Archive for March 6th, 2012

Ian Wright eats cockroaches!

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

The host of “Invite Ian Wright” invited his fans and the media to drinks and dinner at the Marina Bay Sands, during his 2-day visit to Singapore. He was promoting the adventure tourism TV series which screens on Starhub Discovery Channel 427 on Thursdays 10pm from 29 March 2012 onwards.

Listening to Ian Wright was truly entertaining. All photos taken with a Leica V-Lux 3.

Listening to Ian Wright was truly entertaining. All photos taken with a Leica V-Lux 3.

The bubbly travel host was in his element as he shared his experiences and answered questions from fans about shooting Season 2 of the TV series.

Ian Wright in his element.

Ian Wright in his element.

“Invite Ian Wright” takes an off-beat and humourous look at travel as locals warmly welcome Ian into their lives.

Countries that Ian travelled to in Season 2 were Japan, Australia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.

The menu for the night’s dinner at the Orchid Ballroom were specially designed by Sky 57 chef Justin Quek, who based the dishes on the countries covered in the series.

Justin also hosted Ian during his stay in Singapore in Season 2 of the show.

The MC for the night was local actress, radio and TV presenter Vernetta Lopez, who had hosted Ian during his stay in Singapore in Season 1 of the show.

The dinner was jointly hosted by Canon and Discovery Channel – TLC.

Oh, the bit about eating cockroaches? This was what Ian ate during his visit to Cambodia.

He was offered the fried cockroaches because the locals could not find the spiders for the planned fried spiders dish.

Soft shell crab tempura

Soft shell crab tempura

Angus beef

Angus beef

Those fried cockroaches were the worst thing Ian had eaten while filming the series, although he mentioned that it was still more “palatable” than eating fried spiders!

Ian Wright talking about his experiences during filming of the series, with MC Vernetta Lopez.

Ian Wright talking about his experiences during filming of the series, with MC Vernetta Lopez.

IT Show 2012 promotions: Lexmark printers

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Lexmark will be at Level 4, Hall 403, Booth 8433 during IT Show 2012.

Click to view or download the flyers in PDF format.

Click to view or download Lexmark's IT Show 2012 flyers for its inkjets and laserjets, in PDF format.

Check out the following discounts and free vouchers for the “star products”.

Lexmark C540n

Lexmark C540n

Normal price:
$499

IT Show price:
$249
plus $25 voucher

  • Vibrant high quality prints with true 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution.
  • Print up to 20 pages per minute in black and color
  • Duplex printing.
  • First page out in 11 seconds with instant warm-up fuser.

Lexmark E260d

Lexmark E260d

Normal price:
$199

IT Show price:
$129
plus $10 voucher

  • A4 monochrome laser printer with professional print quality.
  • Print quality of 1200 x 1200 dpi
  • Rapid print speeds of 33 pages per minute.
  • Built-in duplex printing.
  • Replacement toner cartridge with a 3,500 page yield.

Lexmark Interpret S405

Lexmark Interpret S405

Normal price:
$199

IT Show price:
$109
plus $10 voucher

  • A4 all-in-one mono inkjet printer.
  • For individuals and SMBs.
  • Scan and Edit Text (OCR) with Lexmark Scan Centre.
  • Wireless 802.11b/g capability.
  • 35-page automatic document feeder

The flyers for Lexmark’s IT Show 2012 promotions can be viewed and downloaded below:

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