Bittersweet held their Knights of the Round Table (I think this will be the title of their next album, scheduled to be released in March 2010) at Cloth n Clef on the 20th of February. Guest bands for the night were Deserters, They Will Kill Us All and Killeur Calculateur.

Deserters

Rina Omar, the emcee for the night.

Killeur Calculateur

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology held the second Heal The World concert at its main campus at Cyberjaya on the 10th of February 2010. It’s main purpose was to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake victims. The concert was held in conjunction with UNICEF.

Tiffanee Marie Lim, special assistant to Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Lim Kok Wing kickstarted the concert. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, A. Kohilan Pillay, Ms Choon Bow Bow from UNICEF Malaysia and Miss Malaysia World 2009 Tanuja Anandhan was also present at the event.

Students from various different countries took part in this 2 hour long concert. There were solo performances, duets, hip-hop, and also a rock band, which performed Knocking On Heaven’s Door. Besides that, there was also poetry recitals from the students.

Sam, performing an Arabic song.

Lien Ho, from Vietnam.

The last performer was Hope, who came on stage for the second time to sing Gemilang, in Bahasa Malaysia.

A mock cheque of RM30,000 was handed over the UNICEF representatives and after that, to end the concert, the Limkokwing International Choir, together with the audience sang Heal The World.

The Sony World Photography Awards in Kuala Lumpur was launched on the 4th of February 2010 at the Petronas Galeri, KLCC. The exhibition will be held from the 4th of February till the 28th of March 2010. Entrance is free, but no photography is allowed in the exhibition hall.

The winners from each category (Commercial, sports, portraits, etc) are showcased in the exhibition. One particular photograph which caught my eye was Dustin Humphrey’s commercial photography for Insight. The photo shoot was done at Bali and features prominent surfers on the surface of the water with interesting subjects underwater.  Check out http://www.reelsessions.com/dustinhumphrey_insight.html for more information.

Casio America, Inc. proudly unveils the Limited Edition Go Green Project, an environmentally friendly series of G-Shock watch models to commemorate Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary. The series is compromised of three new G-Shock styles G5600GR-7, G6900GR-3 and G2300GR-3 with 100% recycled paper packaging, advanced solar technology and Earth Day inspired color ways.

Each incarnation of the Go Green Project features advanced Self-Charging, Tough Solar Power technology – A tiny, solar panel combined with a large-capacity rechargeable battery enables a variety of energy-hungry functions to operate smoothly. The result is an impressive solar timepiece that assures reliable timekeeping and greatly reduces the need for battery change. With its durable construction and unmatched solar power function, the Go Green Project provides an accessory that embraces the philosophy of reduce, re-use recycle.

Recently got my hands on the DID Che Guevara 12 inch figure. The box is pretty standard, flip open front with the accessories on the flipped side. The main box contains the figure itself, dressed in an army green uniform and behind it, a ‘L’ sized black t-shirt with Che’s face and a star design on the front.

The accessories are interesting, a pipe (not pipe bomb), pen, journal with lines on the pages, a cigar, and the standard army gear (belt, pouches and guns). Clothes wise, there’s a white t-shirt with Che’s face and star design (heck, would be weird if he wears a t-shirt bearing himself on it) and also a PVC-ish brown bomber jacket, which fits snugly over the uniform.

Placebo Live in Kuala Lumpur will be held on 16th March 2010 from 8.00pm at KL Live @ 1st Floor, Live Centre, 20, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur. Placebo Live in Kuala Lumpur is ticketed at RM98 & RM158 per person (ticket handling fee included). Check out for more details at www.rockthisjoint.com.my & www.axcess.com.my

Placebo’s sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun, was released on June 8th 2009. Recorded over three months at Metal Works Studios in Toronto with producer David Bottrill and mixed in London by My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails supremo Alan Moulder, Battle for the Sun is a startling, alive, vital and boundary-vaulting Placebo record.

The Super Junior Official Ticket Launch was held on Saturday, 6 February 2010 at concourse level, Sungei Wang at 12pm. Concert tickets were sold with a 15% discount.

At the ticket launch, a dance group named Progression from MY SJ performed the dance hit “Sorry, Sorry”. There was also a dance workshop on-the-spot so that all fans can warm up to the song before the concert.

A lucky fan got invited on stage to perform the dance and won herself an RM238 ticket!

Breaking the record ticket sales of Asian concert in Malaysia, Super Junior, the 2nd Asia Tour “Super Show 2″ Live in Malaysia 2010, nearly 40% of the concert tickets were sold out in less than a week during the Ticket Pre-sale. RM138 and RM238 ticket categories were totally sold out. Especially RM138 ticket category was gone within 2 hours of the Pre-Sale itself. Fans started to queue at 7am and the queue lasted for 12 hours, an unseen ticket-grabbing phenomenon over the past decade.

So there, you can refer to the information above. Be there early (and make sure to wear either blue or pink), grab your coupons and hope that you can selected so that you can buy the Nokia X6 for just RM66, and then probably sell it off again for a profit!

The party will be held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club and entrance is free! Headlining act will be Boys Like Girls, with local artists such as Khalil Fong, Aizat, 6ixth Sense and the after party will have DJ Nikki and DJ Goldfish on the decks.

The 3rd edition of Innovation Enabling Transformation was launched at the Westin Hotel, KL on the 15th of January 2010. The book is a compilation of speeches gave by Tan Sri Dato Dr. Lim Kok Wing throughout the past few years.

A long and close friend of Lim Kok Wing, Datuk Paddy Bowie had the honors to be open the event. Her speech was delightful and casual, in which she humorously mentioned that she did not know what ‘Kok Wing‘ meant in Chinese, but the word ‘Wing‘ did definitely suit Lim Kok Wing as he did spread his wings to fly and excel in his career.