RWP at malaysian student leaders summit

Video will be screened at the 2 day Summit. 1200 Pay It Forward Bookmarks will be distributed via 600 ‘goodie bags’.

If it was up to me, though it still is, I would rather not bog the RA blog with RWP. But more and more entities are getting involved actively, on top of the unexpected magnitude it has grown in to, I will keep everyone updated.

This weekend, is UKEC‘s Second Malaysian Student Leaders Summit. It boasts 22 speakers. Of that, the ones I am interested in are

• Karim Raslan, Founder, Karim Raslan Associates
• YB Senator Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim, Minister in the PM’s Dept. – Law and Judicial Reform
• Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid, former VC of Universiti Malaya

*MSLS on Facebook.

Sunday 27 July : Emailed the organisers asking if it was ok to insert 2 RWP Pay It Forward Bookmarks in each ‘goodie bag’.

Monday : One Alia Sidek replied, saying ok while informing that there are 600 goodie bags. It must be delivered to Nikko Hotel by Friday 6 pm.

Tuesday : RA calculated that we have almost exactly 1200 Bookmarks left, which does not only mean we have none left, but must print some more in view of being distributed for Bijou Bazaar. We placed an order with the suppliers for 2000 more.

Tuesday: Replied to convey our appreciation and thanks. While not avoiding from asking whether or not it is possible to screen the RWP video at the 2 day summit, at whatever point they are comfortable with. As what RA did at Farish Noor‘s book launch, an idea suggested by Ezra of ZI Publications. :)

Wednesday : Alia replies saying it’s cool and dandy.

Tomboy princess

What defines your style?

I have had many nicknames over the years but one which has come about in the last year or so is one which describes me in a nutshell. It is me in my approach to life, my personality and my style.

I am such a girl. I love pink, flowers, dresses, ruffles, scented candles and chocolate!!
But I also adore DIYs, extreme sports, baggy trousers, 4WDs, football and gossips ;)

There are times when I can be so girly and whiny but times, fiercely independent and tough; I contradict myself.

And this translates into my dressing.

Last weekend I lived in pretty dresses.
But I also lived in my beat up converse.
And the boyf’s big manly watch.
And not many approved , I must confess.

Tough, I say, it is my take on it, my angle.
We easily forget that fashion is an extension of our personalities.

*Written by Miss Not Ascertainable. She writes for RA every Thursday.

Video : funny end to ze world

RA is now in the midst of making the next RWP video.

The video will have 3 parts done by 3 different people. Altimet KOMY, Michelle Gunaselan & Niki Cheong. Each part will explain,

1. BookCrossing campaign in conjunction with RWP
2. D-Day 23rd August
3. about how RWP is not about BookCrossing or D-Day, but far beyond that

In between each part, we will insert 2 voxpop clips. The voxpop is simply a video recording of someone saying

…when I wait, I normally read a [book/magazine/newspaper]. Currently I’m reading [title] by [author's name]. I support RWP. I think RWP is a [thoughts on the project]…

Our idea of the video is not too exciting. And due credit should be given to Michelle for suggesting that in order to achieve greater effect, the video could be something like this (mad hilarious one). Or something to that effect.

It will cost us a little more to do a video with graphic animation, no matter how simple it is. But first we must have an idea of how it’s going to be like, look like. If you have any ideas to share, do Contact Us. a.s.a.p.

Heart Series t-shirts at Bijou Bazaar Bangsar 2-3 August

Click here and here for the map. The map resembles better if you are coming with a helicopter or Nimbus2000. You should so get the Nimbus2008i.

Bijou Bazaar is primarily, a place where many independent traders who do not own a permanent retail shop, sell their goods. RandomAttire will be selling its t-shirts there this weekend.

Only 2 designs available. Only 180 pieces per design. Each piece numbered. Not pretentiously stamped on the t-shirt, but sincerely marked on the packaging. RM 47 and 20% of which will go to Eco Knights & PRIDE Foundation.

A friend of RA, Not Frumpy, hooked up the trade discussions with a new friend of RA, Campur Junk and also My Junk Your Treasure.

The latter two will be selling the t-shirts on our behalf. Look out for their booth. They sell mainly vintage stuff. Have a look at their websites.

Click here and here for the map. The map resembles better if you are coming with a helicopter or Nimbus2000. You should so get the Nimbus2008i.

Saturday 2nd August at 11am till
Sunday the 3rd at 6pm
102 – 104 Jalan Maarof, Bangsar
Kathmandu, Malaysia

Hamster lunge

It’s fine if you’re a conservative.

But if you’re a liberal or a freedom fighter, you might need to change sides for a while.

Else you’ll be pushed around, feel nauseated and have your dignity psychologically compromised.

Men who wear boxer shorts instead of briefs, should consider walking across the bench when doing lunges.

Unless you’re hung like a hamster.

RWP weekend with pictures

Typo: stay tuned*

I wrote a few days ago about the hectic weekend of campaining RWP. Below are pictures from all 3 events.

• Thursday : I received confirmation from the 3 hosts that I’ve been given a spot to talk about RWP at their events.
• Friday : Ezra (Farish’s publisher) calls and suggest to screen the RWP video at the Book Launch. He’ll sort out the projector if I can sort out the CD. Immediately made calls to 2 friends of RA when it comes to videos, Vini & Altimet. Got it sorted and met Farish & Ezra that night for the first time to pass them the CD.
• Saturday : Woke up and went to 4 hours of lecture. Rush off to print the RWP ‘poster’, then to Bangsar for Readings @ Seksan. At 4.50 I spoke, and at 4.54 I was on the road rushing to Taman Tun for the Book Launch.
• Sunday : Doppelganger at Marketplace. Brilliant. Love the concept of the open mic. Anything and everything.

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Readings @ Seksan

• Poster by Shahril Nizam. I came across his book once. His illustrations are quite nice. Looks nothing like the poster.
• Dr. Shih Toong Siong. Old school. Said some pretty interesting things about his book.
• Robert Raymer. I had trouble following what he was reading, with the mic probs and the roadwork noises. His book has gotten good reviews though. He also teaches Creative Writing in Sarawak.
• Kathleen Choo of Poetry Underground. Catchy stuff she had. Sharon taking a picture of her.
• Sharon Bakar (the MC), introduced this guy as ‘the revolutionary’. Since I’m writing it, to be fair, I’ll quote from what she said in her blog, “This is Zain who is trying to rope us all in to take part in his wacky Read While Waiting project. I have a feeling we might just succumb to his charm!“
• The brownies that I did not see. Apparently, someone placed it there and it was from Amir Muhammad.

Thanks Sharon for letting me speak at again, another one of your events. AND for telling me to keep it short this time. I think it’s better that way too. :)

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Book Launch : Di Balik Malaysia by Dr. Farish Noor

• After the intro by the MC, I opened by talking briefly about RWP before the video screening.
• The video screening. People watching. ( …. )
• Dr. Farish A. Noor.
• Zaid Ibrahim.
• Some peoples checking outs the RWP Pay It Forward Bookmarks.
• Some more peoples checking outs the RWP Pay It Forward Bookmarks.

I met a ton of people here and I thank them for the support. Besides the obvious, they were namely, Datin Suliana Shamsuddin, Jacqueline Ann Surin (MalaysiaVotes.com), Jason (Editor Off The Edge), Malik Imtiaz, Juana Jaafar (Peace Malaysia), Carol (UNHCR), Daphne Lee (Dram Projects), Michelle Gunaselan.

Hope all this name dropping will nudge some of you readers to actually be part of this project, and not just talk about it. Seriously.

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Doppelganger at Marketplace

• Madman speaking again.
• Jaz, founder of the monthly Doppelganger and a superb host. On and off the stage.
• RWP Pay It Forward Bookmarks on the registration counter.
• Registration counter.
• Inside of Marketplace.
• What came off Madonna’s chest. Refurbished, of course. :)

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Tomorrow (Monday) night, I might be speaking at a talk at KGPA. And in the midst of speaking with organisers of other events.

As Ghandi said, be the change you want to see in the world.

The change I want to see is to have more people reading while they wait.

And all this is what I’m doing to make that change.

It would be nice to see you do something. For anything.

3 layers from sydney

I like all three pictures because, they are nice. Later I noticed, that they had element of distance in it. None are flat. Almost all had 3 layers. Near, middle & far.

The one above, is taken from a plane. I imagine, through window on its side. Not the front or back.

The one below, is of a building. In Sydney.

The one below it, is of many buildings. Many people. And more cars. Sydney. But at night.

*This week’s photos by Alia Baizura.

Google vagina-sense?

When a website subscribes to Google Adsense, a bot (robot/program) will ‘crawl’ the content on your page and find keywords. Base on what it finds, it will select the a few ads to be published on that site.

Example: if you are stupid and reading a website about your condition, the word ‘stupid’ will obviously (not obvious if you’re stupid) appear a few times. Thus, all ads that appear on that site, will be related to Stupid, stupidity and/or you.

I was on my Gmail yesterday. The email I opened was from Germ regarding the poster for RandomAttire.

To my intelligent surprise (not sure what word in my emails sparked this), but one of the four ads that appeared read,

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Faraj Lebih Ketat
Atasi faraj longgar dan berair.
Suami pasti puas. Dijamin. RM67.00
www.isteriperkasa.com

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