From the monthly archives: June 2009

Michael Forever

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“I hope now the genius and humanity of Michael Jackson gets its due,” said Sharpton.

Last Friday morning i received horrifying and shocking news from a friend. The world now mourns the lost of the King of Pop. The legend, the man, the performer,  the entertainer, the king – Michael Jackson has now left us all. Never again will we be able to see the works of pure genius by this one person.

I remember the days when I was younger and I would dance and sing to memorable songs such as Bad, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror, Beat It and Thriller. My mom would tell me stories of how when we were in Rome, I would walk down the stairs of the hotel we were staying at – I was three by the way –  and I was dancing and singing to his songs. Lol. Good memories.

I even remember the tme when I had my sport day events and we had our silly gymrama. The teachers used the song Beat it and I can still envision the movements… which were terribly lame, now as i think back about it. I remember my little brother dancing and singing for performances to Michael’s stuff like ‘ABC’. And the glove – my gosh – the glove. The iconic glove, I even made one for my brother and then I would give him some moves to use. I just have such sadness when I think about the fact that we’ll never see him perform ever again. Never will we get to hear new words come out of his mouth. I feel dumb that I didn’t watch his performance when he came down to Malaysia. My parents had asked if I wanted to watch and all i retorted back was.. “Nah, i’m not in that phase anymore..”. Silly isn’t it.. It’s even sadder that he was going to have his world tour and now it’s not going to happen.

You can watch the MTV video tribute.

With all the media hype that revolved around his personal life. I honestly think all of it are just terrible lies, of people not being able to stand his success. How true are the statements that he did do the ‘bad things’ that were stated in the news. True or untrue, people cannot deny that Michael Jackson has changed the very course of the music and dance industry. We say that we always need to set a benchmark… Michael Jackson was more than that, he was the reference point. His influence has moved a number of recording artists and performers now to be the people they are today. Just take for example Chris Brown, Wade Robson, Ne Yo, Justin Timberlake…. just to name a few.

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We should not remember him for all the troubled times he had. Instead I feel that we should celebrate the life he had. The parts that brought joy and change to our life. Humanitarian works on one side, let us see and remember him for the wonderful performer that he was. No other performer has been able to command the crowd he has been able to. Michael Jackson, you will be sorely missed. My condolences and heart felt sympathies go out to his family members and also to the millions of fans all over the world. We may have lost him, but his music will live on to generations to come. Rest in Peace Michael. May you finally have the peace and the neverland you always wanted here on earth. Share with me, what was your first ever Michael Jackson song that touched your heart? And the one that you will always remember in your childhood days.

Klue Urbanscape 2009

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Last year KLPac was practically my second home cause I had shows back to back. But in the midst of all that I missed out on one particular event which i’m feeling rather sore about.

The event I’m talking about is the Klue Urbanscape.

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A place where everything is a stage; Live music ranging from grunge to jazz playing in the background; Screenings of films you would not see in our local cinemas yet; Funky, whacky, outrageous and maybe even cheap fashionable apparel.

In a shorter way to put it the Urbanscapes is an all-day “user-generated” creative showcase of the city’s best in music, art, theatre, film, fashion and with a bunch of marketplace vendors thrown into boot.

Here is what you will be catching at the event. Just click and it will link you straight up to the main website. And yes if it looks like it’s from the urbanscapes website it is cause i think they gave a very cool breakdown of each category that is going down that day. :P









 
Coming from an arts industry myself. I would be looking most forward to are the street performances and the indicines. Especially since I know some of people who will be performing and showing off their works. Such as T4YP, The Oral Stage, Comeback Kings and Electric Minds Project. All the more I  am SUPPORTING the arts scene! If not how else will it grow here. :P

Maybe the other reason i missed it last year was because i didn’t manage to win free tickets to the event. Yes it’s not a happening all day event that you can just waltz into..unless you have a ticket!

I’ll be honest in saying that as a struggling artist myself I’m always trying to get free tickets and guess what I’m going to share the wealth on how to win those tickets for Klue Urbanscapes 2009.

How to get your FREE TICKETS!

First of all if you are a Xpax/U.O.X. customer then guess what you are entitled to getting 2 free tickets!! But you have to be one of the first 200 customers first. If you are a new customer just a buy a Rm30 reload and get a free Xpax/U.O.X. starter pack. For you existing U.O.X people just reload RM30. Then get your free tickets from the booth next to the ticketing counter at the event. And I’m sorry but you can only reload once and to get the tickets. You can like reload and reload to get free tickies.. no fair! :P

But if say you missed out on being the first 200 customers… Too bad la!

I’m kidding… there is still some hope.

How to get TICKET DISCOUNTS!

Tickers are priced at RM35 but as an Xpaxerion (yes i made that term up!), you are entitled to getting them at RM25 – Hey RM10 discount better than no discount i say. If you’re not an Xpax user i suggest getting yourself a pack and then redeem this discount. How?

Step 1: Go to the Xpax booth close to the ticketing booth whereby they will be verified to see if they are a Xpax / U.O.X customer. If not they are not a customer they will be required to sign up for Xpax / U.O.X

Step 2: They will be issued a discount voucher. Each customer will only be able to buy 2 tickets maximum

Step 3: Bring the discount voucher to the normal ticketing booth , submit the voucher and purchase the tickets

Simple enough right!! Now moving on.. Yeah my info doesn’t just end there.

Are you into photography?

If you are then this contest is for you. There’s a contest called the (X) SNAPS! Contest and yeap it’s open to all you Xpax members out there. This will run from the 27th of June to the 11th of July 2009. So yes you can still take part in it even after Urbanscapes is over.

At the Event
Step 1: Snap pictures using camera or mobile phone during Urbanscapes. The pictures must be in the following categories:

  • Colour
  • Fashion
  • Music
  • Design

Step 2:Upload the pictures via the following methods:
Method 1: At the booth at the 24hr KL booth area:
Participants can upload their pictures at the booth at the 24hr KL area by passing over their media card at the booth.


Method 2: MeTV
Users who snap the pictures using their phone can MMS it to 26388
The subject of the MMS must include the following information separated by a comma:

  • the name of the photo,
  • which category the picture is supposed to be in,
  • the person’s name – example: The whacky art of Symbian,Photography,Jasmine Lee

After the Event
Participants can still upload the pictures that they have taken via the following methods:
Method 1: Email it to xsnaps@xpax.com.my

With these details:

  • Title of Picture
  • Category of Picture
  • Name
  • Mobile Number
Method 2: MeTV

Same thing as above :)

Now after all that mmsing pictures what do you win? Hehehe lemme just say you’ll love the prize for anyone who wants or is in need for a new phone. Now say it with me…

Sayyyy oooooOOOOOOOOoooooohhhhhh

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Hehe, There are 4 winners for the contest. One from each category which is Colour, Fashion, Music and Design. And each of these winners will receive and N97 plus plus plus a half year free airtime (RM150 X 6 months)

So now you tell me what are you waiting for? You have a great event that is up for grabs. Same time there’s the possibility of winning the new Nokia N97. I’d say it’s all good!

Details again for the event:

Date: 27th June
Time: 12 noon – 12pm
Venue: Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)
Ticket Prices : Possibility of Freeness :P , Pre sale = RM25, At the Door Sales = RM35
Brand Anchor: Xpax
Benefits: LOADS OF FUN!!

Check out more details here at Klue Urbanscapes

The 7th Annual Boh Cameronian Awards

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The 3rd of May was quite a mark for me. It was the night of the 7th Annual Boh Cameronian Awards held at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur… Why am I making it sound like a newspaper article!? :P And i know i’m very behind on this post. It was a Sunday and while I was rushing my way back to KL from Penang for an event I definitely did not want to miss. You know how actors in Hollywood get to go to big awards like the Tony Awards, The Oscars, The Golden Globes, The Emmys, The Baftas and a whole long list of movie awards. Yes well this is the closest i’ll ever get to going for an event that has to do with a prize giving for performing art works. So no way will i miss this event :) And i got a new dress for it too. heee. The night was special for me, since I was in two productions last year that got into the nominees list. One was in the musical theatre category and another was in the group performance category. For the musical theatre it was “Ismail The Last Days” and for group performance it was “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. It was a bit of a torture, cause i was torn between the two groups :P . Regardless i love both productions. The reception area where everyone was getting themselves registered. IMG_1188_resize The theme of the night was “Love”. As in love for the arts hence a big big sign was smack right there on the stage. IMG_1190_resize The emcees for the night were Fahmi and Tiong Wooi. They were very entertaining and left us giggling from their witty remarks. fahmi  An award ceremony by the theatre people is never complete without performances. Instant Cafe gave their rendition of the Abba song “The Winner Takes it All”. You can watch the video here.   Here are some of the other things that happened that night. Thanks to Kakiseni for the images. suhaili  Mr. Jonas A. Schuermann and Suhaili Micheline binti Ahmad Kamil air con The ensemble of Air Con. The show everyone was expecting to sweep all the awards away. aswara The Young Aswara dancers, giving a very upbeat and ..”oomph”.. performance lol leelan Lee Lee Lan received the Boh Cameronian Lifetime Achievement Award with a prize of RM5000. I personally loved her line at the end of her speech. Which was “.. I have never worked a day in my life. I PLAY at my work.” Wow talk about inspiring :) On a wonderful note I was delighted to hear that Ismail the Last Days managed to sweep away 7awards out of 10 nominations. That was a complete shocker. We all went up on stage totally not knowing what to do. We all made Tony and Nick give the thank you speech, while we helped from the back. lol boh_63_1     The awards won are:- - Best Performance by an Ensemble – US!!! - Best Original Book and/or Lyrics – U-En Ng - Best Musical Direction – Mervyn Peters - Best Lighting Design – Lim Ang Swee & Sandee Chew - Best Set Design – Loh Kok Man & Caecar Chong - Best Costume Design & Makeup – Dominique Devorsine - Best Performance in a Leading Role – Malik Taufiq

boh_05Back to the camwhoring days of the Ismail Cast. Hahaha.

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We were all just fighting to grab a whole of the award. That one very tiny tiny award :P

My next big surprise, the one that really made my heart just stick to my throat when i heard the nominations.. was the award of the Best Group Performance. The Footstool Players with the show “Crazy Little Called Love” was up next with other group performances. You know it’s one of those things, where you hope with all your might that it is going to be great news, at the same time you don’t want your hopes to get too high up. Yeah i was having that feeling, which for that pure moment it got my stomach get anxiety pangs. I know I’m such a drama queen :P Well guess what Praise the Lord!!!! Footstool Players won the Best Group Performance. That was seriously the biggest icing on the cake for that night. A lot of hard work and a lot of love was put into that performance. And I’m so terribly proud of it. :)

Ok here’s a clearer one of the award.

Then after all that we moved on to the Heineken Party. We were there purely for the free beer and free Boh Ice Lemon Tea :P

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See what I mean by we were all there for the booze. One Heineken which is still a preferred beer on my part and a chilled Boh Tea can in my hand. Gosh there are just too many pictures to put up. So lets begin.

Me and darling Min Li all pretty in pink.

The suave Mr Tony  Leo Salvaraj who also happens to be the Cleo’s most unique Bachelor. I know this title is so overrated :P

Again with Tony and Amber, who was the busy PR for the night.

Mervyn Peters won for Best musical direction in Ismail the Last Days. Here I stand with Min, Mervyn and his wife :)

The not so Ghostly Isma and Me

Nick Dorian, Powder puff Min min and me.

 

Me and Giden. I honestly am very proud to say that he took this shot cam whore style.And it turned out nicely :)

Three sisters alike. Me, Charmayne and Min

Kevin Theisera and me goofing off.

Last but not least Mr Alfred Loh, who just had to had to had to dress up in a skirt and come with two Pippy Long stocking  pigtails.

Ok, the boys were just playing a fool. And i just had to do this. It was just too tempting. Another one of Aronil’s captions for the light hearted.

   

 

   

Ahhhh the award is all mine.. heeee me precious.

The 7th Boh Cameronian Awards was an absolute blast. Altogether it was 8 wins. Technically la. On my part I was happy that the ensemble for “Ismail the Last Days” got the wards for Best Ensemble and of course I was ecstatic when I heard “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” won.

Who knows what’s instore for next year. All the same that was an enjoyable night!

You can take a look at the full list of winners here.