EVENTS
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Magic Mirror Exhibition *
The opening ceremony of Magic Mirror Exhibition yesterday at Kerinchi Foyer, Wisma UOA, Jalan Pantai Jaya went smoothly and the event was launched by Encik Yusof Gajah, a famous illustrator and painter who is well known for his elephant paintings as well as his Tiga Ekor Gajah children’s book. He has won the 1997 Grand Prix award at Noma Concours for Children’s Picture Book Illustration in Japan. In his speech, Encik Yusof said that unlike children’s books, new babies are born every seconds every day locally and it is the duty of local writers and illustrators to come up with more children’s books to make sure that our children will have good reading material to grow up with. He also expressed his hope to see that special art studio facilities being set up in schools to encourage future young illustrators. Others who attended the event were Mr Justin Tan, CEO of Extol MSC Berhad, Linda Tan Lingard, SCBWI Regional Advisor, Mr Peter Worthington, children’s books writer of Animal Adventure Series (all the books were illustrated by Nur Azmi), all illustrators involved, publishers as well as representatives from Children’s Homes. In the event, representatives from Oyez Books, Kohwai & Young, Arus Intelect and Edition Plus have generously donated books to St. Barnabas Children’s Homes and Rumah Anak Yatim Hajjah Kamariah.
I finally met Ken Ong and Yoon See at the Magic Mirror Exhibition’s yesterday. Beside them, Kak Farihah, Dilla and Iwan also attended the event. My best buddy Daliza was stucked in a meeting and could not make it earlier. By the time she messaged me and was on her way, I was already on my way home. Thank you so much Daliza for the effort and I love, love, love you for that. Marzie, my online and also offline best buddy, also could not make it but she has done a very big favor by translating Magic Mirror in the news for me! Thank you so much Marzie, I love you as much as I love Daliza itu!
1st commentator:
Bonoriau!
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Magic Mirror Exhibition *
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I am joining the Magic Mirror Exhibition which will be hosted by Extol MSC Berhad and SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) for a month. Feel free to visit; the charity art exhibition will be on 18th December 2008 – 20th January 2009, 10.00am – 6.00pm.
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1st commentator:
Genie Princess!
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Tribe Toyota Bash
I was invited to join in the Tribe Toyota Bash event at Cineleisure Outdoor Carpark with 5 other bloggers from the Advertlets team, namely Josh Lim, Joshua Lee, Rames, Amanda and Ji Yuan yesterday. The event was held to promote awareness among Tribe Toyota members and also the public on the importance of caring for the environment.
The event also marked the success of Tribe Toyota members in creating the biggest Toyota logo made out of 20,000 recyclable aluminium cans thus creating history in the Malaysia Book of Records. The logo was officiated by Mr Kuah Kock Heng, Managing Director of UMW Toyota Motor and Encik Ismet Suki, UMW Toyota Motor Director of Customer Services Group when they put down another two cans to complete the logo; making it 22,000 cans in total.
The logo which was measured approximately 30 feet x 20 feet has been endorsed by Malaysia Book of records official, Mr Ricky Yap and all proceeds collected for the Tribe Toyota Bash event plus the returns from recycling (look here to know about the Reliable Skip Hire Bournemouth services that are available around the neighborhood) have been donated to Yayasan Anak Warisan Alam (YAWA).
Making this impressive Toyota logo out of 22,000 cans must have taken a lot of effort and coordination from Tribe Toyota members. They must have also needed an efficient waste management system to handle the massive amount of recyclable cans that were used. It’s possible that they relied on Dumpster Rental Services – Grissman Dumpsters to collect and transport the cans to the recycling facility. Companies like Grissman Dumpsters provide reliable dumpster rental services for large events and businesses that generate significant amounts of waste. By choosing a reputable dumpster rental service like Grissman Dumpsters, Tribe Toyota members could ensure that their waste was properly managed and recycled, reducing their environmental impact and contributing to a more sustainable future.
To read more about it, please go to Tribe Toyota Bash.
The event was so full of fun as there were games, stage performance, clowns, and many more. Here are more pictures from the event (please wait while it loads, am using flickr slideshow):
Recycling means that you put your refuse back into use over and over again. Every time you do so you save:
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• Money
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SPCA – KL Tower World Animal Day 2008 *
I found out about World Animal Day 2008 from Anny. Let us all take a break and make it to the Animal Day at KL Tower tomorrow! Here’s the poster I got from Anny’s blog. Don’t forget to bring your camera along! I’ll be there for sure!
Venue: KL Tower Terrace
Date: 2 November 2008
Time: 12 – 6pm
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* The first person to leave a comment on any post title that ends with a star will receive a link back to his or her blog for being my first commentator!
1st commentator:
Spiff the Spaceman!!
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Blog Action Day – Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day and the cause is Poverty. I’ve registered my blog to join in the cause about a month ago. If you haven’t already done so, please join today and make a post about poverty.
I am helping to create awareness and at the same time donating to the poor. Let’s just stop for awhile and help where we can. Besides monetary donation, we can also donate by simply playing online games or clicking on banners. I found out about Free Rice from Metz and I think this is one good way to help feed the hunger. Play as much as you can, hourly, daily, weekly because for each answer you get right, you will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
Free Rice is a sister site of Poverty.com. Please take a moment to visit Poverty.com and take a look at the live feed count of worldwide hunger deaths; it is sad to learn that deaths occur every second.
Please click on below banners. It’ll only take few minutes of your precious time. By clicking you will help feed the world’s hungry, give free books and fund child healthcare.
More sites to visit:
From Hunger to Hope
The Hunger Project
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
United Nation’s Wolrd Food ProgrammeLast but not least, please watch this video. Thank you for your time.
1st commentator:
Rizal from Rest N Rileks! Click on banner to find out more about Rizal!
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Pink for October
Yay! How do you like my pink template? I’m on pink for October as it is the month to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness. I’ve got myself listed as particpant #582 in Pink for October. You can join too if you want. I’m doing my bit to help raise awareness, so please click on the pink button on the left. Your click helps sponsor free mammograms.
For locals, if you wish wish to make donations, please visit National Cancer Society of Malaysia. You can visit Women’s Cancer Detection and Breast Clinic to find out more about Breast Cancer detection. Below are the rates for overall services they provided:
Normal and other type of services 1. Mammogram & Normal Pap smear( promotion) RM 130.00 2. Ultra sound Breast RM 100.00 3. Ultra sound Thyroid RM 80.00 4. Ultra sound Abdomen RM 80.00 5. Ultra sound Pelvis RM 80.00 6. Combined Ultrasound for Abdomen & Pelvis RM 120.00 7. Pap smear . Normal RM 35.00 8. Pap smear . Thin Prep RM 50.00 9. Bone Density Test ( Ulna/ Radius) RM 80.00 10. Blood Test CA125 RM 25.00 11. Blood Test/General Screening RM 120.00 12. ECG RM 50.00 *N.B: Pap Smear, Blood & Cytology results will be posted within 2 weeks.
** IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR A BASE LINE MAMMOGRAM FOR LADIES AT THE AGE OF 35 AND ABOVE.[Source: http://www.cancer.org.my]
For appointments and enquiries:
National Cancer Society of Malaysia
66, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz,
50300 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +603 – 2698 7351; Fax: 03 – 2698 2087;
email: contact@cancer.org.myOther sites for you to visit:
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The fog
My son thought we’re living in the clouds but it was actually the fog from the fogging exercise. There has been some serious fogging exercises every week for the past 4 or 5 weeks. This was due to the fact that Dengue fever is spreading and yesterday The Star reported that there have been 6 deaths and 1,008 dengue fever cases have been reported nationwide between July 6 and 12. Selangor had 4 deaths, while Kuala Lumpur and Johor recorded 1 death each. I heard from my mother that there was a fatality in the neighborhood due to the fever. Last week, Health Officers from the Health Ministry came knocking on all doors to check on breeding spots. Luckily, our house don’t have any breeding spots. We heard from the officers that there were quite a number of houses were being fined for breeding Aedes mosquitoes.
Now, fogging is effective to kill mosquitoes but does not kill larvae. Fogging will not stop mosquitoes entering your homes, however, it may deter them from establishing breeding grounds at homes where fogging is performed. So in order to really clear breeding spots, we need to:
- Remove garbage or unnecessary pots, bottles, cans etc from the garden area.
- Use mosquito larvicides or mosquito larvae-eating fish such as guppies in waters that cannot be drained.
- Change water in flower pots once a week and wash them thoroughly. Do not let plants stand in trays containing water. Scrub trays weekly to get rid of any mosquito eggs.
- Cover all water containers and eliminate objects that can trap rainwater.
Should you or your child present with any of the following signs, a doctor should be consulted immediately to confirm diagnosis:
- Abrupt onset of high fever (>39 c or 102 f).
- Headache.
- Pain behind the eyes.
- Muscle & joint pain.
- Rashes.
- Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting.
I’m tagging Jean Chia to help me come up with more ways to get rid of the mosquitoes and maybe spread the words.
My son doing his own ‘fogging’ exercise