The much-awaited MTV Asia Awards will finally be taking place this Saturday night (2nd August) in Genting Arena of Stars!
I recently blogged how the MTV Asia Awards Mosh Pit auditions were coming up and i went to play busybody at it two Saturdays ago.
‘Tis a rare occasion you see a line outside Zouk KL in the daytime. All these enthusiastic kids were queuing up for ages and screaming for the camera when it panned to them.
When you think about it, it doesn’t take much to audition for the mosh pit spots and you get free transportation and a front row spot at the MTV Asia Awards by doing so.
Besides, the mosh pit or backstage will be where the action be happening.
DJs Utt and Jin hosting the auditions inside.
People were let in to the Zouk main room in groups (around 15 ppl) at a time to shake and pop and go as mental as they could on the dance floor. As different songs were being played, selected staff went about patting MTV stickers on those that were given the green light into mosh pit territory.
Check out a clip i took.
So much energy, so mad, they really made it look like fun already!
If you missed out on the mosh pit auditions, pity that.
With personalities like Jared Leto and Karen Mok hosting the awards, Pussycat Dolls opening (daymn…), Leona Lewis, and some of the best acts in the region performing (and oh, not even mentioning the names attending it because they’re not performing, but going to party!); it will undoubtedly. Be. The. Biggest. Event in South East Asia this Saturday. Hands down.
There are still other ways to get yourself to it if you pay attention
You can win 2 tix in 2 easy steps.
Step 1: Type XPAX MTV and send it 28881
Step 2: Reload RM10 or more into your Xpax and stand a chance to be one of the 6 daily winners to get a pair of tickets.
Easy peasy.
You’d be amazed how people don’t try for contests nowadays hence your higher chances of winning. They just want things thrown at them for free, which is what Xpax is doing anyway!
Because i love Junk and they let me steal new music off them to listen to, i wanna slut off the next Heineken Impulse happening on:
– 22nd August
– 8:30 pm
– at Heritage Mansion, Asian Heritage Row
“Indonesia’s Samsons are one of the biggest exports out of the land of Inul Daratista. The band will be playing a showcase on 31 July at Bar Savanh in Plaza Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur thanks to Livesounds. Opening act for the show is Malaysia’s Estranged.”
*i heard* that not many ppl have entered the contest to grab 5 pairs of free tix to watch and meet them. Read details *here*
I’ve been quite M.I.A. from some events and things cos i’m just plain too busy with work.
I even had to skip Lapsap‘s 1st Anniversary
Sorry guys, but looking at the pictures, i know i’m more sorry than you!
At the end of the day, i don’t want to be staring at the pc anymore (unless it’s to catch up on ANTM or giving Cashmere Mafia a shot) hence lack of blogging.
In a sense i think i’m going through one of those blog-pms phases, where i don’t feel like writing, i don’t know what to write about, i *have* things to write about, but i feel no enthusiasm for it. And atop that, i have no time to write!
So why push it, huh?
I say do it because i want to
Some random pictures from last week at the Onitsuka Tiger event at Zouk.
NickIsTaller, AshleyTheMonkey
Nick’s wearing this ‘david bowie’ shirt i got him from Kraftgrafik at Urbanscapes
JustinYap and i
SarChan stared at me when i walked into office that particular day, “… I swear my grandmother has a top like that… exactly like that!” “I’m not surprised… i think it’s really old, i just altered it much shorter.”
I found it at one of the junk sales from either Ah Xu or Ethan, i can’t remember, and its startling print grabbed me right away despite its awkward length ending below the knees. Yeah, it was very grannie. So i sent it to alter. Goddammit, altering it cost the same as the dress -_- Total price: rm40
IceCalvin and i
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Cheong LaiTong @ NN Gallery
Also went to Uncle Laitong’s art exhibition at NN Gallery last weekend (see how backdated my blogging is!?).
I first met Uncle Laitong when my Aunt Gerry came down from London last December and took me to meet her old friends from back in her time in Leo Burnett.
Incidentally, Uncle Laitong is… DikHaHaHau’s dad.
-_0
Small world.
I remember having dinner with his family, Dik couldn’t join us and he smsed, “I can’t believe you’re having dinner with my family while i’m stuck in the office.”
Hee hee.
So anyhoo, Dik called me up last week reminding me that his dad’s exhibition was launching and whether i wanted to go.
Of course i did!
I saw the preliminary splashes on canvas sitting around their house in December and wanted to see the end results!
We went for our favourite pork ball noodles in Lucky Gardens before heading to NN Gallery in Ampang.
Luckily he drove.
I would have got so lost (though i just saw they *do* have a map)
There are 26 new works in what is Laitong’s 12th solo series.
You know the murals on the National Museum? Uncle Laitong designed those
“The murals at the National Museum were designed in the post-Merdeka years and they take on a deeper significance as we celebrate 50 years of independence. The artist talks to WILSON HENRY about the experience, satisfaction and nude controversy.
IT has been a familiar and enduring sight at Jalan Travers for over four decades — the two long murals on Malaysian culture and history done with little bits of Venetian glass mosaic.
Glinting and gleaming in the midday sun, the murals at the National Museum, each measuring 35 by 6 metres, depict scenes of the country’s rich and colourful past, and its rich culture.
Cheong Laitong is standing on the grounds outside the National Museum, which is now being restored and renovated, looking at the murals he designed.” (Excerpt from article on Cheong Laitong in the News Straits Times by Wilson Henry. Read more here.)
I stared at the paintings for approximately ten minutes at a time, sometimes more, letting my vision space out till the splashes of colour moved and flowed, revealing faint patterns under layering upon layering of paint.
It was amazing! I was having so much fun spacing out, watching what the paintings would do.
I told DIkHaHaHau about it and he asked me what i’m on. -_- “I’m not on anything, i’m sober okay! It’s just… moving!”
He mentioned i should keep statements like those to myself, though he did admit there was some 3D effect going on.
I like how No. 18 would look in my room.
No. 14 showed me a vision of a black coral-like forest with clouds and mist floating gently behind it. (it flowed to the left btw >.< i just had to say that)
I’m not a big fan of green+orange but No. 24 moved the most for me, constantly melting and twisting, and because it moved the most its one of my favourites.
No. 25 had a lot of layering and a multitude of shapes and images that’d emerge and withdraw slowly.
It was so weird… but i loved it.
Too bad one costs around half my car or more.
0_o
Uncle Laitong and i Kakiseni.com did a blurb on it too.
NN Gallery Sdn. Bhd.
53A & 56 Jalan Sulaiman 1,
Taman Ampang Hilir,
68000 Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
www.nngallery.com.my
Open:9am-6m Mon-Sat
Closed Sun & Public Holiday
You know that feeling – the one where you’re a kid in school, you bring this pencil box which you just got and you think is SO cool, happily showing it off to the nonchalant kid who sits next to you, only to hear them say it was the In thing last year, nobody uses pencil boxes like that anymore, laughs, and you feel like a reject?
I’m 25 and i felt like that yesterday:
“Didi! I just put a new playlist on my iTunes, it’s so happy!” “Who is it?”
“They’re called Vampire Weekend, soooo happy, i like!” “… Pfft they’re like, so three months ago!”
“” “… Dude, they’re not even that, it was longer, like last year!”
“Sorry la. I’m not as cool as you. “
I is lo0ser.
Point to note:
Never suggest/tell people in Junk what you’re excited about listening to cos either:
a) They’ve heard/written about it already
b) They’ve already met/interviewed the band/singer
c) It’s not cool enough for them
So i had the chatterbox up for a few months, thinking that maybe people can well, chat on it. That’s what it’s for right?
Instead of chatting it got spammed with:
– ads and links = utterly pointless and unwanted on my side
– random ‘hi’ from strangers = not like i’ll answer every one, i don’t even have time to answer all the ‘post comments’ i get, but i do read them all 🙂
– incredible insults = undesirable
– psychotic (i swear… damn weird) msgs from fictional characters saying things that didn’t make sense
I saw a msg someone left tonight –
missy: jebus. joyce, take this cbox off! the comments are rude, vulgar.. so takde respect. seriously la ppl, clog some other person’s blog. u dun like what’s her, click X. simple. mentality yg memalukan!
Then i thought, hmm. I moderate my comments for the same reason – to keep my online space untarnished and MINE. The chatterbox didn’t achieve what i’d hoped it would, which is random chatting amongst people.
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