the time we reached home in Subang is almost 7pm.
This is what we brought home. No books from Bookfest, but these 2 event merchandize. A light up pendant which cost RM20 and a T-shirt which cost RM35.
