Malaysia Fest 2006...a day i'll remember forever...

The day started quite early...but not as early as how it was for the past 2 mfest...this year, i am there as a marketing EP, and as a performer...not as an MC, nor as an Entertainment EP...this was the year i experience things from a different perspective..

It was bright and sunny...but patches of clouds here and there, teasing with the emotions of us MFest committee...is it going to rain?what happens if it rains?God...please hold the rain....even the slightest thought of a wet day is unbareable...all this is too much to just go down the drain with pouring rain water...too precious..one whole year of hard work of many many people...thousands of dollars...its just too much...

Besides that, the day started well...pretty much everything went as planned...i had to handle a few things before the event, but they were all ok...not much anyway...and then i was focusing on my part in dikir barat and sketch...changing outfit from my full set baju melayu to my all black and kain pelekat for dikir barat...and back to baju melayu..

as i walked in and out, i was checking on the crowd...maybe what i did for marketing was helping, maybe its just the nice weather... i dont care, doesnt matter how it happened, i just want to see a huge crowd...and about 11am...there they were...flooding in to tumbalong park...as much as i was happy, i cant really show it on my face..."God, please dont let it rain"...i dont wanna jinx it...no, ok, crowd is good...ok...good...dont talk about it yet...dont jinx it... i can also tell that my colleagues were avoiding the topic of weather...

dikir barat was great...maybe others have different opinions, and i definitely cannot say that it was perfect...but i am happy with the whole thingy coz its the best from us all...i am proud to be a macquarie uni student...i am proud that my mates are brave and courageous to take on the challenge of performing for mfest...as i know for sure, not everyone has that sort of courage and determination, to practice almost everyday for the final week, and regurlarly for the weeks before that...thank you macquarians...you are a great bunch of people...for dikir barat, ulek mayang, volunteering, for everything...i thank you all...

other performances were also well performed...the sketch was probably our one and only good run...the asmarada and ulek mayang - me and zek was right to choose the word 'enthralling'...the brissie's masca idol were entertaining...everything was great lah..juz so happy...

the rest of the day...it threatened to rain...sometimes it was dark and i swear i feel rain drops (probably a product of my imagination)...but just then, the sun came back...and the day was back to being great...this entry would have been different if it rained...

to talk about the whole day...its just too much to be written about here...all i remember is, walking here there, chatting with friends...and checking out if the stalls are doing ok, checking out ppms' selera sejati and 'the' tarik kiosk...to see if zek and faisal were doing great or not....checking out on ming yow to see if the marketing crew was doing ok (thanx ming yow!)...and worrying...that a nightmare would repeat itself...a wet mfest...

at the end of the day, i am happy it all went well...a packed crowd from beginning till end, with people actually lepaking from start to end, oh gosh....i am just satisfied...long ques at stalls - satisfied...smooth performances - satisfied...friends opening stalls that are happy - satisfied...and all of it combined...thank Allah...i felt relieved...really really relieved...

I have to thank the peepz working in my department....the 2006 MFest Marketing Department...start of with my precious techy, talented, and creative directors - Zek and Hui Xieng...i am blessed to have you two in my department...without you two, marketing department is just ideas...it wont be real, not much could happen...both of you are really talented people...may you both achieve more greatness in the future...

thanx also to the rest of the department...jenny, faiz, edwin, azy...you all were the best supporters i could wish for...i am sorry if you didnt have much to do, or if i havent coordinated everyone as good as you would wish...the truth is, there was not much work for everyone in the first place =) to my colleagues in the organizing committee...alan, danny, kristy, azan, sean, edward, jx, edwin...congratulations to all of you...i hope now everyone can sleep soundly at night =) to everyone else who helped...faisal, erin, cam, the volunteers, the performers...is there even such thing as 'enough' thanks?

to all, i'm very sorry if sometimes i say the wrong things, put too much pressure on you guys, or was being 'leceh' with changes to this and that...again, my sincerest apologies..

there is just too much that's going on in my mind...and a single topic could take forever to elaborate...but i guess those who understands mfest and all it means would already get my point...and understand what this posting is all about...those who do not know about even the festival and what it means...this is a really long post that doesnt really make sense...

it would take awhile for it all to sink in my head...hmm..i would like to say for one last time here....

Malaysia Fest 2006 - One Festival, Many Faces, A World of Excitement!

From Left: Majapahit's Gusti Lohes, Choina's Emperor Wei, and Malacca's Bendahara Sunny and Sultan Ve

The Macquarie Uni MSA Dikir Group

The Cast for Puteri Gunung Ledang: The Mfest Sketch

A crazy and random morning at Channel 7's Sunrise

The MFest 06 EPs - From Left: Danny Tan, Edwin Low, Azan Azlan, JX Yeow, Alan Lau, Mohd Sunny Tan (me) , Kristy Tan, Edward Low, and Sean Tan

The crowd building up in the morning..

That's it for now, i will be putting up more pics once i grabbed em other ppl =)