Ini macam pun ada ka??

A lot of people suddenly asking me is blue devils coming to klwmbc this December. The answer is NO. A new comp is being organised by..... 

Who do you think is organising this comp?? Need a clue...same date n place as klwmbc LOL

Blue Devils is really coming??

Wow this is breaking news! The Blue Devils really coming...70 of them...this December.

Nan Hwa....Go tell them!

Yea..! Congrats Nan Hwa. You make all Malaysians proud. You showed that Malaysian bands are of international standard. "MISTERRR BIL" ( the  "WORLD standard adjucator") I hope you are reading this! The "WORLD" is not just Indonesia, Nusajaya and Desa Pandan haha!

 Nan Hwa Second placing, 91.9. at the Thailand International Marching Band Competition. Very impressive. A very good job!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI

To all my Malay friends I wish you all Selamat Hari Raya! To all others happy holidays! Drive safely okay frens.

Adidas or Asadi..? Rayban or Rayboy..?..Chanel or Channel..? Concorde Blue Devils or Columbus High School Blue Devils..?

You know if you walk down Petaling Street in KL (PS to regulars! haha) you can get almost anything "branded" and wear it on you. Almost no one will notice it. So you can go on and "action" to your friends.."Hey I'm wearing Rayban shades man.."oliginal" ok..very expensive meh..."..until someone with a keen eye comes along and pokes you with an inquisitive question and you go all blue..lump in the throat...(in escape mode) You blurt: "umph.. gotta go now"! LOL. It makes you wonder why do some people succumb to such escapades? The answers are many..to seek grandeur...to console one's own low self  esteem...to "one up" thy neighbour...I'm not here to pre-judge. It could be as harmless as just pure "for fun". ( I oso got Rayboy meh..LOL)

Well..I heard now you can even get "Blue Devils" there.."almost oliginal". To the "keen eyes" out there don't be fooled. Buy original ok. And to others..don't try to fool people all the time ok...

Wait for the REVEAL..

The Fairy Tale In A Land Far Far Away

PART I

This morning I am not feeling too well...down with flu (my doctor said) but it could be a  bad case of  stomach cramps due to the convulsing, gut wrenching, migraine inducing, hypoglycemic situation our marching band scene is in ( I said). We are in dire straits, pathetic and perilously close to going down hill (Overly emotional you say). Its the cough mixture haha. 

Well lets be honest for a second...look beyond the bands...Are we on track or are we off track? Are we moving forward or have we taken ten steps backward? Are we independent  or are we being manipulated? Are we brave enough to take the next step or are we cowered into towing the line? Are we a bunch of blind men where the one eyed is king?

Well for me with nothing else to do but stay in bed I cautiously browsed through the net looking for something to "kill" the hours away. I came across a fictitious piece which was interesting enough for me to draw similarities with the Malaysian marching band fraternity.

As the story goes... there lived a mean and ugly ogre who was shunned by the villagers. He was so mean that the villagers now and then organise a lynching party only to be cowered at the last minute by the ugly ogre's ear piercing growl ( like in Shrek la). But ole' ugly ogre has one big dream.. that is to be a WORLD mega star! Yes, an ogre singing on the world stage...his kind of "music". Anyway...he continued with his wayward ways, plundering and being obnoxious to..well everyone...until one fine day he noticed he was utterly alone and unwanted ( sniff....sniff). So he thought to himself how could he "buy" some "real" friends and nobility so that the villagers would shun him no more and he could walk the streets of Boleh Land without the villagers sniggering and jeering at him and his dream of international stardom nearer to realisation. 

Then, one sunny morning while bathing in his mud bath he pounced upon a brilliant idea. Why not propose marriage to the king's ugly daughter? No one else would! She's already near the end of her "shelf" life. She's not actually an ogre...more on the heavy side..cute ( ugly but nice to look at) and actually has a very kind demeanour. Now he thinks, this could be the solution he has been looking for high and low. With one deft move he could be transformed into prince charming!...and his dream of super stardom could then take off into the night sky! He speculates he is already on his way to be the first singing Ogre Dato'!

He now only has to device a plan on  how to "lure" the oblivious princess into his trap. He cunningly comes up with a sneaky plan to create an accident in front of the castle! One balmy afternoon when the princess and her escort leave the castle he quickly sets up his ruse. A humongous trunk of a tree blocks the princess's carriage around a bend on the road and knocks her carriage over pinning the ugly princess in her carriage. She cries for help frantically and out comes our hero Ogre to the rescue! News reached the king of this heroic deed by the ugly Ogre. As is customary in those days the king then regally ask the ugly ogre what he wants in return and it shall be granted. The ugly ogre gleefully pulls out his list of three wishes 1) The princess's hand in marriage 2) A Dato'ship 3) A royal decree declaring him a godsend  WORLD mega star! The king mulls through his three wishes and decreed "you shall have my daughter's hand in marriage, I shall bestow upon you a DGHS (Darjah Gemok Hodoh Sedunia) bearing the title of Dato' but I cannot make you a WORLD mega star as my kingdom is only as far as the next kampong. What would the Americans say?" exclaimed the king. The ugly ogre although slightly disappointed accepted the king's decision. Two out of three ain't bad he thinks to himself. I have now a wife as ugly as me, a DGHS and I only have to behave as badly as can be...before long I shall have my dream to be a WORLD mega star! Numero Uno...Alpha Lion On Top Of The Mountain..

Hmmm...I shall stop there for now...feeling very drowsy..the cough mixture definitely.

Snippets- from around the region

Sang Juara Internasional Pulang Tanpa Disambut


Selasa, 03 Agustus 2010 18:40:10 WIB

Reporter : Oryza A. Wirawan

Jember (beritajatim.com) - Inilah nasib Jember Marching Band: datang tak dijemput, pulang tak disambut. Kendati berhasil mengharumkan nama Jember dan Indonesia, dengan meraih gelar The First Runner-up Open Division dalam i Malaysia World Band Competition 2010, 24-31 Juli, kepulangan kontingen ini ke Jember tak disambut meriah oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten Jember.

Dalam perhelatan di Malaysia tersebut, berhasil menyabet juara pertama lomba drum battle, juara pertama lomba street parade, dan juara kedua National Competition. Mereka berhasil menumbangkan juara bertahan Marathai dari Thailand dalam drum battle.

Para kontingen JMB tiba di bandara Juanda Surabaya, Senin malam (2/8/2010), pukul 22.00. Mereka tiba di Jember Selasa (3/8/2010) pukul enam pagi. Rencananya, kontingen JMB akan diterima Bupati MZA Djalal hari ini. Namun acara dibatalkan dan tidak ada sambutan untuk para pahlawan Jember ini.

Zainul Hasan, anggota Komisi D DPRD Jember, mengaku mendapat telpon pertanyaan dari seseorang mengapa JMB tidak disambut. "Saya tidak bisa menjawab. Ini mungkin miskomunikasi antara panitia dengan Pemkab tidak sinkron. Apalagi sekarang di Pemkab ada acara Isra' Miraj," katanya.

Zainul kemudian mengontak Kepala Kantor Pemuda dan Olahraga, Suparno. Ia menanyakan persoalan tersebut. Ternyata dalam dialog antar ponsel yang diperdengarkan melalui pengeras suara oleh Zainul, Suparno pun tak tahu jika JMB datang. "Kita tidak tahu JMB datang tadi pagi. Saya tidak ikut ke Malaysia," katanya.

Zainul menyesalkan tidak adanya sambutan untuk JMB. Ia heran, karena JMB membawa nama Jember dan Indonesia. Ia meminta agar JMB disambut sepatutnya sebagai pihak yang telah membawa nama negara di dunia internasional. "Ini urusan kepatutan saja. Kita harus bangga anak-anak kita berprestasi tinggi," katanya. [wir]