All the hype on KDU’s DJ talent search is now over, and for the mentors – the dedication is over. Hmm, now we know how you feel, Mr. Ken! LOL

A selected handful of us were chosen to be student mentors of the DJ competition. Here, a high school student (a contestant) was to be placed under our care, for us to impart knowledge on the basics of DJ-ing, announcing, and other aspects of the DJ console/mixer.

And trust me, we’re a bunch of wacky mentors!

And that’s NOT even half of us

OkayOkay, enuff. Here’s the REAL boss for the day :

Oh, on second thought – This is an even BIGGER boss

our lecturer Mr. Ken!
How could I forget

Anyway, ’nuff with us mentors.

On the first day of the workshop, those highschool students were given to us at random. And I now introduce, my mentee – forth former, Ivan Pang of ChungLing High School!

Ivan & I prior to the competition
yes, he IS tall
( I was wearing heels even with my height, so you can imagine how tall he is)

So yeah, after two weeks of being in constant communication with our mantees and training sessions of using the console and DJ-ing, they were all set to put their best foot forward!

During one of our training sessions, Ivan requested a picture to be taken for keepsakes & memories of his first time ever in competitions of such

So anyway, the competition started late, typical Malaysian timing. Heh.

Mentors & their mentees were doing their last few rounds of practising in our recording studio
(oh and if you were wondering why everyone is donning black, Switch sponsored our t-shirts)

Spotted Drea & her mentee Seumas grabbing some time to surf blogs.
Haha.. and I saw mine!

We even had time to leave our marks on the whiteboard

And while all these were happening upstairs,

As the competition is about to begin, one couldn’t help but to wonder what was in store for the winners, no?

Success says it all

BUT

the success of all successes says it louder!

So you guys ready?
And 3..2..1, we’re on air!

First contestant & mentor Nads

When it began, it was all good. My mentee Ivan was the 2nd contestant and boy, here it goes

That’s me, Ivan & the two producers preparing before we took off
on of the Judges from USM looks on

See how he goes!

There was a guest DJ in the house though, we flew him all the way from Singapore. DJ Janrius the oh-so-cool one that I think I’ve already self-proclaimed myself as his Number 1 fan. He’s friggin’ off the hook!
No, seriously. Like, hell yeah!

A very experienced DJ-turned-producer, so nevermind the grey hair eh?
I reckon he’s about 40-odd.

Oh so what?
He’s forty & fabulous!
(p.s. I don’t have fetish for older men f.y.i)

He gave us an interesting insight & some lessons on basic turntablism & how to work Apple Inc.’s latest software for DJs – Scratch Live

Scratch Live on his lil MacBook

All of us found him his lessons very interesting indeed

ANYWAYS

At one point during the competition, I got ssssso weary and couldn’t stop thinking about the MTV Asia Awards that I HAD to miss because I’m right here right now in college. *dreams on…* ahh, screw it. WTF

Before my mind drifted off into imagining how it would be like seeing Jared Leto (Frontman of the rock band – 30 Seconds to Mars) emceeing during the prestigious event held at The Arena of Stars Genting…

My bubble was burst to the booming voice of the emcee of this event instead – Mr. Mark Felix’s voice.

Hmm, now that’s very charming of you Mr. Mark
More charming than Jared Leto perhaps?

Oh and you know sometimes, when I don’t pay attention in class, I compare Mr. Mark to King Leonidas

Oh well, it was just SAD that I missed the MTV Asia Awards in Genting. Maybe, it’s worth it after all, even Sweetheart said it was. He said “concerts can come & go but when will you actually get another chance to be a student mentor for a DJ competition?”

So I guess, it was an event worth missing.

Well, at least our lil son Benjie can sit pretty wearing my MTV Asia Awards invitation ticket

Click to enlarge
Aww.. he’s lovin it
Can you spot me in the tiny picture on the invitation?
=)

Back to where we left off, it was already our lunch break by the time I came back from Planet CrazyImagination.

Who can do without fooooood?

No one can

Daniel was getting a lil sleepy as usual so we camwhored for a while

AND THAT WOKE HIM UP
thank me
hahahaaha

I also took my mentee Ivan around for a lil tour around college and this was what we saw in our college’s in-house restaurant – Bon Appetit

A fine butter sculpture work of a friend
Doesn’t it look adorable with the lil bow tie? =D

Just before the winners were announced, DJ Janrius gave us a mindblowing performance! We were dancing and putting our hands up in the air like there was no tomorrow. His awesome remixes of latest numbers and addictive beats made us feel like letting down our hair and parttttaayyyyy!

That’s him doing his thang!

Seumas & I went mad during the chorus of Flo-Rida’s Low

It was cool that Seumas Teh, came back for his 2nd time this year. He joined last year but didn’t quite make it… so this time, he’s back even more prepared and with a brimming goal to win this competition!

And his motivation did him proud – he walked away being champion! Beside him are the 1st runner up Zoe & 2nd runner up Richard. Although I’m not Seumas’s mentor, I’m still proud of him.

Fashion Fads.
Could we do without them? We’ve had great fashion trends coming and going, from the all favorite street style to even extremities like the Visual Kei fashion.

We’re constantly revolving into a cyber-based world, so must our fashion sense! And yes, that night was spectacular indeed. Another ICT fair perhaps?

Presenting to you, a one of a kind experience I’ve had in terms of fashion trends…

CYBER Gen. FASHION

My very first time encoutering such fashion and make-up.
I was in awe half the time… haahaaha

Imagine Star Wars-meets-BattleStar Galactica, where the style and fads can only be described in one word and ONE word only

– FUTURISTIC

And much credit goes to Malaysia’s pioneer in CyberFashion, Mr. Hideaki H.
I’ll do the honours of introducing him to you, one of the leading fashion designers in our country :

It was fabulous working and talking to Mr. Hideaki, he’s one heck of a jovial fellow! Together with his two assistants (I couldn’t catch their names) as well, we got along very fast. They have such dramatic humour!

It was an experience for me to watch intently backstage, at how meticulous those CyberMake-Up artists dolled up the models; all in close proximity!

It is different than how make-up is usually caked onto their faces – they use mostly silverish tones of eyeshadow to give it the robotic & modernistic effect

Check out the heavy tonal values on their eyelids

and metallic colours on their lips

Some of their hair were sprayed stiff to look as though they were defying gravity… and silverish blue strands of hair extensions were used on certain models to portray the futuristic image. (you will see them soon enough)

When midnight struck, the show began with a spectacular opening!

Nice figures all in a line

A masquerade to disguise identity?

Mr. Hideaki was busy sprucing the models up before each and every round. Such passion put into his fine works

All the models had many rounds to do, as there were so many designs to parade down the stage. So, it’s no wonder certain models may look particularly flushed and exhausted.

A stunning performance

Special thanks goes to my boss, Miss Priscilla Selan.

She’s a great person to work with, and gosh she was so stressed – hustling & bustling all over the place during the event! But.. in the end, it was all good ey, Pris? =)

Towards the end of the night, tokens of appreciation were then given out to the people that helped make the event a success – a pretty bouquet of flowers!

and finally, to the star of the show…….. *drumroll*

My warmest & greatest extent of congratulations to you, Mr. Hideaki

Have a safe flight back and I hope you like the complete set of photographs I’ve burned for you Cheers!

ahh.. that’s Mr. Hideaki admist his models & Cyber creations

Another great thing was, I got to stand beside the DeeJays at their turntable and consoles!

Truthfully, I’ve never stood beside the DJs while they’re spinning tracks before cos no one is actually allowed. heh =)

Wow Rachel, pretty chun your picture. Capturing me while I’m capturing the DeeJay scratching the vinyl records. Nice one, gurl.

Had a chat with DJ Alvin too, he’s the chief DJ of Mois & Dream

Mr. Hideaki flanked by his entire crew

All in all, i was glad to have played a role in this fashion showcase event and to have contributed my services to the team and it’s crew. For glory like this, it IS a moment to be captured on camera!