Swinburne Cultural Night 2009

Hi....well I suppose to study as final exam is just around the corner but after few hours still did nothing, I decided to update this blog. Which is long time left abandoned.

I was attending the event held by International Student Club on 30th October called Cultural Night. This event was much more fantastic than what I thought. Yeah, I really enjoyed the overall show.

Group photo with students from Africa and Asia.

Some might say this cultural night is similar to the Rainforest World Music Festival because it combines all the cultures across the globe in a night!

Master of the ceemony.. Ashik from Bangladesh.

Nice outfit, right? It reminds me Shah Rukh Khan in the Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham.

1Malaysia's Gang in da house..!!!

Ada yang dapat pangkat Datin malam tu..ahhahaha. Saya dan Felicia pakai pakaian Orang Ulu. Dia Orang Ulu yang asli sedangkan saya plastik saja.

Indonesian General Consulate and wife..the VIP for the night.

They were very sporting and friendly. I like her kain Batik. Quite surprise when both said they can understand the song that I sing. I sing an Iban song. And they said it is quite similar to Indonesian song and language. Maybe similar to language in Kalimantan because there are Dayak in that part.

Welcome to Indonesia..

me and Dina is promoting Visit Indonesia's Year 2009..She is wearing the Balinese costume and our clothes look matched. At first, me and Dina took photo use my camera. Suddenly came few photographers and took our photos non stop. I turn to be panicked and lost idea to pose. Hahahaha... I was thinking to do the Ngajat dance but no idea why the hands were tied.

That one is Chinese plactic. LOL.

Believe me I never wear Cheongsam before. Wait till the XL reduces to L.

Pro Vice Chancellor.

The fashion show.

Macam biasa, I was one of the performers. This time I have to perform in the name of our country, Malaysia as all the performers have to represent their countries too. I choose to sing Iban song because I'm wearing the Orang Ulu's outfit. Same lah, Dayak! I can sing Kayan Kenyah song but it won't be as interesting as that Iban song, Idup Berambun Ai Mata. Ada dangdut, ada goyang a bit. Many international students like the song as it sounds unique although the lyrics are sad but I make it totally out of meaning. Hahaha..bukannya diorang faham pun.

My baju so the bling bling... first time wearing it. Next year me and friends plan to perform something different from our culture. Jangan tak jadi pulak yer.. Pres madah ka bekuntau, Malvin ka bejawang. Ni enda gamal nya ila ka.

Idup Berambun Ai Mata - Live by Jersie

I'm singing for Swinburne Cultural Night 2009. Sing an Iban song and wearing the Kayan Kenyah traditional costume..i was the only performer for Malaysia.

Keterubah ya mai lagu Iban ba Swinburne function. hahaha..irau ga enggai ke urang enda rindu ninga. Tapi enda nyangka udah nya, mayuh madah rindu ninga lagu nya. Nya kitai anang malu mantaika lagu bansa diri..ukai mina lagu Iban, bansa bukai pan bakanya.

Swinburne Prom Night '09

Hi...still in Prom Night mode everyone?


Last month was the Prom Night fever in Kuching. Most of the institution such as Segi, UCS and of course Swinburne. But no one can deny that Swinburne's Prom Night is the grand and outstanding one. I can give you the reasons why. Swinburne's prom only be held in 4 or 5 stars hotel and this year was in Four Points, the ticket is RM60 while Curtin only charges RM50, the prom was sponsored by many private businesses such as Maison Monica Salon, Hollywood Bridal, Ray's Salon, Breeze Mag (got my pic in the latest issue..hehehe), Hotlink (we got free Hotlink number as redemption)and few more.


27th September, 2009

I was late for the make up because at 3pm, I got "sound check" session at Four Points itself. It took 2 hours because there were people late for it and we have to wait until they are done. Cerh, belum jadi artis lagi dah berlagak. Disiplin tak ada, jangan harap nak maju.

I reached the salon around 5pm and there were few more people still doing the make up and hair. But the service there is quite fast. Earlier, Celest told me the place is crowded. Everyone went there because it offers cheap price special for the prom.

Rm40 for this..

Please take note that I'm not selling myself at Rm40. I'm saying that the make up and hair do in the salon cost only that amount. Last year I spent almost RM100. See the picture above clearly, nicely done, is it? *blinking eyes* So, if you all have any functions and don't want to spend much, just go there lah. Located at Tun Jugah Road and Kenyalang Park.


The event started around 7pm. This time our table was infront. Don't really like it, I prefer behind as it will be more happening. I was in a table with all the ladies. Hahaha..balat bala indu dara. Nyau enda entu ngelala pangan diri agi laban ti udah bebuka karung.Hahahaha. Ngelamatu enti ngagai campus, mina bekena ke tanchut jeans enggau T Shirt. Tiba- tiba jadi hot chix for one night only.

Hotties..

Pamela Anderson ada, Karen Mok ada, Paris Hilton ada....Jennifer Lopez pun ada..Hahahaha.

This is the booklet.

Eh, macam kenal jak muka yang pakai white belt tu. 6 performers from Swinburne students for that night and 2 other special performances. Not that special lah..Lain kali invite lah yang menepati citarasa semua such as Dayang Nurfaizah, Fish Leong or Jaclyn Victor.


For what the hell lah student council invite those 8TV people to be the host and also singer. It was nice and okay but it's not suitable for Swinburne's prom. This is not Chinese Variety TV show for you to conduct like that as like you don't know Swinburne has many international students. They spoilt the prom.


I was the third performer. Seriously I wasn't nervous as compared to previous performance in Swinnite. I sang 2 songs in medley, Ayat-Ayat Cinta and My Immortal. Ayat-Ayat Cinta is the song that I wanted to sing for so long already and finally I made it in Prom Night. My Immortal was come at last minute because the first song is too short. I was so happy that the 2 songs are not the wrong choices.

From my camera.

Photo taken by Fahriee.

I told you, there were many photographers for the night. The photos above are only from those photographers that I know while there are still many more that I don't know.


Rugi tak buat persembahan untuk prom ni. Rasa bersemangat dan bertenaga semasa sedang menyanyi. Camera flashes are everywhere and audience clap and shout for you. Tell me where and when you can feel this kind of experience while you are only ordinary people like me.

From Mick Long

I'm a very optimist person who believes that small thing that you are doing now may benefit you big thing in the future. Saya tidak menganggap apa yang saya buat sebagai membazir masa, tenaga dan wang. I'm singing because it is my passion. I like to do what I like. It is not because I want to be popular or to get the prize.

After the dinner, there were friends come and approached saying that they like my singing so much. The next day I received few comments posted in my Facebook wall saying the performance I did was great. I really appreciate those awesome responses that they gave. At least it does pay off the preparation and practices I done before.


The highlight of the event........

Prom King and Queen finalists.

Congratulation to all of them who made the night meaningful. The people out there are only know how to criticize but they never care to nominate themselves. We should be grateful that they are willing to be in the event. What if the prom night without its King and Queen?

Hot single ladies in the house...

Swinburne's prom's theme 2009.......Masquerade.

I know it was Curtin's last season theme. Who cares??My mask is designed and created by Vivien, the student here. And my dress is bought from JP Boutique in Tun Jugah Road.



Overall, this year prom is just okay. Some of the elements that shouldn't be brought, had make the event lower than the expectation. One more, it doesn't feel like really a masquerade party. No one seems care to wear the mask. Oh ya, the food? I still prefer the Gawai dinner in my hometown where we can find pork and beer with only RM2o per person. Seriously the Student Council should not ordering the food that are similar to the Siang Siang Corner's or Cafeteria's food for next year prom.

Speak because I care. Pelajar diutamakan, Prom Night didahulukan.

Beraya di Kuching

Sorry for not updating for so long. Hehehe..

Hi, I went for Raya visiting at second day of raya. Just going to friends' houses around Kuching.

First house

Azfar's house

Ada cupcake lagi u know..At that time, me Celest and Ropa control ourself not to eat so much..HAHA.. Bukan apa, takut perut tak muat nak makan di rumah seterusnya.

Trista in da house..

second house

Farra's house

The kampung is all the way to go Damai. Still also we makan sedikit.

Third or last house

Azie's house in BDC.

Finally, we did eat quite a lot and full. Quite surprise that Ropalin kept asking where to get the "Kacang rangup" that we don't even bother to look at in kedai runcit. Kasihan..LOL;

Photoshoot.

The parents was not around so we took the chance to take as much photos as we can. Please don't try this at school.

Photoshoot

This was the first photoshoot I ever done in a studio. The phographer is Mick Long (professional photographer from Kuching).




Well, it was not easy because I'm less interested in posing or modelling. (Kalau camwhoring okay lah). I was blur when Mick starts to give instructions.

See, until I wanted to do this kind of flying pose. Haha..Few shots only but felt like too many.

The photo is needed for Prom Night's event booklet. I'm one of the performer for the night. So, the photoshoot and the make up are free.

the result.

What I like about the result is I looked thinner and smaller.Hahaha..nothing nampak besar. But I received quite a few bad response regarding the make up :(

Send great love to typhoon morakot victims

Although not much that we can help, at least we do contribute something.

Please donate.. There is still large amount needed for the victims in Taiwan.


Donate with smile....don't forget..LOL;

Why you should love Malaysia.

Belated wish..Happy Merdeka Day to all Malaysians..

Hmm, I think quite long I do not blog about politics. I notice in my blog labels, there are too much labels about "nothing or nonsense".LOL.


Some people said, 'dah 52 tahun merdeka, baru sibuk nak lancar konsep 1 Malaysia' and 'satu malaysia hanya indah pada nama sedangkan masih ramai orang yang masih tidur dan masih angkuh dengan sikap perkauman jadi adakah konsep ini dapat difahami dan dilaksanakan?'


Ba penemu aku, dah manah meh nya bisi initiative, ari ke nadai lalu. Tang amat ga nya udah kelalu laun, enti mensia umur 52, nyau udah bisi uchu, udah beruban buk.


The people outside there always percept that Malaysia's discrimination is the worst. Let me remind you one thing, the special right for bumiputra or son of the soil has been agreed and approved by all races before Malaysia is existed.


Like this, M, C and I was planning to bulid a house together. But C and I were outsiders while M owned the land and born there. So, it does make sense that the priority must be given to M and there was a contract signed between them.


Regarding the quotas in government job, please agree that the highest percentage should belong to bumiputra. Why?? Chinese was known as the business people, they came here to trade and they really earn money from that. And Indian came here to work in estates and their earnings also not bad. What happen to the bumiputra? Where are they?Excuse me, they are busy planting padi. The Ibans and Kadazans really believe that padi is the most valuable thing in their life and if the planting does not go well, they will think that the ancestors and the spirits are angry with them. So, during planting until harvesting, they are very carefull in their daily lives and speeches. I still remember my mom marah me with sumpah seranah because I threw away the leftover rice into the dustbin. I hope she will never ever know what we did in hostel.


The government passed the rule with the reason. What if there is no quota? The bumiputras will remain as the farmers while other races enjoy rich lifestyle. The rule was set to make it balance. Not like in some countries, the government never care about this and the citizen starts to mogok and the obvious is, in that country (enda jauh, seberai nyin aja), some people(C) are very rich until listed in forbes.com and own 10 Rolls Royce while there also people (aborigins) are very poor until don't have food to eat and homeless. We don't want this kind of scenario to happen here.

gambar hiasan..sorry ya, model tak berapa cantik...;p

Another reason that I think why we should obey the special right to bumiputra is...Indian and Chinese are very good in business, right? The government always help the bumi by giving them jobs and money. If you are doing business, would you happy if all your customers are poor or jobless and come to your shop but only buy ikan bilis then go away? The fact is, Tan Sri Robert Kwok is the richest person in Malaysia and the second person is Ananda Krishnan. The only bumiputra made into the top 10 list is Syed Albukhari.

About 1Malaysia concept....



I'm studying in a private international university. This university has many international students. The first time I came here, I always address myself as Malaysian. I hate it when people asking, especially Malaysian itself, "Are you Chinese?"


There is confusion, you know. People might think that you are Chinese from mainland China. There was a friend from China asking me, "are you Malaysian Chinese?". Hmm, all this while I never thought that my race is quite complicated to explain. Why is it so hard to be a real Malaysian?



One more fucking question that my international friends ever asked me, "Do you know how to speak Bahasa Malaysia?". Wtf wtf wtf wtf..I'm not blaming them, there must be a reason why they were asking that. Then I replied, "I'm a Malaysian, of course I know how to speak my national language. Why?" She said, " I notice that you all (Malaysian) always talk to each other in other language but not your national language."

don't tell them that i put their pic here (nanti diorang minta royalti, tak ada duit aku.)

I know that in their countries, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam or Thailand, they only speak in one language. A Vietnamese friend ever told me that in her country, all the citizen will speak only using national language but at home, it's up to them.

hmm, cantiklah sikit model-model yang ini.

In Malaysia is really different. A Malaysia citizen must be able to communicate in at least 3 languages. The dialect (mandarin, foochow, hakka..), the national language which is Bahasa Malaysia and the international language, English of course. Some of them can catch until 10 languages plus Iban, Bidayuh, KadazanDusun, Kayan....

In term of communication medium, we still cannot be the same...how to achieve 1Malaysia concept? I think the government should restrict everyone to communicate in national language while outside home. It's very hard you know, whenever I met new people or want to ask something from people that I don't know, I need to observe the face first then can decide what language to use. If the face looks like chinese, then speak mandarin lah. If the face looks like Malay, speak Malay lah. If the face looks like Indian, I don't know how to speak Tamil lah...nevermind, speak english lah. See, we have no intention to speak bahasa Malaysia.

LOL...there was a funny story happened 2 years ago in a bank. I was sitting alone waiting for my turn. Here came this Lao Amah, sat on the chair on my left side. Few minutes later, came this old Indian lady sat on my right side. Then she looked at the Lao Amah and excited, "amoi, lama tidak jumpa kamu. Pergi mana?...bla bla bla bla...." And I was still sit between them! They talked in malay and mentioning a friend named Siti. Hahahaha...I heard everything and the funny thing was, I didn't move to another chair.

Let me emphasize here, I like to stay in Malaysia and I love my country. I know there are many people say, I wana migrate to Autralia, England or America. You go lah. Don't you ever dare to come back here after 4 to 5 years later. Masa susah baru nak ingat negara asal, dah kena cerai dengan suami mat saleh, baru terhegeh-hegeh nak pulang. Sila buang pemikiran sombong anda itu. This is your country, your home. If you hate your home, that's mean you also hate your family. I heard this many times. "I'm regret that I was born here', my advise is, please tell your mom next time before you were born, to abort you.

I'm actually very eager to go other people's country, but I never think of changing my nationality. There are so many proves, Malaysians that migrating to other countries might surely come back and one of their reason is, I still think that Malaysia is the best. Examples, Fish Leong, Michelle Yeoh, Jimmy Choo, Jessie Chung....and my far relative that worked in Dubai over 10 years, now in KL. He came back although the salary there was super duper higher.

Why? I can give you the reasons.

Why Malaysia is the best:

1. Free medical in public hospital. Do you know how much you need to spend to get treatment in Japan? Don't you ever dare to get sick over there. Do you know one person that suspected with H1N1 will cost RM100 for check up?

2. Free education. Can you think of any countries that give 100% study loan for the university student?

3. Peace no war. Some countries has identified with only one race, how come they are still fighting? In west, the black and white are still categorised as unharmony.

4. Many natural resources.

5. Economic stabilization. Do you know how much is the inlation rate in Indonesia?

6. Malaysia is under normal unemployment rate.

7. The GDP proves that the Malaysia productivity has increased every year.

8. Subsidized items such as petrol, rice, cooking oil, gas and etc. Explain me petrol price in Singapore, the richest country in SEA.

That's all from me..anyone who feels uneasy with my statements, sorry, I can't help sensitive people like you.

Majulah blogger untuk Malaysia. Peace.