I have succumbed to the dark side.

Please forgive me.

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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Everyone’s been raving about Indonesian donut chain J. CO Donuts & Coffee since they opened in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur, but I never tried them since there is always a fucking long queue for their donuts and I never have the time or patience to wait.

Yesterday however, I had a bit of time and someone to queue for me (hehe) so I decided to see if the shit was so good.

Verdict: Yes J. CO donuts really are that good and I think I’ll join the line next time too.

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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What’s Good Kuala Lumpur’s store manager, Shu Ling, has been working really hard since the opening so I decided to take her and her boyfriend, Wai Kit aka Kaypo King aka Ah Foon, for dinner at De Foodland, since they missed the dinner there we had with 24Herbs et al.

I ordered the greatest hits - Marmite crab, Cheese crab and Phat’s favorite - Salted Egg crab.

I shed a tear for all my crab homies (24Herbs, Jin, Ryan Hui and WZA) while I was eating …

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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988’s #1 DJ Jeff dropped by What’s Good? Kuala Lumpur while I was in KL last week to shoot the shit and catch up, since he was out of town on the day of our opening and didn’t make it. Jeff is helping me out with an upcoming project, which is going to be THE BOMB once we announce it.

I’m always happy to see Jeff, as we’ve been really good mates since co-hosting Move together a while back. I never really considered him a colleague/co-worker while we here doing the show, but more a friend whom I got to hang out with at least once a week.

I think all our listeners/fans benefited from this as we delivered a much better show because we were such good friends.

And of course, Jeff has always known what’s good:

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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I’ve been having problems with the router/modem in my office for a while and no one could give me some good, solid reasons on how to fix the intermittent signal/slow connection issues.

I decided to go out on a limb and try Apple’s AirPort Extreme  - a router/Wi-fi base station that would supposedly solve all my problems and look really good whilst doing it.

I bought the thing about 2 hours ago and I’m already typing this post so that tells you how easy it is to set up. I know Apple always uses the “easy to set up” line as a marketing gambit but I’d have to say, getting the AirPort up and running was fucking easy.

So easy that my mom could probably do it.

Ok wait, maybe not my mom.

As to how it actually performs in the long run … only time will tell.

~_~ 

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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Those of you who have seen it know … those of you who haven’t are too slow - Hong Kong streetwear bible Milk Magazine recently ran a super in-depth article on What’s Good? Kuala Lumpur’s grand opening in issue 355.

This is the first time Milk has covered a Malaysian/Singaporean store/brand in such detail and I am stoked that we are receiving so much recognition for all the effort that we have put in trying to build the business.

It’s not easy trying to make shit happen in a scene that is rampant with so many wannabes, posers and haters so I think we’ve done pretty well so far.

Ryan, Aaron, Ivan, Ben and I have worked our asses off to generate a good buzz for the company and it looks like our hard work has paid off.

The first What’s Good? store only opened in Singapore last October, and for us to be recognized as one of the premier streetwear stores (chains?) in South East Asia so quickly is something that I never imagined possible.

But but but this article in Milk is just the TIP of the iceberg for what’s to come. We have a LOT of crazy, CRAZY shit coming up which I am sure will make everyone who loves the What’s Good? lifestlye happy.

Hopefully we’ll be able to bring more (positive) attention to this region and make people around the world realize that there’s some good stuff in South East Asia and its not just full of fronters with a poor command of the English language.

We will keep bringing the best independent urban culture from around the world to South East Asia as well as continue to collaborate with artists/designers/media units from around the world that we respect and admire because …

we know what’s good for you …

I cannot thank TK, Tony aka 五郎 and Milk Magazine enough for spending so much time to learn more about what we are doing and then helping us communicate it to the world.

I hope this is the 2nd of many times we will be featured in Milk. Kekeke

A special message to the haters: You can talk all the shit you want but remember that YOU’RE reading about US in your favorite magazine and not vice versa.

Tee hee~

Posted on May 17th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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When we got back to the hotel after dinner at De Foodland, I asked who wanted to go out and party and who wanted to stay in and get some rest.

Almost everyone’s hands shot up when I said the word ”party” … so party it was!

I decided to drop by The Loft/Cynna so the boys could check out where they would be performing the next night but it was so packed that we couldn’t even squeeze into The Loft. Sebastien found us a nice space at the VIP area in Cynna, so that’s where we parked for the night.

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Posted on May 16th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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With so many good friends in towm I had to take them to my favorite seafood joint in Kuala Lumpur - De Foodland. Regular visitors to my blog will know about this crazy restaurant that serves crabs 31 different ways.

Dinner was the first time that we hooked up together with Ryan Hui and Jin during this trip, as both had heavy media commitments during the day.

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Posted on May 16th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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Just as we were boarding the bus for dinner, someone had the bright idea of sticking 24Herbs posters on the side of the bus to make it the “Official 24Herbs Tour Bus”

Everyone got to work, and within minutes, Warren was able to take this awesome photo:

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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Right after lunch at Yut Kee, we had to rush to the hotel and meet some journalists who were waiting for us.

I chose a nice bar with a relaxed vibe as the location, as we could sit back and have a couple of drinks while being grilled by the press.

This was the first time 24Herbs visited Malaysia, so naturally a lot of press were interested in speaking to them.

The first interview was done with E-Move, a widely circulated local entertainment magazine.

Tony from Milk got right into the action and started documenting everything that was going on too.

While 24Herbs was being interviewed by E-Move, I was being interviewed by Spotlight, one of Malaysia’s largest circulating free magazines.

(note glass of Bacardi Limon + tonic on the table … we alcoholics like to start early.)

Mandatory photoshoots followed, and only after that did we finally manage to go up to our hotel rooms to wash up before going for dinner.

Our schedule was pretty crazy, as I had a lot of stuff planned for everyone for the 3 days we were in Kuala Lumpur.

No rest for the wicked!

Posted on May 15th, 2008 by BadBoyBen
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