Tuesday 2109

“Do you like Korean music?” Dinoza asked me.

“Depends.” I told him.

The truth is, I don’t really listen much to Korean music except those that are widely shared on Facebook or Youtube (Read Girls Generation, Big Bang). I am more into Korean drama than music.

But when Dinoza invited hubby and I to attend Red Soul’s mini concert here in KK, I thought, ‘why not?’. I was even more lucky when given the opportunity to attend the Red Soul Media Listening party at Playground, City Mall. It was my first time attending such event so didn’t know much of what to expect but to go with the flow.

The media listening was on the same day the mini concert was held, which was on the 15th of April 2012.

The media people who attended the Red Soul media listening at Playground, City Mall.

One of the group members serenading a lucky girl when performing a few songs during the media listening. Too bad, I couldn’t get the girl’s face from where I was seated.

Dinoza, the man.

Us bloggers.

The mini concert was held at Party Play, Lintas later in the evening.

Jacq, Lorna and I before the concert started. The only photo of us together during the event that night.

Jonathan Tse, Alvin MY and the JADE sisters warmed up the party and they really DID warm up the party!

The limelight of the event.

Fans!

And they got craizee when one of the boys went down to find ‘the’ girl…

The lucky lass being serenaded by not just one, but THREE of the Red Soul boys.

Only one photo of Jacq and I (thanks to ALTing) enjoying the fun at the party, despite what Jacq said in her entry ‘…we were slightly older than most of the crowds…’ LOL!

Overall, I must say that Red Soul party was two thumbs up. They really sparked the party spirit in me and I’m sure to most of the attendees that night as well. Awesomeness!

Red Soul Facebook Page

RedSoul in KK! is brought to you by ME Malaysia and Natural Sound. Proudly sponsored by Party Play, Playground, Imperial Boutec Hotel, Wilti-Jos, Breeze Magazine, Shangri-la Tg Aru Resort & Spa, Koryo-Jeong Korean Restaurant, Sea Quest, The Body Shop and Hakod Oasis

THANK YOU Dino!

Friday 2233

KK people, I’m sure some if not all of you, have heard or seen the promotional of The Adventures of Ngarayang. The banners and buntings are everywhere on the street. It is a stage cultural performances said to be the piece de resistance of Sabah Fest 2012 (New Sabah Times, April 18th).

What is it about again, you ask?

It’s a musical performance depicting the story of Ngarayang, a fictional barter trader who travels along the West Coast of Sabah from Banggi Island to Kuala Penyu. He encountered several cultural events along his travel as well as his love story for a princess he met along the way.

This musical production involves some 400 local actors from several districts. The dances and rituals performed in the production are such as Tabadak dance (Dusun Bonggi), Pinakang dance (Dusun Kimaragang), Bakanjar and Sayau Moginum dance by the Tatana of the Kuala Penyu, Beaufort and Menumbok, Zapen Jamilah of the Brunei Malays along the west coast of Sabah and some others rituals and dances.

The musical performance has started screening on the 3rd of May until 5th of May 2012 at the Auditorium Hall, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negeri Sabah (next to the State Library of Sabah).

Tickets : RM50 and RM30 (student)

Click this event banner below for more details.

On the other hand, yours truly and some other bloggers were given the opportunity from Borneo Colors to attend the media preview of the show prior the official screening.

Upon entering the entrance to the auditorium, my mind was brought back to the auditorium for the Siam Niramit stage musical show in Bangkok. I couldn’t help to hope that this show could be at least give the same spectacular effect I felt when watching Siam Niramit. Unfortunately, it didn’t. But having said that, The Adventures of Ngarayang is still a must-see show especially for us who have only know KadazanDusunMurut cultures despite the various ethnicity in Sabah. The colorful costumes, mesmerizing dances  and the enchanting music derived from the traditional instruments are my best bet to watch the show.

Photo time!

Ngarayang and his ship crews set aboard the west coast of Sabah.

The princess who captured Ngarayang’s heart at first sight.

Bloggers: Eric, Wyne, Tom, moi and Haiden. Tecnically, my husband was invited as blogger too but he refused to be included since he rarely blog. Anyways, all the photos in this entry are credits to him.

If you are not up for the stage performance, why don’t just pay JKKN a visit. There’s food and handicraft exhibition and probably cultural presentation outside the JKKN building from 10am - 10pm. It should be a fun thing to do for your weekend activity!

Till next post!
*hugs*

Friday 2135

Just sharing some photos and what’s happening during the party.

First all, the photos that will followed are just us and none of the party programs. Sad, I know.

Upon reaching the venue, we were ushered to take photo at the Glamour Wall. You know, the place where you are supposed to feel like celebrity attending..urrmmm…celebrity event.

The only no-us-in-the-picture photo. This was taken before the event started.

The party started bit late and kicked off with the Breeze Model Search finale. Although, I’ve read it was the highlight of the party, I couldn’t but think that it should not be. To be frank, I felt bored before the model search was even half way through.

This was my first time attending Breeze anniversary party. After so many great raves about the previous parties, I was kind of having this high expectation on the party. Well, not that the party wasn’t fun. It was just not…urmm..up to my expectation. And it probably because I was all for performance fun, not model pageant fun. There were Alvin My, Angelina Perete and even Nadhira (Tear Us Apart) and I was excited to see their performances. But earlier boredom with the model search program somehow stole a lil’ bit of my excitement and when it was time for these artistes’ performances, I felt ‘kurang tenaga’ to give my all out support.

Anyhow, Alvin’s Adelise song (a song he dedicated to her daughter) didn’t fail to get me singing together, albeit knowing only the chorus. “Gagagigigagagi, lalalililalali, mamamimimamami, dadadididadadi..”

Angelina Perete is one hot mommy singer with melodious, jazzy voice that was so beautiful, I felt pity she had to sing much later.

I’ve heard of the song Tear us Apart but didn’t know it was sang by Nadhira, a Malaysian born song-writer and singer. And I didn’t know her until I watched her video clip of the song Rindu. She has unique voice that I like. And again, I felt pity that she had to perform much later at the event cos people were much engrossed with themselves after the model search finale ended rather than paying attention to the performances.

I didn’t take any photos of the performances by the way.

Enniebelle and I.

Dinoza, one of the hardworking people in Breeze team to make the event possible.

Bloggers!

Ennie, moi, Maslight and Sakuya.

Another photo before heading home. And yes, we stayed till the party end.

Til next post!
*hugs*

Monday 1437

Our Streamyx connection is back to normal.
My life is back!
Talking about being addicted to Internet. Ha!

So what have you missed from my side? Well, not much really. But I have to share you these two events I attended in recognition of myself as a (part-time) blogger.

RED SOUL in KK (15th April)
This is kind of old news already since the event was three weeks ago. But I owe Dinoza the post cos he’s the man (and his team) who made this event possible as well as giving me the opportunity to attend the media listening AND the mini concert itself. Full review comes in next entry though…

Us bloggers with, unfortunately, just the bunting showing photo of Red Soul.

MSAM 2012 (23rd-24th Apr)
Again, Dinoza invited Charlotte and I to give a 30 minutes talk to about 120 secondary students in conjunction of the Majlis Saham Amanah Malaysia (MSAM) 2012 event held in KK recently. My slot was about educating the young minds on how to earn extra moolah through blogging. It was interesting cos I get to share my experiences albeit not as huge as other bloggers who earn thousands, perhaps million bucks from blogging. It feels good to be recognized as blogger and sharing positive points (hopefully) to others, letting them know that blogging is not only a place to vent out rantings. Not even a place solely for raising high profile issue so that people get to debate in it. And since I was talking to bunch of young, eager minds… I want them to know that blogging is a platform for much more greater opportunities in their life.

And tonight, I’m going to attend Breeze Magazine 4th anniversary party. Although I don’t subscribe to the magazine but I owe this magazine a contribution of sort for featuring me in one of their segments dedicated to Borneo Bloggers back in 2009. It wasn’t big to anyone but to me, it is.

So yeah, those are some of the excitement I found in becoming a blogger. I was only thinking fun as in satisfying my need to creatively expressing my thoughts in writing/blogging when I first started. Never did I think I would enjoy blogging more than just fun. It’s one of the things that colors the past six years I’ve been actively blogging!

I might be around the blogsphere 5-8 years down the road, you know.

Until next post!
*hugs*

Wednesday 2223

Internet at home is down.
Again.

Until it’s fixed then.
*hugs*

PS: Siapa yang sekitar-sekitar KK tu, datanglah beramai-ramai ke Stadium Likas for the Majlis Saham Amanah Malaysia (MSAM) event. Very interesting. Besides, banyak goodies to be given ni…