Asia Conference in Pro Audio

The inaugural Asia Conference held last November at Singapore Expo that was attended by over a 100,000 delegates from 68 countries also drew the attention of techies from ProAudio-Central; writing a short review on the digital console, amplifiers and loudspeakers used for the event which was really massive.

Featured article in the latest Winter 2009 Asia Worship Audio Magazine

Among stuff that was 'on-show' was the Midas XL8, 12 EV X-Subs and a hosts of SHURE mics.

Who can ever forget the nightly crowd of over 20,000 and the way we got 'conned' into the overflow halls!! *laughs*

Avril Lavigne Concert Cancelled

UPDATED [Aug 23]: Avril's concert WILL GO ON as planned.
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Avril's concert has been CANCELLED!

Excerpts from TheStar Online :

" Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Shafie Apdal said that the concert falls during the nation's independence period and was not a suitable time to hold such a concert.

There are a lot of events on Aug 29 and the Ministry does not want the independence and the near Ramadan month to be filled with such pop and rock culture, he said.
"As the Minister of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage, we should be instilling good culture in the young but here we are allowing other parties to organise things. "



Something tells me Avril's fans are not too happy......

Indeed our gov. holds true the Malaysia Boleh spirit by CANCELLING this concert just slightly over a week before concert day.



But of course there's better things to look forward to like the EMERGE 2008 Conference which is gonna be held nightly at the Sunway Convention Centre from 29-31st August.

Best of all its FREE!


Check out the opening of last year's EMERGE:

Concert & Life Changing experience happens nightly!

You WANNA COME!

08.08.08 - Beijing Olympics 2008 - Info, Pictures & Video Preview of the Opening Ceremony

Today's the day! 8th August 2008; 8:08pm is when the One World, One Dream Beijing 2008 Olympics would kick off.

Despite gaining worldwide publicity over the earthquake, typhoon, haze conditions & protestors who threatened to boycott the olympics, China promises the people of the world that everything will still go on & it would be an eventful one as planned.

The 80,000 capacity 'bird-nest' Beijing National Stadium all lighted up for the night.

Superstars like Celine Dion, Sarah Brightman, Liu Huan & Jay Chou will be performing tonight among some 15,000 performers with 29,000 fireworks due to be released into the night sky lighting up the passion to the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the National Stadium, as well as treating the hundreds of millions of people outside to a spectacular performance.

The 'cube'-shaped Aquatics Centre

Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympics

'Fuwa' dolls are the official mascots for this year's Olympics as they are considered as ‘good-luck dolls’ in China. Five ‘Fuwa’ dolls: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini- in different colors represent the five different-colored Olympics rings and Chinese culture.

The five names of Fuwa dolls makes up the sentence “Beijing welcomes you”. Interesting?...Well..now u know.

Pictures of the rehearsals:

Finally, as faithful readers of my blog, you're in for a treat as I present to you.....a leaked video of the Beijing 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony,..hours before the real thing kicks off.

Do remember to stay glued in front of your TV sets tonight at 8 p.m for the real thing!

Petrol Price Increase & Subsidy Scheme

It shocked every Malaysian that the petrol price had just rocketed up 40.6% today!

From RM 1.92 to RM 2.70 per litre!

To make it simple, that's if u usually pump in RM 100 for a tankful of petrol, u'd need to pay RM 140 just to get the same amount of fuel in your tank after this increase.

One of the rediculous measures is that our beloved Gov had introduced a scheme to so-called "cushion" the impact of this, by giving RM 625/yr cash rebate in postal order when u renew ur roadtax (for cars below 2000cc).

It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that the rebate only sums up to RM52/mth worth of petrol subsidy. Who NEEDS that 52 bucks a month extra when the hike is so much higher? It's jst not gonna help.

While you're still scratching your head (or other areas) over this, the Electricity Tariff has also gone up! <<-- Click to read on.

Be prepared for a shocker.

Earth Hour 2008

Weekends are finally here again!

If you have nothing else better to do tonight, or even if u have, you are welcome to join this international event -
Earth Hour 2008.

It's an event that asks households and businesses to TURN OFF their lights and other non-essential electrical appliances for

1 HOUR to promote electricity conservation and thus lowering carbon emissions.

Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

This event which was started in Sydney in 2007, is now a global movement that is supported by 2,100 global corporations eg: McD, Canon, Coca-Cola, HSBC & Citicorp just to name a few.

Over 2.2 million people turned off their lights during last year's event which resulted in a 10.2% energy reduction in the city in just an hour!






Make it happen TONIGHT - 29th March at 8 p.m. local time.

Get additional info & tips on how you can be a part of Earth Hour 2008 on its official website.