A quick post to inform you about the MPH Sale which starts today and ends Sunday, March 7.
Prices of books will be slashed up to 30%, so if you're like me (who can't quite resist from buying a book whenever I walk into a bookstore), this will be a good time to visit MPH.
Oh, one more thing. MPH will also be at AMBP's next gathering, which will be sooner than you expect. Watch this space for more info.
Music CD Bonanza: Bon Jovi Winners
For those of you who took part in our last Music CD Bonanza, well there's good news - if you took part and sent in your entries BEFORE the closing date, you're a winner. Yes, each and every one of you.
We've already sent notifications via e-mail to the winners (if it's in our database), but apparently some of you didn't get it. Have you tried looking in your spam folder? Anyway, just give me a buzz at 03-7967 1388 ext 1118, to find how you can collect your CD and poster.
Sorry, I haven't been around here much. I've been in this weird place, a sort of limbo, where I was tasked to help with something else, and because of that I had to put AllMalaysia.info and AMBP on hold, and well, long story short, we get the echo.
But I now find myself back here, so I thought heck, lets get back to something familiar, just to tide us over till Christmas and the new year, and figure out where we're gonna go from there. And what's more familiar around these parts than the Music CD Giveaway Contest?
The featured rock band is a rather familiar one too - by jove! it's Bon Jovi! (Yeah, yeah I know it's lame, but hey, I always wanted to put that in a sentence, so bear with me).
The boys from New Jersey, recently released their eleventh studio albumThe Circle, and if guitarist Richie Sambora is to be believed, you'll dig this one 'cos it rocks hard. This is what he said to Rolling Stone Magazine:
"I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard".
Er, yeah. Anyway, if you're a fan, try your hand at this simple contest. We've got ten (10) copies of The Circle to give away, each of which comes with a Bon Jovi poster. You'll have to do the usual:
1) Answer this question: What's the name of Bon Jovi's latest album? 2) Post up this pic:
3) Write anything that comes to your mind about Bon Jovi (the U-rated imaginings please, ladies).
...all on your blog, then send the link to that particular blog post as a comment here. Ten (10) best entries take home the CDs.
You've got until Dec 18 to complete the above tasks. Winners will be notified by e-mail.
Oh yeah and here's a message from the sponsor: Celebrate Bon Jovi 25th Year Anniversary. Purchase the Malaysian Edition Album of Bon Jovi The Circle and get a Free Limited Edition Wall Poster While Stocks Last.
Passes to Muallaf Gala Premiere
The late Yasmin Ahmad, arguably Malaysia's most critically-acclaimed storyteller and filmmaker, through her accomplishments, has left a legacy that is at the top of the scale by any measure.
Her films are at once thought-provoking and light, inspiring and controversial, humorous and poignant, and astute and idealistic. Case in point: her fifth film Muallaf.
Now here's your chance to win an invitation to the Gala Premiere of Muallaf, details of which follow:
Venue: Cathay Cineplex Damansara Date: Dec 16, 2009 Time: 9.30pm
There are two ways you can get hold of one of the 30 double passes we have to the event above.
(1) The first is to write either a tribute to Yasmin, OR your expectations of Muallaf, on your blog by Dec 14. You'll need to provide the link to that particular post of yours, as a comment here, OR as a direct message tweet to @allmalaysia.
(2) The second option is easier though it bears less weight compared to the above. Tweet using the hashtag #ambp_muallaf. You can write whatever catches your fancy just so long as it's relevant to the tag. We'll select the ones that best catch our attention.
The contest is open to AMBP members as well as Malaysians following the @allmalaysia Twitter account.
We'll start informing the winners beginning Dec 14, with details on how you can collect your prizes. This will go on until we've run out of passes or until the cutoff point at 2pm, Dec 15.
I won't go into why it took me a few months to update this site; I'll just say there's a perfectly legitimate reason and leave it at that.
I would rather get right down to business. I've got five Eason Chan concert tickets (worth RM98 each), and several passes to Sunway Lagoon (RM90 each) to give away, and since we've just added the Twitter widget on the right, we're going to make this one a contest on Twitter.
All you need to do is tweet using the hashtag #easonchan, and we'll select the ones that best catch our attention. Yep, it's as simple as that.
This contest is open to Malaysians following the @allmalaysia Twitter account.
We'll start informing the winners as early as 11am tomorrow, with details on how you can collect your prizes. This will go on until we've run out of passes or until the cutoff point at 7pm, tomorrow (Aug 14).
Oh, and since everyone will get a combination of passes/tickets you get to choose your combination, which means you can win two Eason Chan passes; OR two Sunway Lagoon passes; OR one Eason Chan pass and one Sunway Lagoon pass; as long as the combination is available.
On a dazzling display of logic that'll warm the cockles of Spock's heart/pointy ears, we've joined forces with fellow geeks United International Pictures, Red FM, Outpost Cafe & Hobby Centre, and Gophers Technologies to beam up 100 bloggers onto Studio V at 1.30pm on May 1, 2009 for AMBP's 2009 gathering, which we've dubbed First Contact @ Studio V.
The event will be a sort of homage to helmer J.J. Abrams' new enterprise Star Trek (a reboot of the original TV/movie series) and we're hoping that it would allow you to geek out to the max, even if you're a non-Trekker.
Naturally, it will culminate with a Special Advance Screening of the much anticipated movie, a whole week before the local official release (May 7). So if you're invited to the event, you automatically get a pass to the exclusive Sneak Peek scheduled at 7pm on the day.
But don't worry. We've also cracked our heads (yes, even our Klingon warrior Sashi, whose head isn't very easy to crack), thinking up of ways to keep you busy prior to the screening.
The first of these activities takes place on cyberspace. It's an Online Contest for you restless souls who just want something to do (and win) while waiting for the day of the event to arrive.
You can tell us in advance if you're going to participate in any of the activities we've lined up for the day, when you register to attend the event. Just log in, and tick the relevant boxes.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer as logically as possible.
Send eCards = Hotel Stay + Cash
Now that's a seemingly illogical equation that'll drive a Vulcan crazy!
All you need to do to put yourself in the running to win one of the prizes on offer is send ecards. Yep, it's that simple!
Sponsored by ING Malaysia, this one lets you choose your prize. And you don't even have to be an AMBP member, or a blogger for that matter. Heck, we don't even mind if you think you're a Romulan.
The contest starts on April 20, so look out for it.
More Contests
Have you sent in your entries to the two other contests that we're running at the moment. No? Really? What on Earth are you waiting for? Captain Kirk? Sheesh - go click, now!
Ladies and Gentlemen, This is your Captain speaking.
On behalf of the flight crew, let me welcome you aboard the AMBP, heading for Bloggersville, Malaysia. We should've touched down ages ago but due to complications with the engine we're running on, things have not been going as planned. Someone's tinkering with the engine as we speak, so we're in OK hands. I think.
That is to say, we're heading somewhere and would *eventually* reach our destination. Even if it's as slow as a slug to a patch of salt.
Folks, we've just hit our cruising altitude and I've switched off the seatbelt light, so you're free to wander about while listening to me ramble on about a contest we're organising, just so you know you still have a pilot up here doing his best, trying to fly the plane, while shuttling back and forth, changing into his multiple uniforms...and hats. Yep, you've already met me, myself and I several times just now.
I demonstrated to you how to put on the lifejacket at the start of this flight, and took your lunch order, and even prepared the damn thing. Service above self, and all.
Anyway, back to the contest. We're running it in conjunction with the release of the in-flight movie Passengers, the story of which follows a young therapist (Anne Hathaway) assigned to counsel five survivors of a plane crash. Note that if this plane crashes, you'll probably get me as the therapist too. I'm no Anne Hathaway but I'm good at giving advice. Honest.
Winning this contest will entitle you and a friend to watch the movie for free. Otherwise you'll just have to fork out a couple of bucks (gasp!) or make do with this trailer.
And what is it you're required to do to win this contest? Well, all you'll need to do is sit back, relax and conjure up a caption for a photo taken from the movie and that's it! Naturally, you'll have to do this before we actually touch down. God knows when that is, but you can find futher details in our in-flight magazine.
For now I'll just leave you to your thoughts.
On behalf of your cockpit and cabin crew – me, me, and me - please, sit back and enjoy your trip. Oh, sh**e! Damn stick has come undone!
A Contest for U2, i.e Music CD Giveaway is back!
Irish superband U2 hasn't released an album since 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Until now that is.
Fans must be wondering if the boys from Dublin still have it in them to reach the heights of The Joshua Tree (that's my favourite U2 album, so there!), but hey, why don't you find out for yourself if they do, by winning yourself a copy of their latest studio album , their twelfth, No Line on the Horizon.
Thanks to Universal Music, we have 10 copies of the album to give away, with a U2 T-shirt each to go with them. Now, once again, how awesomely giving are we? ;-)
You know the drill:
1) Answer this question: What's the name of U2's twelfth studio album? Is it a) No Buffet Line to Cut In b) No Line on the Horizon; or c) No Line, that damn streamyx ?
2) Post up this pic:
And
3) Write something - anything! - about U2.
...all on your blog. Then send the link to that particular blog post as a comment here.
Closing date is on April 27, 2009.
Next: Details on AMBP's 2009 Gathering at Studio V.
Good day all. Hope the new year has been good to you. It certainly has been a busy start for me. I didn't intend to mothball this site, but with one thing after another, well, you know how it is.
Anyway, I'm back after a period of holiday bliss, and the first thing I have to do, I suppose, is to tie up the loose ends from last year. We had an active period at the tail end of 2008 with charity events and contests and such, so I do owe you reports, big thanks, and to some, prizes.
Splashing Charity Car Wash (Dec 13 & 14, 2008)
The charity event was a success as far as car/visitor turnouts and tickets sales are concerned, but we were a little disappointed by the lack of volunteers. We had a total of eight volunteers among AMBP members who showed up for the two-day event. That left us seriously short on numbers, but thankfully, we managed to get our colleagues, friends and family members to help out, and pulled through rather well in the end.
In total we managed to collect RM4500 from ticket sales. That's an estimated figure by the way, as I've yet to receive the final numbers from Hospis Malaysia. Will update this space when I get it.
As for the car wash itself, well, let's just say that it wasn't a walk in the park for the volunteers. It was more like a swim in the waterpark. Heh.
Still, both the volunteers and visitors had plenty of fun. Just about everybody got wet. There were tired but cheerful faces everywhere and while the weather threatened a number of times to spoil the party on both days, it didn't, and we came out of it with a wonderful sense of achievement.
My thanks to ALL the volunteers, whether you're a blogger, a representative of a sponsor, a Hospis Malaysia volunteer, a friend, family or colleague. You made this a success. You made the difference.
The objective of the project was to raise funds to buy back-to-school material for 100 underprivileged kids aged six to 15. Thanks to your efforts, we managed to raise enough funds (amounting to RM5793.75, as of Dec 25) to buy a 'full pack' each for 40 kids.
Each 'full pack' contained a pair of school uniforms (with socks and shoes), a school bag, some notebooks, a pencil box, and stationery (2B pencils, pens, eraser, ruler, scissors, glue, sharpener, pencil colours, highlighters and oil pastels).
The folks from Rotaract Club have handed over the items to the kids at Rumah WAKE and SJKT Cheras in time for the new school term. I made the Dec 20 trip to Rumah WAKE as well, and while we weren't encourage to take pictures of the kids, we did manage to capture a few shots of the home (view Photo Gallery), where the caretakers organised a little lunch do for us.
All and all, you could say we're very happy with how this one turned out. My sincerest gratitude and thanks go out to everyone who played a part in this project.
UIP Caption Contest: Winners List
We ran a caption contest in conjunction with Project Gift a Kid to give you a chance to win something for yourself while doing some good. Y'know, two birds and all. Anyway, it took us some time to go through the entries; but we've finally done with that, so here are the winners for the UIP Caption Contest:
If your name isn't listed above, well don't fret. See if it's below, 'cos if it is, congrats! You've either won yourself GnR's lastest album Chinese Democracy + a T-Shirt, or just the T-Shirt.
Here’s a personal invitation to each and every AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) member.
The AMBP is supporting the Rotaract Club of Kuala Lumpur (RACKL) in their efforts to raise funds to buy back-to-school material – books, stationery, uniforms etc - for underprivileged kids aged 6-15, and we’re going to require your help to do so.
The beneficiaries of Project Gift A Kid will be the children from Rumah WAKE 1, as well as those from Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan (Tamil) Cheras.
Now what is it that you can do, we hear you ask? Well, plenty.
Go tell it on the mountainThe project will benefit more kids if more people come forward as sponsors, and in order for that to happen, we’ll need to get the word out. The more people know about this project, the higher the likelihood that someone would act on it (y’know, percentages being percentages and all).
So, yes, we want you to help us spread the word. We want you to tell your friends, families, friends’ families, and family members’ friends. We want you to not only blog about Project Gift A Kid, but to shout it out on your blog!
Send a child a gift of movies! And what’s more? By blogging about this project, you’ll also send a kid to the movies (besides helping them get their back-school-material, that is).
How? Well, we’ve roped in the good folks from Universal International Pictures (UIP) who have agreed to sponsor a limited number of movie tickets, from which we’ll sponsor one kid to the movies for each blog entry written by AMBP members until all tickets are exhausted.
Win something for yourself too There’s also a chance for you to win yourself some awesome prizes courtesy of UIP and EMI if you add BELOW your post on Project Gift A Kid your entry for the UIP Caption Contest.
As I mentioned in my last post, the AMBP is poised to have two charity-based events, one of which is already in motion and has been unimaginatively titled Splashing Charity Car Wash in aid of Hospis Malaysia which is well, a charity car wash organised to raise funds for Hospis Malaysia.
We called for volunteers for this little project but, alas, while the names are slowly trickling in (bless you dearies), it's coming in a little too slow for our liking, and it's a bit worrying.
See, to make this two-day charity drive work we're going to need at least 20 volunteers on each of the days concerned. And that's cutting it close. So, c'mon dear bloggers, register as a volunteer. It's the season of giving after all, so help us, well...give.
Stuff to win
Speaking of the spirit of giving, you've got to admit, the AMBP is very fond of giving you stuff. Or at least, we try our best to allow you to win stuff. Like say, this brand new competition we're running called BOLT Caption & SMS Contest. Yeah, we know, it's unimaginatively titled too. But the point is, we're trying our best to give you stuff.
"Stuff" like tickets to the very movie this contest is supposed to promote: BOLT. And also goodies from this Mouse House offering, like wristwatches and stamping sets and notebooks.
To know what you have to do to win these goodies, and to see images of the stuff you could end up winning, visit the BOLT Contest Page. Oh, and to entice you even further, here's the unofficial official trailer to the movie.
Cute, eh?
More stuff to win: Music CD Giveaway
"The Most Anticipated Rock Album of The Year!", screams the poster. It probably is, what with Axl and buddies taking their time - 17 years to be precise - to fine-tune Guns N' Roses's sixth studio album Chinese Democracy.
But was it worth the wait? Well, why don't you find out by winning yourself a copy.
We have five copies of the album in our safekeeping for you to take home. To add to that, we're also giving away ten consolation prizes in the form of GnR T-shirts.
Now, how awesomely giving are we? ;-)
You know the drill:
1) Answer this question: What's the name of Guns N' Roses's sixth studio album? Is it a) Chinese Democracy; b) American Supremacy; or c) Malaysian Bureaucracy?
2) Post up this pic:
And
3) Write something - anything! - about Guns N' Roses.
...all on your blog. Then send the link to that particular blog post as a comment here. Closing date is on Dec 25, Christmas Day. Ho, ho, ho.
Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, or the day after that: Details on Project Gift A Kid.
Remember when I wrote a post back in July, informing you that we were thinking of organising more charity-based events, asking you if you'd be interested to volunteer your time and energy for a good cause? Well, a number of you wrote back, saying that you'd be psyched if we actually went ahead and set up such an event.
Well, we're going to do just that and what's more, we're organising not one, but two such events, and just in time for the season of giving at that.
The first of these, is a two-day fundraising initiative called AMBP Splashing Charity Car Wash, in aid of Hospis Malaysia. It'll take place at a Kia Service Centre along Old Klang Road (Leo Auto Services) on Dec 13 and 14.
We'll be selling tickets prior to the event, the profits of which will make a real difference to the lives of those affected by life-limiting diseases/ailments. Each ticket is priced at RM20 and the bearer is entitled to the following services:
Car wash and vacuum on the above dates
A FREE 18 point inspection
FREE labour for cars that carry out Engine Oil & Oil Filter Replacement
Now, as a volunteer, you will be assigned to certain tasks on the day(s) in question, including getting your hands dirty (or rather, clean), washing cars.
For your time and effort, you will receive a goodie bag, and be eligible to enter the special Lucky Draw that we've cooked up. Light refreshments will also be provided.
One other way you can help is by getting the word out. Write about it on your blog. Tell your friends and family about it. Go stand in the middle of a busy shopping mall, get everyone's attention and announce it. Just don't get arrested on our account.
That said, do try your best to make it as a volunteer. Trust us, this will be fun. Just look at it as a gathering for bloggers, with lots and lots of soapy water.
Oh, as for the second charity event I mentioned earlier, you'll have to check back; I'll announce it in a day or two.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year CD Giveaway Winners
Good afternoon class. Some of you joined the High School Musical 3: Senior Year CD Giveaway a few weeks ago so what I want you to do now is go through the list below, and try to spot your blog name. If it's in the list... Congratulations! You've just won yourself the soundtrack to the movie HSM3: Senior Year:
A quick note to inform those who took part in the Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Contest that we've sent out the invites by e-mail. Do check your inbox and if you receive an invitation, let us know if you'll be attending.
Once again, the screening starts at 9.30pm, Monday, Nov 10 at Cathay Cineplex Damansara (Hall 10). Note that tickets are numbered, and we're allowing you to choose your seats, so make like the early bird, and get the best wor, er, seats available.
