It was the day where punk rockers, who grew up in the 90s could relish with hardcore joy.

It was the day where 2000+ fans queued all evening and gathered with one sole motivation.

14th April 2012. It was the day where Sum 41 rocked our Malaysian stage!

Sum 41 LIVE in Malaysia 2012

Yes. I am certainly one of those punk rockers at heart.

My teenage years were the most significant memories of my punk rocker demeanor.

Sum 41 was a band that I remember rocking out to – on my own – within the confines of my bedroom 

And now here I am at the upper deck of KL Live watching my teenage idols perform LIVE

Remember I ran a Sum 41 contest here? Well, I'd like to congratulate the 3 winners of my contest again!

Hope ya'll enjoyed the concert as much as I did

Bumped into one of my winners for the Sum 41 contest.

Congrats Melissa!

My lovely assistant for the day – buddy Pamela 

8PM | Bunkface kick-started the party as one of  the opening acts of the night.

They sang 4 songs altogether.

Bunkface on stage!

Rocking out with their guitars!

Playing 'Extravaganza'!

And 'Silly Willy'!

Those two are my favorite songs from them Too bad they didn't play 'Through My Window'!

I loved that song heaps! 

8.30PM | One Buck Short took to the stage  

They sang '10:04'. Hurrah! I remember singing to it last year in my car all the time when it played on radio.

Don't wake me up! This is our love song!

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Rahul, lead guitarist of OBS!  

He was amazing and definitely a man of talent

They performed a slow rendition of  'Puppy Love' as well

What I found really impressive was their cover of Katy Perry's 'Last Friday Night'.

It was such a brilliant metal version, complete will all the growls 

OBS introduced a violinist who played LIVE! It was a terrific accompaniment to their songs

10PM | No sign of Sum 41 just yet. We had been waiting for an hour!

People were starting to get a tad restless after the long wait but there was still merriment in the crowd.

Pam and I camwhored our boredom away!

What I found really amusing was the way people find such delirious ways to entertain themselves!

The audience from the upper tier started throwing free drinks to the audience below.

While everyone else started to freeze and sing our national anthem, 'Negaraku' and bursting out into random sing-a-long songs.

10.30PM | Finally! Sum 41 broke the frustration with a sudden grand entrance

All the dissatisfaction and rage immediately transformed into high levels of energy from the crowd!

Stealing the show with their Screaming Bloody Murder tour with 'Screaming Bloody Murder'!

Lemme introduce you to the band members of Sum 41!

Lead singer & guitarist Deryck Whibley!

Bass guitarist and backing vocalist Jason McCaslin!

Lead guitarist & backing vocalist Tom Thacker!

Drummer Steve Jocz!

Over 2000 fans queued up as early as the afternoon began! Talk about some die hard fans here.

And hours before Sum 41 rocked the stage, the entire KL Live was packed with crazy punk rockers coming from all over Malaysia and even foreigners who made their way here to watch them live! 

Left side of the stage!

Right side of the stage!

When Sum 41 began playing their signature songs from the earlier albums, both the upper tier and lower tier were roaring with people all ready to rumble!

I had my fair share of yelling (singing) along to my fave songs 

Derryck and Jason giving the crowd one they'll never forget

They continued with 'Reason to Believe' and brought the house down with 'Hell Song'!

The crowd began to crowd-surf amongst each other.

There's a video at the end of this post! We managed to capture a guy surfing away

Throughout 'Hell Song' , Derryck began cherry-picking people from the crowd

Picking out another one!

Bet it was hard to choose; everyone would kill to join Sum 41 onstage!

The crowd was yelling, screaming and jumping as much as they can to be THE CHOSEN ONE

Just keep choosing and bringing 'em people to your stage, Derryck!

He brought up not one but FOUR people up on stage! Saw some of them giving Derryck a big hug.

Everyone got real jelly when they saw that and went 'HEYYYY!!!!' but it soon changed into an 'AWWWWW!'

Turning the mic towards the crowd so we can sing the bridge for him!

NOW I'M IN OVER MY HEAD!

FOR SOMETHING I SAID!

COMPLETELY MISREAD!

I'M BETTER OFF DEAD!

The crowd got into the zone and began to whirl up a massive circle pit in the mosh!

Their next song on tonight's playlist was 'We're All To Blame'

Performing a beautiful rendition of 'Walking Disaster'

I must say, eventhough I haven't been catching up or keeping myself up to date with the latest songs off their latest album Screaming Bloody Murder, I truly enjoyed their newer numbers.

Sum 41's new release of tracks felt darker, deeper, less punk-rock – routing slightly to the metal rock genre

Sum 41 performing 'Time for You to Go'

The next two songs were 'In Too Deep' and 'Motivation'. Boy, I swore I could feel the reverberation throughout the whole upper deck!

Imagine 2000 people, upper and lower tier, jumping and headbanging at the same time.

We be causing our own tremor in KL Live! 

Sum 41 letting Steve Jocz have his moment!

He definitely stole the limelight throughout his drum solo!

The continued their performance with 'Sick of Everyone', a number off their latest album as well.

Despite it being one of their newer songs, die-hard fans knew all the lyrics by heart.

Now that was impressive… and so much undying love for Sum 41! 

ROAARRRR WHO WANTS SOME HEAVY METAL!!!?

To our surprise, Sum 41 gave us a few short performance-covers of some really popular metal songs.

They covered songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica and a few others.

After 'Underclass Hero', another twist was in store for us.

Derryck then passed the mic to Tom and he gave us a stellar guitar solo and vocal performance!

Woooootwoooooot!

Tom's guitar solo

Derryck's guitar solo

T'was great seeing how all the band members of Sum 41 were so cooperative and supportive of one another onstage.

Such wonderful showmanship! Their transitions and performances jived seamlessly 

Jason and Derryck began picking out more people from the crowd to join them onstage

"I choose you!"

Performing 'Still Waiting' off their 2nd studio album Does This Look Infected?

SO AM I, STILL WAITING?

FOR THIS LOVE TO STOP HATING?

'Still Waiting' was another one of my favorite Sum 41 songs and I enjoyed headbanging and yelling throughout the song.

It was mayhem! Another circle pit started in the mosh again and more crowd-surfing soon ensued 

It was so insane till a point where security had to come and keep things back to an orderly manner LOL

Don't want anybody to get hurt, ey?

Keep moshing but be safe, fellow punk rockers!

The boys of Sum 41 performing a cover of 'We Will Rock You' originally sang by Queen

(encore)

After that performance was over, the crowd was already soaked with perspiration and brimming with their own heat.

The temperature rose and many people were seen pouring bottles of water over themselves.

Some even splashed their water on Derryck!

Oh you wanna play huh?

Let the games begin!

WATERFIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Derryck then grabbed his waterbottle off stage and splashed it towards the audience in retaliation

Derryck was soon outnumbered. The waterfight just kept going!

Sum 41 proceeded to perform their final song of the night, 'Fat Lip'. 

For those of you who have been listening to them back in the day, you would know that 'Fat Lip' was the very first single released off their very first album, All Killer No Filler, back in 2001.

Geez, how time flies!

The final twist of the night : drummer Steve Jocz takes the centerstage and wows the crowd on the mic!

There you have it, the boys of Sum 41!

This was the first time in all the years of my covering gigs/concerts that the drummer actually got down

from his drumset to steal the show with the microphone instead

It was impressive no doubt!

Sum 41 then threw out guitar picks and drumsticks to the crowd.

Everyone flocked to wherever those goodies were being thrown to! Now, I wish I was at the mosh too

They gave us a bow after their stunning two-hour performance

Although it was a pity that they did not perform 'Pieces', which was a crowd-favorite (I could hear people chanting Pieces! Pieces! Pieces! as early as 10PM!), we enjoyed their live performance and all that wait to see them perform in the flesh right in front of our eyes proved to be worthwhile.

Only a true fan would wait for hours (rain or shine)and still support a band to the end and back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZja2Iaagk

Here's the video of the night

Thanks to Pam for the footages & thanks to Kon for helping me edit them! 

WATCH EEEEEEEEEEEEET  

You've made these two girls very happy and proud of the music we grew up with

I'm sure the entire crowd of 2000 exuberant fans can vouch for what I said

Freddy Mercury approves

Sum 41 made us, punk-rockers so proud tonight!

We wish you all the best for the remaining stops of your Screaming Bloody Murder tour

A major shout-out to Rahul of One Buck Short and Livescape Asia and for putting together this amazing one-night-only show for us and making it happen!  I had a terrific time, thank you! 

Tonight's special Rockaway showcase was indeed, brilliant.

Can't wait for the Rockaway Fest this year!

 

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least

the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

     – Albert Einstein

 

Growing up, charity and philanthrophy has always been an integral part of my life.

Mom & dad used to take me to the Old Folks Home and Orphanage every so often to donate and contribute in our capacity.

As I grew older, I continued our family "tradition" of helping the less fortunate.

Being a member of the Girl Guides, Scouts & Rangers community back in high school, our fundamental principle was accepting the Promise and the Law based on spiritual values, personal development and commitment to helping others

Our 3rd and 10th law is :

3. A guide's duty is to be useful and to help to others

10. A guide is pure in thought, in word and in deed

And until now, I've never looked back.

Charity is the way to go! 

TheJessicat.com will be supporting a Guinness World Record Breaking Charity event tomorrow!

Tomorrow night, ACE Youth in collaboration with Taman Gembira Foundation and Alumni Sri Aman will be organizing a ground-breaking Guinness World Record Charity Event!

BollyforCharity is a Guinness World Record Breaking attempt for the largest multi-site Bollywood dance event.

This day, at the same time and exact same moment, 7 countries will be participating and doing the exact same thing around the globe!

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

New Zealand

Capetown, South Africa

Edinburgh Prison, United Kingdom

Kathmandu, Nepal

London, England

Manipal, India

Imagine the number of people that will be involved in this!  

We are helping our fellow friends in UK to break the current record of close to 4,500 people by hoping to gather 1,000 people to dance to the track Jai Ho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyVBe0pPRc

So.. learn up! It's gonna be fun!

Celebrity Leng Yein will also make her appearance at the event !

She will be performing a few songs for us 

Apart from many performances, there will be a charity drive and an auction session held during the event.

All the donation funds of Bolly for Charity in Malaysia earned this Saturday will be given to the Agathians Shelther in Petaling Jaya and the Handicapped and Disabled Children's Association of Klang in Selangor.

I hope you will join us in taking part in this truly global event!

It is open to all! Anybody and everybody should be part of this historical world breaking record charity.

WHAT BOLLY FOR CHARITY

WHERE SRI AMAN PJ SCHOOL FIELD

WHEN 12 MAY 2012 / BETWEEN 7PM – 11PM

Just drop by and put Malaysia in the World Map again….for the right reason! Heh. Heh. 

Always remember, we live life in a fast pace, reaping the benefits from the efforts we sow. We take on every new day with a new stride, chasing about the gains that matters to us in our journey.

But what could be better than giving back to society?

The only gift is a portion of thyself

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

See you there, all you good people!

It was the first day and the first session ever of the Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Award (MITBCA) 2012 organized by our very own Ministry of Tourism and the Social Media Chambers.

For more, check out both my previous blogposts where I shared what MITBCA 2012 is all about and announced who the award winners are.

Rise & shine! On the morning of Day One, I was all set and ready to go.

Semi-formal/smart casual outfit of the day. TheJessicat wears : 

Black pin striped blazer by S.U.B

Pink tank-top by Tommy Hilfiger

Black high-waisted skirt by Cotton On

Grey peep-toe suede wedges by Nose

Brown leather satchel by Forever 21

When I arrived Seri Pacific Hotel, the ballroom was already buzzing with delegates!

Wow, talk about being enthusiastic. Great turn out, guys 

9.30AM | Our very own Minister of Tourism, YB Dato Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen set the ball rolling with her keynote speech & welcomed us all.

This photo only shows half of the ballroom

Sheila Scarborough (prominent specialist of Social Media application on Tourism Businesses)

gave her talk on the 'outreach beyond travel bloggers'

This catered more to business owners of the travel & tourism related industry.

She shared how to identify one's niche markets, where to find them, how to connect to them and recommended ways on how to interest them in one's destinations and places of interest.

11.30AM | After her Tourism Social Media Specialist Talk, it was time for the first panel session to begin.

This session shares the ways of creating an engaged social media community

A friend of mine, David Jr. Hogan of Malaysia Asia, was one of the speakers for this session

Good on you, pal!

He talked about the community expansion through travel and sharing the Malaysian experience

Other speakers of this panel include other notable people in this similar field of expertise, Ali Watters from Scotland, Kiruba Shankar from India and Shane Dallas from Australia.

I found each of their sessions very enlightening and by the end of this panel session, I can bet your bottom dollar that everyone had learnt a thing or two about building active communities through blogging and how to promote destinations & services through new media platforms such as blogs and twitter.

1PM | LUNCH HOUR! 

Time to stretch, mingle about and take a break over scrumptious buffet lunch

Buddy Joe and I – good luck in your speech later! 

Muzaffar and I

David and I – great speech earlier! 

Made a new friend and fellow blogger  - Lash from the US of A

Hanie and I – good luck on your speech later dearie! 

Bumped into a one of my blog readers, this lovely lady beside me, Glow!

So nice to meet you after a few years of interacting with you only on my blog and on Twitter.

She replied my  tweet the night before the conference & mentioned she was attending the conference too. Another new friend made today 

It was very nice of her to approach me to say hi! We talked and clicked well 

2PM | The second panel session, which began right after lunch hour, focuses on entrepreneurship in tourism using social media.

Now, we're talking about the money money money here! $$$$$$

A good friend of mine, Joseph Lee began the session by

sharing ways to create good leads and generating immediate income

I found his talk informational and very ingenious! 

Good titles, how you say things online to first capture your readers/viewers attention is just as important as being dedicated in selling yourself well to gain monetary returns.

The next speaker was Anuradha Goyal from India who crafted many good ways

on how to create a tourism blog that generates interest

Dr. James Craven from the UK speaks about the importance of feedbacks & market interaction

Improving customer services through social media – something EVERY business must bear in mind.

Iman Brotoseno from Indonesia then shared how to drive engagement effectively

and adding value to social media via travel blogs

After almost two hours, it was time for the third panel session to begin after a short break.

To my surprise, I spotted my friend Khairul Anuar whom I've not caught up with in a while.

It slipped my mind that he was the moderator of the final panel session!

Great bumping into you today, pal!

The session that he moderates will emphasize on effective campaigns through the new media – enjoying one's holiday and sharing it to the world.

Hanie and I again.

See her rolled up paper? She came well-prepared on what to say

And it begins!

3.30PM | The session began with Windy Ariestanty from Indonesia who spoke about lifestyle & travel – going places and blogging about it.

She shared her experience and fun with the delegates.

Michael Aguino from the Philippines presented crafty ways to write

& blog about shoppers paradise in different countries

Good to know! I found his talk very entertaining and I learnt heaps from it as well

Next up was Anis Nabilah, host of 'Icip-icip' a television program on the Asian Food Channel (AFC)

She shared about the food junction : eating > drinking > blogging! 

Hanie was the final person to speak!

She spoke about how she started travelling with her family at a very young age and finally decided to document her travels online. Hanie also spoke on how to closing the gap and connecting closely to one's people.

5PM | Day One of MITBCA 2012 ends!

It was great to have reunited with so many friends from the industry that I have not seen in a while as well as meeting a whole new bunch of people from various fields of expertise.

Apart from that, the conference went very smoothly in a perfectly organized manner and it was enlightening to hear different perspectives of the panelists regarding tourism blogging, travelling and social media.

Two thumbs up to the team!  

Today was a fantastic day of information sharing and a good flow of questions and answers from the delegates and endless discussions.

Alright, I shall freshen up and put my best foot forward for tonight's MITBCA Gala Award Dinner.

Looking forward to more in store for us on Day Two!

As we speak, I'm sitting at my laptop to reply some emails and doing some workies as usual, but tonight, is a very special night indeed.

Lo and behold, what did I see? 

I was in awe, while gazing at view of the ethereal Supermoon from my window!

It was magnificent. I quickly whipped out my camera gear without thinking. 

Out comes my DSLR and 200mm telephoto lens!

How could I resist?

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

Oh and.. here's a HDR shot I did of tonight's Supermoon. Enjoy!

Supermoon from my window

As of tonight, the 7th May 2012, the biggest full moon of the year peaked and shone 30% brighter than usual due to its close passing to the Earth. 

Lovely. I'm really glad I managed to catch the significance of tonight!

Because of a fluke of orbital timing, the full moon of May peaked

just as the moon was passing its perigee, the closest point to Earth of its orbit.

The result was the biggest full moon of the year, which NASA and

other scientists nicknamed the supermoon of 2012

- news.discovery.com

 

You could say I'm quite a fan of giant full moons, here's my previous blogpost about the moon I shot one Autumn night last year back in Australia.

Should probably lay a rug in the middle of your lawn right now and admire the moon in all its splendour when you still have the chance! 

Alright, back to work now

Have a great week ahead lovelies! 

Hollaaaaa! Hope your weekend is going swell, dear readers

Mine has been hectic but fun thus far! I just returned from a full day at the 'Avengers With Harley' event.

Many thanks to Harley Davidson for inviting me as their guest!

I had a swell time checkin' out and even riding your buncha sexy superbikes. It an was out-of-this-world experience! The private screening of Marvel's The Avenger's with good company & all the bikers was amazing too

More of that in another blogpost!

Random photo : sunny skies ahead!

   Oooh and here's a Health & Money tip for today! 

Steadfast in my daily routine is lots of gymtime and fresh fruits & vegetables everyday.

My gym essentials

To complement your healthy lifestyle, blend your own fresh fruit juice at home!

Theboyf and I bought a whole lot of fruits & veggies yesterday at the market and it only costed us 6 bucks altogether.  

Imagine buying fruit juice from a juice bar – 10 bucks for a blend of only 3 fruits, sugared, watered down and filled with ice.

Nope, not wise at all. 

This morning, we had a power combination of 5 types of fruits & 2 veggies

Let's see. Green apples, red apples, oranges, pears, a pineapple, celery sticks & carrots.

100% fresh, pure, concentrated fruit juice including the pulp for only RM6 FOR TWO HUGE GLASSES! 

Apart from the labour of cutting & juicing the fruits by ourselves (and rinsing the equipment thereafter) it is a fun thing to do together, I must say! 

Upon taking our 1st sip of our homemade fruit juice, we nodded in approval and high-fived each other for a job well done. 

Did some juicing with buddy Pamela at home too!

We used a combo of red apples, oranges, carrots & pears 

By the way, some of you have been asking me why I haven't been updating much this month.

Now that you've mentioned, it kinda struck me.  

Probably 'cos I'm often out and about even more lately that I hardly have the time to sit at my computer anymore.

Apologies! You can still catch up with me via my twitter page 

Promise I'll be updating a whole lot more, aight?  

Oh, and to make up for lost time, here's a back to back of some photos & happenings I've missed out on sharing with you peeps.

Saved a kitten from being crushed in the middle of the road

Speaking of felines, here are a few latest piccies of my furkid, Chivas.

He's such an adorable ball of fluff, 10 months old now

Just got him neutered!

Was extended an invitation to Werner's @ Changkat Bukit Bintang to attend a launch party jointly organized by Corset Me, Rarablack and Lovely Legs.

They held a sexy corset party – CANDYGIRL – and it was fun trying out their corsets, leggings and other outfits!

The ladies from Corset Me did a live demonstration of the proper & correct way to wear a corset

I've personally never worn an *actual* corset before!

I only own those corset-look-a-like tube tops from Guess, Forever 21 and MNG. 

This live demonstration was informational & pretty fun to watch

They then offered to let me try their corsets. I got to choose whichever corset that suits my style the most!

The kind lady-boss of Corset Me – Jaycee – helped me wear it properly. Thanks again!

Before I knew it, I was ushered to the studio area to do a photoshoot with their corset on.

My style was evident tonight – an edgy, rockerchick look with a feminine touch 

I picked a black Ed Hardy inspired corset

Felt so jittery throughout the photoshoot!

I've always felt more comfortable being the photographer than being photographed. But I hope I pulled it off!

Mui Victoria and I during the event

Michelle and I just before we left the event!

Two photos : one from my camera & one from hers

It was a fun and enlightening night. I had a great time!

Attended Carlsberg Where's The Party event

Thanks for the photos, Ed

Just some photos from ze clan's Christmas potluck party. I made roast!

Again, thanks for the photos Ed!

Brought theboyf back to Penang for the 1st time

Had my Industrial Piercing re-pierced because I didn't like the initial positioning

Went for a double date with my pals!

Some relaxation + shisha with good Iranian food at Shisha Lounge!

Had an amazing & fun-loving valentines!

Exchanged gifts! (More gift-exchange that I forgot to take photos of cos he opened mine real fast)

Had a milkshake phase

Speaking of which, it's been a while since we last had our dose of Milkshake Factory, ey?

Played with food

Ate too much good food

…….. that it's time for a moneydiet

Went to Semenyih for the 1st time to accompany buddy Pam's trip Nottingham University

Photo taken while waiting for her

Played and experimented with pretty contact lenses!

Clockwise : olive green, ash, brown, violet

Had a random burst of OCD and I started to reorganize my contact lenses

Bought new grey diamond ones! Love how they have sucha strong affinity to the eyeballs

  Just so you know, all the contact lenses I'm wearing are plano ones.

Zero power, as I am neither short-sighted nor long-sighted.

But unfortunately, I have very high astigmatism.

Got my eyes checked!

Fell in love with this tiny car with a Union Jack roof!

Also fell in love with this random cloud I saw by the display window in the mall!

Camwhored in the car while waiting in the bubble jet carwash machine!

Attended one of the series of Guinness's St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Jarrod & Rawlins!

Brought along buddy Pam to join in the greeeeeeen Irish fun 

Massive retail therapy when I got real moody sometime last month

Pampered my nails – DIY at home!

Random shot via iTouch at KLCC carpark

Random shot via iTouch at The Curve's carpark

Also a random shot, this time in Sunway instead!

Had a scrumptious dinner feast with the Aussiemates at Souled Out

Camwhoring with theboyf with full hopes of getting a nice photo but………

Such is life 

Attended the Laura Mercier Spring 2012 Collection & Swatch launch

Had my make up done by the professional make-up artists there!

Met the amazing Jodi Riley, the official, international make-up artist of Laura Mercier

She's so bubbly and full of personality!

Lastly, went back to school with buddy Pam to visit our high school teachers &

eat the famous Char Koay Teow at our canteen!

Surely you must miss your high school food after growing up with it for 11 years of your early life

We certainly did.

That being said, have a good night (or a party night!)

and enjoy your Sunday ahead lovelies! 

Remember my previous blogpost regarding this prestigious award ceremony organized by the Ministry of Tourism?

The voting period has ended, the panel has tabulated the scores, judges have made their final decision and it is my pleasure to congratulate the winners of the 16 categories of Malaysian International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards!

Tourism Fashion Blog – Hanis Zalikha from inibelogsaya.blogspot.com

Fabulous Food 1 Malaysia Blog – Zuraida from koleksi1001resepi.com

Tourism Lifestyle Blog – Emilia Yusof from emiliayusof.com

Tourism Music Blog – Yuna from myspace.com/yuna

Tourism Photography/Art Blog – Daniel Zaidi from danielzaidi.com

Tourism Technology Blog – Steve Yu from mytechquest.com

Tourism Micro Blogger – Andy Telasai from twitter.com.andytelasai

Celebrity Blog – Zarul from ZarulUmbrella.com

Tourism Travel Blog – Jard from ignorantbrat.blogspot.com

Tourism Blog of the Year – Bella from enveeus.com

Expat MM2H Blog – Docgelo from docgelo.wordpress.com

Eco Tourism Blog – Janggel from janggeltrekking2.blogspot.com

Homestay Blog – terataihomestay.blogspot.com

Tourism Destination Blog –  John from kakiberangan.blogspot.com

and a personal congrats from me to both my friends for winning the Tourism awards too!

Tourism Duty Free Shopping Blog – Wilson Ng from placesandfoods.com

Tourism Entertainment Blog – Nazuwan from beautifulnara.com

Looking forward to the Gala/Award Ceremony night at Saloma Theatre Restaurant! 

Don't forget to attend the two-day conference! 

There will be world-class international speakers presenting us a very informational session about tourism, travel, blogging, social media and their experiences throughout the years.

Registration is  free!

Make sure I see you this coming Tuesday and Wednesday! 

For more information and staying updates with the latest of MITBCA, do check out the official website www.mitbca.com, like their Facebook page at facebook.com/mitbca or follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/mitbca2012

Lay the truth on the table & let your thoughts be heard.

Today, I'm wearing black with a yellow ribbon in full support of World Press Freedom Day. Are you?

Before you say anything, yes I know I look really weird with blonde streaks in my hair.

Will return with my trademark red hair shortly!

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;

this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference,

and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"

Press freedom = your freedom

and it should be uncensored! 

LOL when I wished all my fellow journalism students a 'Happy World Press Freedom Day', other people misheard and thought I said "HAPPY WORLD BREASTFEEDING DAY". I laughed so hard. Haha!

Try it – say Happy World Press Freedom Day real fast, and you might hear Happy World Breastfeeding Day yourself

Sorry for getting your hopes up, kid. But it's really not World BREASTFEEDING Day

There, there.

That was a genuine mistake but it really cracked me up! Anyway, Happy World PRESS FREEDOM Day to all!

May we continue to advocate freedom of the press 

Just got word that there will be a notable two-day conference followed by a prestigious awards ceremony that's all happening early next month.

I am more than honoured to be one of the official bloggers to represent and blog about the Malaysian International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards – an event of such a grand scale!

This global event for bloggers – organized by the Ministry of Tourism in association with Social Media Chambers – aims to honour and award tourism bloggers across the globe for extensively promoting tourism in Malaysia.

16 categories and 16 awards will be awarded to the most deserving travel bloggers who blog about tourism, tourist spots and share Malaysia in one way or another.

It's good to know that the government has acknowledged and is now riding on

the waves of blogging and social media! :)

Experience our city that never sleeps. Think : food, shopping & nightlife!

Immerse yourself in our cultural experience & getaways!

An excellent move to boost tourism in Malaysia, if I do say so myself. 

The ministry aims to attract 36 million tourists, a goal targeted based on last year's 24.6 million tourists last year.

The two-day conference will be held on :

8th & 9th of May 2012 at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Do come! Registration is FREE

It's gonna be a very informational and enlightening session,

with international guest speakers as well!

Nominations have been closed and locked in – a whopping 100K nominated blogs in total!

Voting period has begun and closes on the 1st of May 2012.  

All the best to all the finalists! 

So you know what to do… vote for your favourite or most deserving travel blogs at MITBCA website!

For more information, head on to the official website itself at www.mitbca.com

Also, while you're at it, stay updated with the latest regarding the event on Twitter @MITBCA2012 and check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mitbca

Finally, back from the Avenged Sevenfold concert held in Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach!

As a rockerchick deep down (though not an ardent fan of metal music) I must say I enjoyed my two hours worth of A7X's hard rock & heavy metal. 

M.Shadows rocking the stage with his gritty, powerful voice

They were nothing short of amazing!! 

The turn-out blew me away; it was success! A total of at least 15,000 people rocked up to the event 

A7X performed 13 songs altogether – beginning with 'Nightmare' and ended with 'Unholy Confessions'

Zacky Vengeance & Synyster Gates rocking the surf beach down with their deft guitar skills

This is just a little sneak-peak preview post ;)

Stay tuned for the main blogpost that's gonna be a massive load of photos & a video of the night!

Till then, AVENGED SEVENFOLD FTW!

Major credits to TuneTalk for working so hard to bring A7X down to Malaysia and serving us a heavy dose of powerful rock, metal, amazing guitar solos, drum solos, heaps of screaming & headbanging today!

Good night fellow rockers & metalheads! 

"People should not be afraid of their governments.

Governments should be afraid of their people"

- V for Vendetta

Today's BERSIH 3.0 RALLY BY THE NATION, FOR THE NATION

IN THE STREETS OF KUALA LUMPUR

Photo credits : Alangraphy Syazwan Alangraphy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGogMq9NZ0

Television news reports : What the government doesn't want you to know :O