most Malaysian’s should have known the historical event that happened yesterday which will definitely not be in our history books. for you non Malaysians or Malaysians studying overseas without catching up with the news, I wanna tell you about the Malaysian Bersih 2.0 Rally which happened yesterday.

the Bersih 2.0 is actually a non-government organization (NGO) which was illegal, then somewhat legal and illegal again. it is not an organization which would ruin our country’s peace. but instead, every person who supports Bersih is actually a brave Malaysian demanding for the rights of the citizen that elections will be Bersih/Clean.

I hadn’t been actually following closely on what happened but I am really touched by how patriotic Malaysians are albeit having known many racism cases, yesterday, the Bersih rally clearly exhibits how Malaysians can become ONE. and in my opinion, that is how ONE MALAYSIA truly is. I saw thousands of pictures and videos which was posted on the Malaysian Bersih 2.0 facebook page and was deeply touched. and all I can do is compile (from their FB page. you might not be as mad as me, going through 2k of pix.) what I felt most touched by and some, simply the truth.

the rally participants that showed up at Pudu Raya. reports on news said that there were only merely 6000-7000 people. can I say.. BULLSHIT?

100,000 is more like it. because it was not only at “one” place. have you been to Petaling Street? the whole street packed with people. won’t show a picture of every place though.

about 7,000 people in the news was probably the ones outside KLCC.

most main roads are closed and all these people marched with hope towards the stadium.

and people think that rallies are all violent and bad? I’ll say that this is one good exercise with loads of supporters. somewhat like celebrating the national day. a day where everybody gather and show their patriotism.

even our sasterawan idol, A Samad Said came all the way here too despite his age! and he, called the event “a great success.”

and a picture where I am most touched by. despite his inconvenience, he still went for the rally. and mind you, the rally requires some bloody long walk and is pretty dangerous. because of the lack of air when it’s overly crowded and also those tear gas. you’d need to run about etc.

Bersih rallies were planned by Malaysian citizens in more than 30 cities including New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the United States and Cambodia

 

Australia, especially in Melbourne, had one of the biggest international rally. about 700 people showing up!

rally in Los Angeles

Chicago

Taiwan

Singapore

London

Seoul

Ambiga Sreenevasan, the chair person of Bersih 2.0 and she was also awarded the 2009 Secretary of State’s International Woman of Courage Award. and they arrested her? goodness. ==”. even Hilary Clinton and the First woman of US awarded her!

and the not so bright part.

the gov dispersed tear gas to force ralliers to clear the road.

seriously.. really? this is how you treat well educated citizens who wasn’t even being violent? those tear gas were FIRED. it hit many people causing serious injuries.

one of Anwar’s men got shot on the face and his shirt was filled with blood U_U. gory. and an old man passed away too..

our role model! the ah neh!! <3. the most beautiful picture.

damn dramatic can?

and SERIOUSLY? attacking a HOSPITAL? FTL.

Tung Shin Hospital. and I was there just a few days ago.

the outcomes?

some of the police were being rather more harsh. how can they use such violence =/.

an ah ma also went for the rally! and she probably got surrounded by those horrible tear gas and those water cannons. =S.

picture taken by Hugo Teng. awesome pictures. and the one below too.

*sighs*.

they used.. plastic handcuffs. probably because they ran out of the metal ones since 1k+ people was arrested yesterday =S.

Ambiga hurt too T_T.

Anwar warded. =S.

but despite all.. WE MALAYSIANS are PATRIOTIC. we FIGHT for our own RIGHTS.

see how patriotic we are?

best picture to show how 1Malaysia is. no matter how busy they are demonstrating, Islams will always remember to recite their prayers. and other races respects every other races’ religion.

an interesting quote from somebody in facebook :
BERSIH announced 709 demonstration, Najib claimed it’s illegal and claimed would arrest all those involved. But when Agong suggest BERSIH to rally at stadium, Najib immediately change mind claimed he approve this rally but the condition is peacefully asemble. Ironically, Home minister hishamuddin said BERSIH is illegal and denied to issue stadium permit. Thenafter, hisham staffs(cops) having crackdown over BERSIH participants and had arrested 1400 peoples totally. More ironically, Najib said he’s glad to see BERSIH end peacfully. This is the chronology i see this week…

I wondering, why this illogical drama always happened in our bolehland? Why gov team always change their tune of speaking by agree this then denied this? Why when PM always ask us peacefully demonstrate but he is allowing his staffs(police) to injure people by tear gas and arrest gatherer? Too lots of why….

please read this too : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/169399

I have to say, I love art. but maybe it can not be what I’ll want to focus in fully in the future. to succeed in this industry is not easy, especially when art is so subjective.. here. like what people always say, you only get famous after you die. well, art branches out to many different kinds such as graphic design, interior and fashion. graphic, is one of the best earning job already, but at the same time, people pay you to do what they want to see. basically, you start off with being a puppet which delivers what the clients want to see with your skills.

like every other job, you’d need to climb up to the top to be an art director and be the one to control. but still, the clients will always make the final decisions.

talents, are as important as interest in art. sometimes, it might even be more important. but even if you have a little talent, HARD WORK is the key. you’d spend many many MANY hours working on the same thing and nobody might even appreciate your work or even know how stressed you are just to finish up your work. on the other hand, when you finished your work and is satisfied, the SATISFACTION makes everything seem so worthy.

as a job, in my opinion, if you’re needy, just do something you can do and do not hate doing. perhaps, something you find to be alright doing everyday? and as for your hobby? do it part time. because doing it part time might also get you recognized if the luck is with you, as long as the fire is still within you. =D.

so what YOU think? rawr.

that unique wall in MAPS. ah, awesome.

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it’s this SATURDAY. 18th of June.

S.O.X. Drum and Dance 2011 FINALS is so near! just drop by at Piazza, The Curve (Mutiara Damansara).

3:00pm to 5:30pm. so I’ll see you there?

the previous competition held in KL that I’ve attended was A BLAST. I went with my older sister and she was saying “WOW! I can’t believe that Malaysian cheerleaders are up to this standard already! it’s so fun to watch!”

with those catchy music and cheeky moves? NO DOUBT. and hey! it’s the finals, so the best of the best is already handpicked and since you’d get to see it live? WHY NOT?

just to show you a little bit of the shows you’ve missed, check out these links!

Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aS95nOtvg
Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-5aXgT2tc)

so do you already have a team you’re supporting? well, VOTE FOR THEM. you want them to have their glorious moments of their lives too right?

all you have to do is type SOX DRUM/SOX DANCE<team code>  and send to 33396! but of course, you’d have to refer to the SOX website to get the team code of the team you support! =D.

look at the number of supporters. and THIS IS NOT EVEN THE FINALS. can you imagine the crowd this SATURDAY? come and be one of the crowd to witness this awesome moment! =3.

everything’s better LIVE. and you know it.

so, I’ll see you there?

Date: 18th June 2011
Venue: Piazza, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara
Time: 3pm – 5.30pm

to register and get more info, visit www.sox.com.my!

at Kompleks Rakan Muda Bukit Kiara.

do you like the movie “Bring it on?” well, now you can watch CHEERLEADING LIVE!

sponsored by S.O.X. ! compared to last year, I must say that this year’s one is definitely bigger, grander and MUCH MUCH MORE AWESOME. what’s better is, this isn’t even the finals yet.

the finals will be on the 3rd of June.

nervous cheerleaders. *pats*.

I used to be like that too before some competition I joined back in Form 4. very nervous you know!

the thing I like about watching these competitions is, they are ALWAYS SMILING! whatever is better when there’s a big bright smile. says me. and the other 99% of the population of earth. if you’re among the 1%, boohoo.

and why are all the cheerleaders so pretty! why!

their skirt reminds me of sunflowers. I really really like their skirt <3.

the Zodiac! I loved this group! they are so funny! they stroke sexy poses and LOOK AT THAT SPLIT. IT’S A FULL SPLIT! HOW DID THEY DO IT?

I am always amazed by how the cheerleaders are so strong and flexible. don’t some of them only join the squad at like.. 14, 15?? at that time my body has become so much more.. inflexible. even at standard 6. I couldn’t do a split. girls, yes maybe they attend ballet classes. but the guys? D=!

“we are really proud of ourselves because we did our best!” YES! THAT IS THE WAY!

not to forget the drummers! they were all stretching before their performance. I thought drums were easy. but it is hard now. T_T. requires a lot of energy! and skills. and focus. it is not as easy as it looks. really.

look at his jacket! it matches the S.O.X. logo!

look at what I spotted.

I’ve always admired Vulcanz’s uniform. great colours, great design, and the ribbons matches the colour of the uniform too! but sadly I missed their performance that day, but it is alright, I’LL BE AT THE FINALS! and I’ll make sure I watch every one of them.

I can’t do a split. but do I qualify to become a cheerleader? D=.

no! because I’m too old. U_U.

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also, just to let you know, UBERACTIVE has a Glam Tour Party held in Taylors on the 15th of April! so you can go get the tickets now.

go there as a GLAM person. and if you’d ask me who I think is GLAM, I’d definitely pick BoA. she’s the QUEEN of Korea. or should I say, QUEEN of Asia. as in, in her industry. her voice. fuhhh. many variety shows had even try to catch her voice without music, trying to see if she’d go out of tune. but guess what? it’s EXACTLY THE SAME LIKE HOW IT IS RECORDED. also, she can DANCE AND SING ALONG! and it is after her, that suddenly so many groups came out. actually, it is also her who got me into K-Pop. back when everybody thinks Korean songs sounded very different. she is the one who meng-glamour-kan it. she’s like the Mariah Carey of Asia. <3.

crap I am crapping too much. HAHAHAH ALRIGHT, TOODLES! =D.

MOREEEE JAPAN AND KOREA POSTS COMING. tell me, which first?

Konichiwa.

do you believe in Magic? yes? no? dunno?

some of you MIGHT have BELIEVED in magic as a child. but most of us always grow up to find it to be only a trick. but sometimes, you’d only SAY that. you’d have to experience it, and I AM VERY SURE YOU’D TURN INTO A CHILD INSTANTLY! =P. still don’t believe in magic? mm.

well, as for me, I do. even if it’s the magician himself telling me that it is just an illusion, I’d still believe in magic. who knows? maybe one day magic would save people? — like David Blaine, turning a cup of hot coffee into a cup of coins. haha.

other than David Blaine, there was the other Davids, David Copperfield, and then, there was the awesome David Lai from MALAYSIA! and now, there’s a new Magician in Town. his name? it is the most special name I’ve ever heard. and it’s..

ZLWIN.

he told me it is because his brothers name is Alwin. so one A and the other shall be Z. I had always wondered if it was a joke, but it seemed true! I met Zlwin quite some time ago and I still remembered that our first meeting was me being invited to join him party alongside with him working. his work? it’s really special. all he has to do is to AMAZE the crowd. and in my opinion? magic NEVER fails to amaze people. it had always keep my jaw hanging from my mouth.

the night I witnessed Zlwin’s MAGIC!

so now you might think

what? magic tricks is it?

no.

ever heard of a mentalist? somebody bending fork and spoons just by LOOKING at it?

mentalism. no it doesn’t mean he has mental problem. haha.

if no, it’s okay. there’s a video below and it will explain to you exactly what Zlwin does. and it is always so magical.

click here or here to view my other posts of Zlwin =).

now enjoy the video. =D.

AHHH. I attended ceramics class in the previous sem (and is intending to continue) and I loved it. although it isn’t exactly related to my course, but I find it rather interesting. haven’t you ever wanted to have some peaceful time getting your hands dirty creating something of your own?

here’s a few that I like. one of mine got lost in the workshop. who knows what happened to it. T_T.

hello, say hi to my classic looking pencil holder. those are lace and leaf prints alongside with replicating some patterns.

coffee bean multipurpose bowl. =D.

and for my final, we were actually required to create a sculpture, where I didn’t want mine to be similar to anybody elses. not in any sense.  so I went ahead and took a pencil and drew the funniest looking thing that everybody thought it is some octopus/jellyfish since I did a jellyfish for my last illustrator assignment.

I don’t have the sketch with me, but this is how the product look like. =D.

it is actually little bowls of hope (those glass inside are the hope wth.) on a magical table cloth. pfft.

you’d get a better picture of how it is like with this picture. =D.

melted glass in every bowl. can you see it?

I can’t wait to learn pottery. as in really learning how to throw on a potters wheel!

and now, something unrelated.

after 3 long years, I finally got my phone changed!! =D. thank you sis. <3. I shall now be the girl with the biggest phone. the HTC Desire HD is the hugest I’ve seen so far. haha. and this shall last me another 3-4 years! or more than that!

but really, I LOVE IT.

HTC Desire HD vs. iPhone4

everybody have been asking me why not the iPhone4. okay, my answer will be, I think big screens matters a lot for me. and it have great sound quality. the better thing about the iPhone is the great apps (but that isn’t free. haha), the space and the colour. and Pudding Camera isn’t available for Andriod. *dies*. and oh, there is no front camera for the HTC too, though it isn’t very important to me since the front camera quality usually suck.

and the thing I like about the HTC is that it isn’t so bothersome, as in, you don’t have to connect to a certain software to purposely sync songs. also, you get to crop ANY SONG you like from the playlist and make it into a ringtone. very convenient. the camera’s pretty good too ^^.  but most importantly, IT IS LESS COMMON! =D=D=D=D=D.

because I am weird like that.

and for me who have a DSLR and no compact camera,  my phone now functions as the digital camera. =P.

okay bye! =D.

the mood wasn’t that great for this year even though we had a holiday on the 31st. I think it is because I wasn’t directly under the fireworks. but I had one of the greatest views for fireworks. I can see more than 10 spots putting fireworks! but they were so far away pfft. I left my camera at home and had to depend on my sis’s iPhone camera haha. but she hadn’t uploaded any yet. except for this one.

complete stone face. the FX app.

my sis thinks this picture is scary. pfft.

because my finals (or at least, those submission dates are near) are coming, I have no time to sort out my more than 1k pictures taken in Nami. hahah. T_T. I know right, I have to work on my assignments even if it’s new year day pfft. but the truth is, I slacked. kekekeke. hence, I have to work twice as hard now D=.

and I would like to share a little something I found from the last few hours of my Korea trip.

JAJANG!! you Korean drama freaks MUST know him. KIM TAK GU!!  yes yes very famous for bread hehehe. but there were no red bean wheat bread nor any bong bang.

there’s THIS. it was like some milk cream inside. it was so good. SOO GOOD. this was the last one in the airport. pfft. they are best sellers. just make sure you try their bread there. I am not sure about this but I’ve always thought that bread tastes better when you’re at a cold country. hmm.

BANANA MILK! I wonder why it is separated by half. tried to open it but failed. sigh. another treasure from the refrigerators of the marts there.

my nails already chipped on the second day. SIGH.

the Incheon airport. it is voted as one of the cleanest airports in the world! =D.

PS : I CAN’T WAIT FOR CNY TO COME! =D.