[BUSY MODE]: Happy Birthday 2 November Babies
(Blog Update For These Few Busy Days In November 2007)It's been a very hectic week for me and seriously i have no time to blog or prepare my updates for the current moment. Therefore here goes all the UNEDITED photos and UNcaptioned photos and so forth...
Been busy with work, events, press conferences, and filling up my brand new iPOD with songs!!! What's up for this weekend? Well i've got events all around town, inclusive of the concert that my station is hosting to... Oh yea, A1GP events coming up, oh Microsoft just launched new range of products and so many more...
Will try to update my blog over the weekend, will really try my very best but no promises! For Now, i would like to wish Ken, Mikel, Jo, Stephen, KJ, XJ, Scott a very happy birthday! Yes i know there's only 5 b'day boys who attended the lunch! There were suppose to be more but couldn't attend to it...
Picture taken by Albert, here's all the 5 b'day boys cutting on their "Hannah T" b'day cake!
5 Bday boys sharing 1 b'day cake... how is that possible? You tell me??? Well everything is possible here in Malaysia right...
Now now... do we have a new boy band in down or a new superhero club! Mwhaha... anyways happy birthday!!!
Ken Seong, thx for coming all the way from Klang to celebrate your b'day!!!
Looking at each other as if they don't have enough of that at home in front of the mirror in the bathroom... LOL
Stephen spotted in Pavilion snapping some photos!!! Mwahah....
Ooops... KJ is blurred or BLUR he is! Mwahha.. Happy Birthday KJ!
Happy Birthday Mikel!!! what a great photo and mwahhaha i feel so young now! :P Eheh.. j/k!
When it comes to birthday celebrations... we really know how to celebrate with one another!!!
Kingsley and JY was there too!!! :) Kingsley was being a lil' bit too...err dramatic the whole day!
Why all of the sudden each and everyone of the b'day boys are blind folded???
We really know how to party i can tell you that!!! hahaha... everyone had their fair bit of fun!
Especially KJ who was filled with whipped cream all over him!
And thanks to those people at the back who banged them b'day boys down to the plate full of whipped cream!
There was more than this bunch of people on this day!!! But hey thx for coming everyone!!! :) There were suppose to be around 45pax today!!! but alot couldn't make it due to a whole lot of reasons... but don't worry!!! We had more than enough to pass around today!
Showtime [Karen Kong Album Launch]
(Blog Update For 9th November 2007)Karen Kong, one of Malaysia's reknown chinese artist who made it big at the age of 23, been on many radio stations especially Xfresh FM and MyFM! Received the support of hundreds and thousands of Malaysians and her fans from the internet as well.
On her recent album launch at KL Pac, she unveiled her latest album entitled "Showtime" and guess what... Prodigee Media announced that Karen's latest album will NOT BE AVAILABLE in STORES or anywhere outside for SALE. As Karen's recording label has decided, that the only way to fight against piracy here in Malaysia in order for our local Malaysian artists to survive is thru selling original albums and not let fans / listeners to buy pirated album... as artists such as Karen and others would want to survive as well, make a living and earn some money... this is in order to produce better and more albums in the near future.
Therefore you may be asking, where can you purchase Karen Kong's latest album "SHOWTIME". Wel, the answer is that Karen will be having 50 on ground concerts / events this coming 2008, therefore fans are able to purchase Karen's album at the location itself and that's the only place for you to purchase it!
Anyways, i was there at the press conference with Joey and another friend... i didn't really eat much at the PC as the FREE FLOW of Baskin Robbins Ice-Cream at their Cafe outlet was really AWESOME!!!
Karen Kong showing her brand new Samsung Phone - SGH L-760!!! To the public...
Karen being interviewed by many of the Chinese TV stations / Radio Stations and other stations not from Malaysia i believe...
This is what you'll see from the back if you were to be here at the Press Conference... heaps of photographers / media members trying to take a picture of the up & growing star of Malaysia!
Here's Tracie and Me... we were here!!! Tracie was my client from Universal Music and now she's workin for BIMBIT!
Anyways, here's a 1-picture story of our lunch at LEMON Restaurant @ The Mines last 2 weeks ago with Shawn and Gary. WE had an awesome time eating GREAT FOOD! More updates about this coming up soon!
On Air at Work... this time around Adi was on the panel... me on the opposite side announcing...
By the way, Jonathan invited me to the L'Oreal warehouse sale... to purchase stuffs from L'Oreal and their other brands such as Lancome HOMME, and Biotherme HOMME!!! All are going at cheap prices!!!
Met up with Rob here as well! He told me to get Biotherm as well!! So i ended up getting Biotherm products today!
And Jonathan too recommends me to get Biotherm products!!!
Haha.. more priceless photos coming up real soon! This was over lunch with Stephen at Pavilion Ichiban Boshi!!! Japanese food AGAIN :) Woohooo!!! Happy Birthday Stephen! :)
Now let's get back to the topic about Karen Kong and Prodigee Media taking a step into fighting piracy here in Malaysia. I see it as a good thing to do but this could have a huge impact on Karen's album sales or the artist herself or even worst come to worst set the company back...
Well fighting piracy in this line has been quite tough over the recent years, almost anyone and everyone is able to purchase pirated copies of albums / movie titles... the thing is why this needs to be done is to help the artist survive in this industry and further produce great titles and albums in the future.
As you may or may not be aware of, the cost to produce an album is ALOT!!! You have to pay for mixing, producing, song writer, composer, labeling, record label costings and much more. Where is the record lable getting the money from? Well from album sales of course... because if the artist were to depeng on royalty fees, this would take ages as you would need to have the song on high rotation on a whole lot of radio stations and album sales! Well... this is not the United States of America so we don't have that much here...
Therefore the action that is being taken by Karen and Prodigee Media i would say is very BOLD as they are taking this first step in combatting piracy in Malaysia, setting a foot into the right direction and hopefully many other local artists are to realise that this is what needs to be done in order to survive in the future!!!
So, help support your local music industry by starting to buy the ORIGINALS! Yes, really... try your very best to purchase the originals and not pirated stuffs.
Before i end my post here, i would just like to ponder upon the fact that getting a copy of this album is not as hard as it seems...as a pirate can purchase the first album or something from one of Karen's 50 on ground event / concert... thus the pirate is able to duplicate and sell the copies on ground as the album is not widely available. Desperate fans would want to purchase ANY copy of the album first because they want to hear Karen's songs! And they wouldn't mind going the extra mile to another shopping mall to buy the original, but in this case the CD is not widely available... so what's going to happen next.. is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could this workout well for Karen and her record label?
I am sure it will workout well, we will all fight piracy together, it takes a brave person like Karen and her recording lable to take this first step and make an example to the rest! This is the way to go! :) Support the local music industry and you will hear good music all year round!!!
A Glance Thru My Weekend...
(Blog Surface Update For 9th - 11th November 2007)If only we have more than 24 hours in a day, i'd probably have the time to clear up my room and throw loose papers out and get to do a whole lot more! Unfortunately, we only have 24 hours in a day and i've gone through a lot this whole week!
One of my busiest weekends, where i had birthday party to organise, press conferences to attend to, shopping for presents and self, tournament of paintball with other colleagues from the station and many more... This is like not even half of the things that i did!
It sure was tiring but was exciting too! Loads to do and you just have to choose one! Anyways, individual updates about each and every event will be put up soon! Below are just running over the surface of what had just happened.
Before i go on, i would like to wish a Very Happy Birthday to Stephen Lim, Mikel, KJ, Xian Jin, Ken Seong, Jo, Allison and all my other friends whose birthday falls in the month of November. Well for now, we celebrated 5 friends birthday at Izzi Bukit Bintang.. it was awesome!
The launch of Baskin Robbins Cafe @ the Gardens - MidValley... awesome new concept store by BR31!
The Chocolate fondue by BR is only available here at BR Cafe outlets.
Different types of waffle cones with different dips available... a whole new concept!
Free flow of ice-cream all day long for all of us... OMG...!!!
Karen Kong just launched her new album and guess what... her album won't be available in the open market, only can be bought directly at one of her 50 on ground events / concerts this coming year!
November babies are here...5 of them celebrating their b''days today!!!
A group shot, Xian jin loves to take a piss at people...
B'day Cake for the birthday boys by Hannah Tan!!!
Dunkin' their face onto the plates filled with whipped cream! OMG...
And let's not forget Paintball matches at Padang Astaka where all 8 stations from AMP Radio Networks Astro took part in this event called "Police Sentry"paintball challenge.
Jojo from MixFM, my colleague for night show for this week!
The MixFM paintball team consisting of the Roadrunners, Jox and Listeners!
Xfresh Team Buccaneers - my team, me being the team captain and we got 2nd place in the entire challenge! Awesome job TEAM!
It's not that easy to play paintball... you require skills and practice. Don't worry... there's much more than that! Come on over and play with us!
There's more updates coming up! Real exciting ones, as such as the Intel's First 45nm processor launch, Apple MacOS Leopard launch and many others... cool stuffs isn't? Well wait for more... everything will be laid out bit by bit! Let's learn more from one another!!! We can learn much more this way than heading our own direction. This is why i setup my blog to share my experiences with you, because then you would know which line would you want to fall into after your studies @ higher education / uni level... hope this helps! Continue on reading :)
5 Bday boys sharing 1 b'day cake... how is that possible? You tell me??? Well everything is possible here in Malaysia right...
Now now... do we have a new boy band in down or a new superhero club! Mwhaha... anyways happy birthday!!!
Ken Seong, thx for coming all the way from Klang to celebrate your b'day!!!
Looking at each other as if they don't have enough of that at home in front of the mirror in the bathroom... LOL
Stephen spotted in Pavilion snapping some photos!!! Mwahah....
When it comes to birthday celebrations... we really know how to celebrate with one another!!!
Kingsley and JY was there too!!! :) Kingsley was being a lil' bit too...err dramatic the whole day!
We really know how to party i can tell you that!!! hahaha... everyone had their fair bit of fun!
Especially KJ who was filled with whipped cream all over him!
And thanks to those people at the back who banged them b'day boys down to the plate full of whipped cream!
