Cheques to PRIDE & Eco Knights paid
October 31, 2009
Our first t-shirt project, was in support of raising funds and awareness for PRIDE Foundation and Eco Knights. It was also our first time trying to sell something to raise funds for ourselves, and also going into accounting in careful detail as we’re responsible for the money we’ve collected from the sales, later to be passed to these two wonderful organisations.
Wonderful as without their participation and support, the t-shirts would have been just that. But their involvement gave it more meaning and with RA, we try to tie something good into everything that we do, as oppose to shooting blanks.
So to Adeline and her team at PRIDE Foundation, Yasmin and her team at Eco Knights thank you for trusting and believing in RA.
Please note, this is the second cheque to Eco Knights. The first cheque is here.
Video: Merdeka Train Party
October 31, 2009
Evidently, it took us a while to do the video. Many thanks to Vini Balan for having the patience to edit the video and deal with me for the countless of editions asked. Also thanks to food media company Fried Chillies again for providing technical support to allow us to use their equipment. -Zain HD
Open Invitation – Merdeka Train Party 31st Aug
August 23, 2009
Merdeka Train Party (MTP)
Happy Birthday Malaysia!
Decorating the interior of a few public trains. Guerilla/flashmob style.
Imagine decorating the interior of a house for a birthday party. Now that is exactly what RA will do (in a few public trains!) on 31st August 2009 . You’re invited to join in. Anyone & everyone. We will decorate the interior of the trains. We will meet at 2pm for a briefing, somewhere convenient in KL. To participate in this free project, you cannot RSVP via Facebook. Find out how by reading EVERYTHING written below. :)
This event is also on Facebook. To be part of our future events and projects Add us on Facebook. Or join our Facebook Group.
+Check out this design above. We’re printing 1000 over these balloons.+
Where?
As always, we HAVE to keep it a secret until a few days before the event. You will be informed via email the exact of the location of the meeting by Thursday 27th August. For those who rsvp after the 27th, you will receive information about the meeting point on Sunday 30th August.
Which train? KTM Komuter? Monorail? LRT?
We HAVE to keep it a secret for now. When you find out on Sunday 30th August, feel free to invite people you know, but keep it hush hush still okay.
What do I have to bring?
You MUST come with party props. Streamers. Hats. Anything that is easily attached and detached. And will not be considered permanently vandalising a place. :)
Keyword here is creating the atmosphere. Remember, we are really decorating the interior of a train here for a BIRTHDAY PARTY!
How?
We will split everyone approximately into groups of 20. Each group will be in charge of a train and will decorate the train very quickly, guerilla style, flashmob effect.
What’s the idea?
The idea is to create a similar flashmob like effect. People who do not know about the project, will come into a train expecting the usual scenario right? Imagine their reaction when they see what we’ve done to it!
After that?
Once the train is decorated, you do whatever you like inside it. Take a picture, sing a song, wear a hat, call a cat, whatever.
Ok. So how do I know more about this and participate?
***Click here to RSVP*** and you’ll be notified via email other information you need to know.
Video – Read while Waiting Project: 23 August
August 23, 2008
Michelle Gunaselan, Niki Cheong, Fahmi Fadzil, Dr. Farish Noor, Sharon Bakar, Joyce Wong @ Kinky Blue Fairy, Su Ann Lim @ Pink Pau, Altimet, Farihin Abdul Fattah, Emmett Roslan Ishak, Ida Nerina, Sazzy Falak, Sharifah Aleysha & Aryana, Chef Ismail Ahmad, Jules & Prem, Shaz Mukhtar, Jazeman Jaafar
*The venues for RWP has been been announced. This includes for the Kuala Lumpur, Eindhoven, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne & Singapore Chapter. :)
RWP: Read while Waiting Project
RWP is not about 23rd of August. Or BookCrossing It is far beyond that. Scroll down to watch the videos that explains this project. Watch the video that explains the project: 1st version, 2nd version, 3rd version.
Objective
- To see more people reading (any form of literature) whenever they wait
- To make people more conscious of whenever they are about to go somewhere and know that some waiting will be involved, then bring something to read
This is what RA has in store for RWP.
- Pay It Forward Bookmarks
- BookCrossing campaign in conjunction with RWP. To be launched after 23rd Aug
- Look Up More flashmob 12th July
- D-Day 23rd August. Join RWP on Facebook. To date: 6500 people invited.
*If you are interested to initiate wherever you live, then do Contact Us and we’ll help you promote it and get the word out. Just as we are doing for Eindhoven, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne & Singapore.
*You don’t need hundreds of people to do it on 23rd Aug. Just 3 or 4 friends is enough! :) Then send us pictures. We all have to start somewhere. So, start. You can do it. Just do it.
Kuala Lumpur : KL Sentral. Area in front of KFC, Dunkin Donuts & KTM Komuter entrance.
Sydney : Wharf 2 & 3. Circular Quay.
Melbourne : Bourke Street Mall Tram Station.
Perth : In front of David Jones, Murray Street Mall.
Singapore : Entrance to Wheelock Place on the Orchard Road side. The corner opposite Shaw.
Wellington : Civic Square. Outside Civic Art Gallery
Auckland :Aotea Square, Queen Street
Christchurch : Cathedral Square
Eindhoven : Central Station. Main entrance.
+Support this project by showing people you know the videos. Email the link. Pay it forward.+
*Click on the video that interests you. 1st version, 2nd version, 3rd version. RWP & Zain HD was featured in the 7 minute per-episode The Fairly Current Show by Pop TV.
Instead of explaining the project in a long elaborated post, RA did videos. The first video was uploaded in mid June. It includes Sean Connery and pictures from various participants.
The recently uploaded 2nd video has 3 versions. Each version has 3 sections explaining 3 different things by 3 different people, Altimet, Michelle Gunaselan & Niki Cheong. Each version includes supporters of RWP such as,.
Joyce Wong @ Kinky Blue Fairy, Farish Noor, Sharon Bakar, Emmett Butterfingers, Prem & Jules & Fahmi Fadzil – 1st version
Su Ann Lim @ Pink Pau, Prem & Jules, Sazzy Falak, Sharifah Aleysha & Aryana, Jazeman Jaafar & Ida Nerina – 2nd version
Farihin Abdul Fattah, Chef Ismail, Ida Nerina, Sazzy Falak, Sharifah Aleysha & Aryana, Emmett Butterfingers & Shaz Mukhtar – 3rd version
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RWP is one of RA’s pro bono projects. Support us by donning our t-shirts.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Be part of RWP. Participate. A simple effort on your part, is an investment with great interest returns shared by many for now, and many years to come. It would mean the world, to the world.
Why am I doing this? Because if you want to see something happen, and no one else is doing it, then YOU do it.
-Zain HD
RWP bookmark
July 20, 2008
“You’re a workaholic. And if you’re not careful, it’s something that will always be. xxx”
-N/A
For the moment:
The Ultimate (Live)- The Roots
*This post was originally written on 28 June.
If you are visiting this website today, because you received the RWP bookmark, then you have made RA and it’s efforts happy. And a step closer to making RWP a success.
Read the main posting on RWP, that explains the whole project, here.
Join RWP on Facebook.
*If you really support and believe in this project, then take those bookmarks, pass it to someone you know. Leave it on your colleagues desk, in your classmates pencil box or next to your relative’s jamban. Whatever. As long as it gets the message around and delivered. Baby steps.
*If you want some more bookmarks/cards, let us know. We’ll meet up and pass it to you. We distributed more than 750 at KLue Urbanscapes and will be printing more.
One of the main basis of RWP is that it carries the Pay It Forward approach. So what we have done is that to make bookmarks that look like this.
We ordered 1000 of it.
And decided that we should distributed in batches of 3 so that the recipient can share it to more than 1 person.
Last night it arrived at my house and I sat down alone for almost 4 full hours, wrapping 999 RWP bookmarks with 333 black rubber bands.
Multiplies of 3 will get you 333 batches with one extra odd card out. The blue dot on the W, is that extra 1.
Because I’m just that gatal, I decided to use more rubber bands to put everything together.
The quote above, was an sms from someone who knows me only too well. My first time being told so. Something I didn’t notice for myself. Something I needed to hear for myself.
Again, if you are visiting this website today, because you received the RWP bookmark, then you have made RA and it’s efforts happy. And a step closer to making RWP a success.
Thank you. :)
Flashmob invite by the malaysian flower show 20 July
July 19, 2008
*Flashmob or not, I reckon this is going to be one wicked flower show. :)
LAMAN 2008 aka The (Biggest) Flower Show in Malaysia asked RA to come & do a flashmob esque stunt at their event.
- Free Shuttle Service from KL Sentral.
- Bus Rapid KL B115
- KTM Commuter/Putra LRT
- KL Hop-On-Hop-Off Double Decker Tour Bus Services
- Group Drop-Off/ Pick-up Information for Tour Operators/ Coach Drivers
- Car
- Magic Broomstick
We agreed to come in as Theme Partners and you are welcome to come and participate.
6pm Sunday 20 July at Lake Gardens.
To Participate, email RandomActs [at] RandomAlphabets [dot] Com and we’ll inform you of the detailed arrangements. You can also join this event on Facebook.
Wear white. For The RA Team, they will be wearing this t-shirt.
The flashmob esque stunt is fairly simple. We will go to a certain location at the event, and we will lay down on the ground and pretend to be dead for a few minutes. It will serve as a symbolic act to the crowd there that this is what happens to the environment if it is not taken care of.
The message of this bizarre act (which will hopefully cause an impact to open peoples eyes,) will be announced on the PA system by the Organisers themselves. So that the crowd observing us, will know what is going on and properly understand the message.
This will probably be RandomActs’s last project before we take a break until late August for RWP. We thank the LAMAN Organisers (namely Liyana Ferdaus) for inviting us to be part of this event.
Pictures: LUM flashmob 12 July
July 17, 2008
4.30pm: RandomAgents start congregating.
5.45pm: Most of us took a train to KLCC. Some walked.
6.05pm: Gather at KLCC Pond
6.20pm: Banners go up.
4th Floor Kinokuniya. R e a d
2nd Floor Signatures Food Court. w h i l e W a i ti n g P r o je c t
6.22pm: Banners go down
6.25pm: Distributed some RWP Pay It Forward Bookmarks at KLCC Pond
6.27pm: Disperse
6.35pm: Burger King, Avenue K.
The whole process was exciting thanks to those helped out and also to those who came.
We have 4 projects in the span of 6 weekends. This Sunday 20 July at the Malaysian Flower Show at Lake Gardens will be the last one before our break (till 23 Aug). On top of that, the birth of RandomAttire. It has been madness. Once things have cooled down abit, we will do the videos for the recent projects.
Banners by Firdaus Ahmad.
Photos by Juliana Hilton & Shazeea Banu.
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Look Up More flashmob Gathering Point revealed
5pm Saturday 12 July
Carpark on Jalan Ampang
Opposite Dang Wangi Putra LRT Entrance
Near Concorde Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe. Across Wisma Denmark/Safuan Building.
*To participate, just be there. Bring a book, magazine or newspaper. That is all.
Join LUM on Facebook.
Read the Frequently Asked Questions for LUM. Scroll down.
Anyone and everyone can be a RandomAgent.
Just be there at the Gathering Point at 5pm on Saturday 12 July.
Location of Gathering Point will be announce at 9pm on Wednesday 9 July.
*We will announce the Gathering Point on 9pm Wednesday 9 July on RandomAlphabets.com It will be somewhere accessible in KL.
FAQ for LUM
- Do I have to come?
- You guys are weird. I just bought this new top. It’s fabulous. It’s super super low cut. Cause you know…KL weather. I don’t understand how people can still wear t-shirts. Anyway, can I wear my new top to LUM? Promise I’ll try to not steal the limelight. ;)
- I don’t get it. Ok. So how do I participate?
- OMG OMG ZZZOMG. Can you tell me first? I won’t tell anyone I pwoomisss. ;)
- :(
- Yaaaa. Got it! RA did ‘Rob!’ at KLue Urbanscapes. Is LUM going to be at another event? I prefer it that way cause I have sooo many things to do then to just go to a flashmob and then leave.
- Errrr. Errmm. Hurrmmm. What do you mean by clean? I don’t like doing flashmobs in the bathroom okkkay.
- Ok. But, how am I going to be certain that it’s fun?
- Sheesh! I’m just asking. I’m a busy person. If I know it’s going to turnout great, then I’d come.
- Yea right. WtvRR (whateveRR). I’m not coming.
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1. Do I have to come?
No.
2. You guys are weird. I just bought this new top. It’s fabulous. It’s super super low cut. Cause you know…KL weather. I don’t understand how people can still wear t-shirts. Anyway, can I wear my new top to LUM? Promise I’ll try to not steal the limelight. ;)
If anyone wants to see a polluted longkang, there’s Sungai Kelang.
3. I don’t get it. Ok. So how do I participate?
Just be there at the Gathering Point at 5pm on Saturday 12 July. RA will only announce the location of the Gathering Point at 9pm on Wednesday 9 July on RandomAlphabets.com.
4. OMG OMG ZZZOMG. Can you tell me first? I won’t tell anyone I pwoomisss. ;)
No.
5. :(
Seriously. We’re not telling.
6. Yaaaa. Got it! RA did ‘Rob!’ at KLue Urbanscapes. Is LUM going to be at another event? I prefer it that way cause I have sooo many things to do then to just go to a flashmob and then leave.
No. LUM will not be at an event hosted by someone else. LUM will be very very very similar to KL Freeze in Unison. It’s that kind of flashmob.
At the same time, still clean, random and fun.
7. Errrr. Errmm. Hurrmmm. What do you mean by clean? I don’t like doing flashmobs in the bathroom okkkay.
By clean meaning we don’t meddle with politics, religion and Britney Spears.
8. Ok. But, how am I going to be certain that it’s fun? Are there going to be alot of annoying girls?
At the end of the flashmob, to wrap things up, we are going to shove our foot up your arse.
9. Sheesh! I’m just asking. I’m a busy person. If I know it’s going to turnout great, then I’d come.
If your parents knew you were going to turnout this way, they wouldn’t have had sex.
10. Yea right. WtvRR (whateveRR). I’m not coming.
You were not invited.
Pictures from Rob!
June 30, 2008
Our victim for Rob! was Adrian Yap. He’s the publisher and/or chief editor and/or boss of KLue magazine. :)
Late May: RA at KLue magazine for an interview (which will appear in their July issue) by Sarah Chan. As we were leaving, Didi asked us if we could do a flashmob for Urbanscapes.
Early June: Another meeeting. This time with Didi, Darren and Valene. RA proposed about 6 ideas and they picked Rob!
Mid June: RA sent out invitations for Rob! via RandomAlphabets.com and Facebook.
After that Early June meeting, we had to decide what random name to use because we didn’t want to call out ‘Rob!’. After brainstorming in deep thought (for 15 seconds!), our side blurted,
why don’t you saboh your boss Adrian Yap?
And we saw 3 wide smiles.
All pictures courtesy of Niki Cheong. Also thanks to Wei Nye, Kay Margera and Zam Nayan for helping out.
A photographer and videographer was meant to follow Adrian throughout the whole flashmob. However shortly before we started he disappeared. We later receive word from our collaborator, Valene from KLue (subordinate of the victim himself), that he was indeed in hiding.
In fact, he sent an sms to her saying something along the lines of “you think I’m stupid is it?!”
Nevertheless, that said we still did achieve the desired effect of a flashmob. Although later (or even by now) a bulk of the spectators knew it was a setup. But after all, it was KLue Urbanscapes. The crowd is somewhat familiar with the notion of flashmob. :)
We overheard people saying,
Ey, who is this Adrian Yap?
Eh this Adrian Yap owe people money or what?!
Is he someone’s ‘tau khei’ (anak buah gangster-as Wei Nye translates for me)
Hmmm. Is this somesort of a game? Where is Adrian?
These are the RandomAlphabets people I think.
Wtf?
I don’t know who he is but I’ll join in. Adrian!!!!
Below is the video RA did for Rob!
*Join our next flashmob, LUM : Look Up More. Below is the invitational video.
*We also distributed more than 750 of the Pay It Forward Bookmarks for RWP. :)
