UNIFEST 2011

This was the 2nd time I’m helping out in a music event after Love Life Love Music in the UK. This time was the UNIFEST, a music festival which celebrates the University status for students each year. As our company is celebrating its 25th Silver Jubilee this year, we planned for a bigger UNIFEST this year round on 21st May 2011. The theme is – ‘The Rise of Rhythm’.

This time round I have more responsibility as the advisor of the event. I am very fortunate to have a group of dedicated students in organising this event and make it happen! Although sometimes the students are quite hard to deal with..their attitude! LOL….well, that’s a learning process for me though..in dealing with the hard to deal with people :P

It was a tough journey before the event. A lot of restrictions and hiccup here and there. Pending of decisions and permission especially on the sponsorships and licensing. Promotions and publicity was a tough job due to the pending of green light. Looking for artist was also a challenge as we’re targeting a 4 thousand people but the budget is limited. Fortunately, we get to call in a few pretty famous artists for this event.

We were all very worried that we will not have crowd because it was raining heavily an hour before the event. Luckily the rain gets lighter and we're seeing the crowd coming in with their raincoats on. we thought everything should be alright..but just then..Suddenly, we heard people shouting..'call ambulance!! get ambulance now!!' I was shocked!! I ran to where the voice and shouting came from..and see what has gone wrong. A student of mine, who was the student organising chairperson was lying on the floor (the grass). She fell from the stage which was 10 feet high because she did not take caution on the steps. They called the St John Ambulance which we hired for the night (well, they are suppose to be here 30minutes ago but still on their way). So I called the emergency 999 for Ambulance. At the end, the emergency Ambulance came before the St John Ambulance (which came after we send the patient off to the hospital). Luckily she was not seriously injured.

The lined up artistes are Mizz Nina, One Buck Shot, Ruffneckz, Kyoto Protocol, Reza Salleh, Shawn Lee, Alexis Gan, Bus Co., An Honest Mistake, Nicky C (DJ), and the emcees for the night were Megan & Naqib from the 8TV’s Quickee.

Although it rains before the event started, there were almost 1 thousand people flocked in the event field with their raincoats on. The first show by Mizz Nina attracts more audiences and the quantity almost reaches 3 thousand. Follow by other performances…they were all great! Especially when it comes to the part where Shawn Lee got the crowd crazy with his beatboxing skills! Very talented young boy! Well done Shawn! The show went on..and ends with the dance floor music by Nicky C which was a bit too techno..but I think the crowd still enjoy the whole event…*phew~

All tickets were given out (about 4 thousand in total) and the lucky winner got his free I-phone for the lucky draw and a few got the hampers and other gifts from our sponsors! Congrats and thanks to our sponsors! Maxis being our main sponsor, Lipton, Fudgeez, Sony Music, Ayam Brand, Laurent Bleu and Dutch lady.

It was a successful event as we have received massive compliments from the people who came.
Thank you everyone for making this event a success especially the committees! It’s a pleasure working with you guys!

THANK YOU!

Random acts in Newcastle

Looking back at the good old days while we're studying in Newcastle, UK the city of life!! haha..
The Lipman Building's cafeteria is where we usually hang out. Love our classroom..love seeing the snow while having a light munch in the cafeteria before or after class..
The design and the equipments/furniture at our School of Social Sciences just too comfortable to hang out..not to mention studying :P Love my Uni!! They have loads of fun and crazy events in the University of Nortumbria.

In Newcastle..you go to University to study, make new friends and you can stay at home to be a nerd...else go on the streets to be a part of the street fighters! LOL.. love their culture.. they are free to be what they want..In our own country, people might think that we're crazy wearing like that on the streets..lol..Go to the Nortumberland street for shopping or catch some street performances like clowns, musicians, dancers etc..so much fun! you will never get bored walking on the street alone.

After school and some walk in the city, get home and cook yourself delicious food. The Morrison, Tesco, China Town, Marks&Spencer, Fenwick or Grainger market have it all! You can get all the ingredients and food easily at any stores. The places are not far from each other and everything is within a walking distance. Well, some might need 30 minutes walk to get there but who cares..the weather is just too good (compared to our own weather in Malaysia) but of course it will be a bit hard during winter LOL.
I don't really cook from where I belong but I learned to cook.. pretty well in Newcastle..lol.

Here are some of food that I've cooked which taste delicious! Especially the bak kut teh..haha. Yes...I mean it! Tested and proven by my flatmates [Left to right: Daniel & Nicole (from Taiwan), me and Luc (from France)] :P Maybe I should do more cooking back home..


At night, you take a walk at the Quay side..enjoy the night view by the river. Overlooking the Tyne bridge and Millennium bridge. It was marvellous with the cooling air..
Love Newcastle and those were the memories to be kept forever..