APIIT UCTI “DANCE2NIZTA” Inter College Competition

Preparation the Day Before
It was a fine Friday (I woke up late :p), and I was relaxing, when I realised I had to go to APIIT because I had forgotten to return Jiz’s wallet (she put it in my bag the day before). So I thought, maybe I can go later as they might start the decoration for Dance2nizta. Jiz also had asked me to bring my copy of “The Star” (I realised later that it was because SARC’s articles had been published in the “R.AGE Campus” section). So I went. To my disappointment, not much had been started on the decoration, and I was just sitting around not knowing what to do for some time. Finally, late evening, they started. Vivian, Pauline and I helped out Mihika with the Body Art (temporary tattoo) booth; cutting out letters, drawing and colouring tattoo designs with glitter. Along the way, I painted Ryan’s face as well. I must say it turned out pretty nice (although some said it was “gay”. Oh well).

After pasting the letterings and tattoo designs, I felt that the board was still a little bare, so I suggested that we add a lady’s silhouette to fill the space, and that we could paste some of the designs on the body. This was what we came up with. (I must say that I was so proud of it!)

Later, we went to check out what they had done to the cafeteria area. Wow! They had installed UV lights! Anything white were all glowing! Then, we called it a night (some still continued with the preparations – it was three, and I had enough)

The Big Day
I woke up late (again), and relaxed. I was watching a hindi movie when I realised that I was late! Pauline and I were supposed to be there at 4pm, but we ended up being there at 5.30pm LOL! So, me and Pauline started up the booth. I guess that because many were heading to Euphoria (they gave away free tickets), many did the temporary tattoos. Because I was also manning the booth (until the show started, anyway), sweet Pauline did tattoos for me for free!

The performances were pretty cool! They had a different layout was also interesting; with the stage set high; in front of the lift – rather than the usual layout during other APIIT events.

The hosts (Edmund, Mike, Leka and Darsh) had a Halloween theme, all of them sporting ghastly make-up (Edmund’s was the best; as Two-Face)! here are more pics..








The Lounge

The best transformation was the cafeteria. It was an alcohol- and smoke-free dance floor!!!! There was free flow of 7-up Revive, and free flow of house music! There was a break in between the show. Me and my friends went to The Lounge first, and then to check out the online dance competition (which wasn’t interesting – to me, anyway…)

After the competition ended at 10pm, the dance floors were open again. I was too shy to dance (even my mom told me to dance through sms - “u r young, n it’s safe, so y shy?” LOL! One of my friends even labelled me as “toilet dancer”. Well, I do dance out of the toilet, but only with my family around… and sometimes, certain friends). My friends tried so hard to convince me to dance, and I refused to budge! Finally, as the crowd got less and less, I relented. Still, I had more fun with family than here. Because of the “shyness” clouding above me? I don’t know.

The night was indeed a good one, and I enjoyed myself. Not bad at all for a mere RM15! And, I got CDs with my goody bags! ;)

Deepavali Delights!

No,no, I’m not talking about the food (which were yummy, by the way…). Its all about the fun I had that weekend! And it was home sweet home! =)
Of course, join my family to clean the house. Tiring, but hey, its all part of the Deepavali fun! While dusting the display cabinet, I found a particular piece of woodwork that I was so proud of (it was a project for “Kemahiran Hidup”)! And, a photo frame I did during one of the workshops organised by the Young Enterprise Programme.
Friday, 24 Oct
It was shopping time in Penang’s Little India! I wasn’t buying clothes this time! But I bought accessories instead… they were cool!
I also noticed that they have refurbished some of the old buildings. I was so happy that they retained the original “look” of the buildings! Yay to heritage!I also noticed this VERY cute short bus!! I just HAD to take a pic!!!
Upon reaching Penang Street, we looked for a place that served vegetarian food (my family is vegetarian on Fridays). Not far from where we parked the car was a small restaurant (Sri Krsna Restaurant, I think) which had the words “Today’s special – Vegetarian Biryani” screaming from a whiteboard in front of its entrance. So, we went for it. My, it was GOOD! If I did not have to do loads of walking after lunch, I would have had a second helping!

And, we were off! Shopping, shopping! We went shop after shop, looking for accessories for myself, a Punjabi suit for my mom, and a simple shirt for Dad.
Mom and Dad did not find anything they liked that was affordable, but here’s what me and my mom got for me! (hehehe my Dad isn’t exactly the type who loves looking at rows and rows of costume jewellery… :P)
It was a bright evening when we were done, so Dad suggested having tea before heading home. So, we went to the Vegetarian “part” of the Sri Ananda Bahwan franchise (they actually divided their shop into two; the vegetarian one was located at one end of the row of shoplots, the non-veg was located at the other end of a separate shoplot).
I had the cow’s milk tea and my parents had coffee. We also had veg “murtabak” and “pilaf”. They tasted so good; we decided to “da bao” some for my brother (who insisted that he did not want to come). Then, the drinks arrived… Gosh! They arrived in cute Indian-style steel cups! (I had fun “tarik”-ing my tea :P).Upon departure, we bought authentic ghee sweets (oooOOOOHHH!!!) and headed home. What a day!

(The photo below is what I ate for lunch the next day. Rice with “rasam” and sardine cutlets. Nothing interesting, right? True, except for the fact that I ate from a mug! :P)

Sunday, 26 Oct
As with the age-old tradition, I lighted lamps around my house (the twist – I used tea lights instead of the oil “villakku”).
Unfortunately, before I could take a picture of my lighted compound, the wind blew all the lights out. The second time I lighted them, they lit, but as I picked up my camera phone, the wind threatened, so I decided not to take a picture.

I drew henna designs at night, as the next day was Deepavali!!
Deepavali Day, Monday, 27 Oct
I went to temple with my Dad and brother. Mom couldn’t come along as she had lots of cooking to do. We came home to the glorious smell of “dosai”, chicken curry and Black pepper mutton. After having breakfast, My brother and I sent packs of delicacies (ghee balls and murukku) to our family friends who lived in the same residential area.

After a short rest, we headed to my uncle’s house in Perak for a family gathering. Below is a photo of me; overdone with make-up (*shivers with horror*)We talked and laughed and watched TV specials. It was fun! But it was going to get better, as the night will not be complete without sparklers!!! Yay!! There were even villagers who played crackers (we played along :P).It was a great day!

Tuesday, 28 Oct
All good things come to an end, they say, and so did my Deepavali experience. I had classes the next day, so I went home

Still, this was a great Deepavali, just like every year before! :)

அனைவரும் இன்னிய தீபாவளி நாள் வாழ்துகள்

Lol! dunno how 2 get d spelling right! :P

Global Peace Festival Concert

After getting so excited yesterday about the rock concert – KAMI road show (which, by he way, is my first ever REAL concert experience), I went for another, this time for a good cause. It was organised by the Global Peace Federation (GPF).

1.30pm…
The first half of the show (1.30pm – 3.30pm) was the “Student Program”, which was more of artist Liang screaming to the students if we were ready.



There was an unmemorable speech by someone, followed by clips of peace ambassadors (the one which featured the astronaut got the most acknowledgement, if the teens’ screams were indeed that…)

என்ன லா? தமிழ் வருது???

Hmm… I was trying to edit my post, and I did not know how to disable the Tamil writing… LOL!
Anyways, there were also a few cultural performances; but I don’t remember the sequence *sorry!*







Somewhere after that, Ning Baizura performed (with class, I should say :). The ending of her performance was near perfect, right up to the point where a friend of mine exclaimed about her “fine @$$”. Hmm, so much for enjoying a performance (hahahaha I’m sure u were enjoying her @$$ as well! Kekekekeke…)

After that came the second part of the show, which featured mostly speeches. Most of them were… err… boring (forgive me for being a normal student :p), but there was one speech that stood out. It was by the founder of the Global Peace Foundation (GPF); “the Lion” we dubbed him. His voice definitely contrasted his appearance. A black suit hung on his tall, thin frame, with hair slicked back. However, his voice was deep and hoarse (Hulk Hogan?). He had so much of enthusiasm in him, roaring “Do you want to dream the ultimate dream?” to every section of the stadium. So, okay, I did not understand more than half of what he said because of his accent (my friend thought he said “Do you want to drink the ultimate drink?”), but I liked his enthusiasm anyway! LOL!

After the speeches were over, finally we had performances! Shruti was up first. This tall 13-year old lass performed well, working the length of the stage like a pro. Then the slew of performances comprised Suki (One In a Million winner), Daniel Lee (Malaysian Idol 2), Nikki (One of the Malaysian Idol Finalists) , and, uh, some others…

But the most memorable performance (in my opinion) is Jaclyn Victor’s. Her voice is simply amazing! Her rendition of “The Power of Dreams” was a little off, I guess, as I think her singing style does not suit the song. But, when she sang her winning song, “Gemilang”… Wow… I sang along so excitedly, poor kiat ngee who was beside me probably got some trauma :p

And that was it. 6.30pm and we’re off! Outside, there were booths selling GPF and Friends to Mankind merchandise for charity, among the many other booths (which were also set up for charity as well). I did enjoy the muffins by Monster Muffin.



Just something I really wanted to post... Check out the amount of spices I got from one serving of Biryani!