Over 50 bloggers + media attended the grand launch whereby all of us witnessed a ‘Live Bidding’ auction. Members of the media had the opportunity to bid for an iPhone 4s!

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Wong Fu Productions (WFP) will be visiting Malaysia on February 4th, 2012 @ Taylor’s University as part of their WFP Southeast Asia Tour!

Like seriously… If you don’t know them, you should go check out WongFuProductions YouTube channel and their videos will self-explain to you on why are they such a hype all around. The WFP founders – Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang have been making viral videos since 2003, before the start of YouTube. They’re a rising independent production company that has been at the forefront as an influential pioneer in utilizing new media distribution and creating projects with a positive message. They have been featured at a number of national and international film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival. They now have millions of fan base across the United States as well as around the world, working full-time creating online content, designing their own merchandises, and producing with other companies and artists with the recent being international pop star, Wang Lee Hom.

Okay I know you guys want the deets, so here it is:

Brought to you by M.E. Malaysia…

Wong Fu Productions will lead the two outstanding sessions that celebrates their work while defining who they are and showcasing why they are an inspiration to millions of fans. The first session (Mini Symposium) is aimed at early-career filmmakers, curious fans and film & video students, attendees will be given a rare opportunity to ask more about Wong Fu Productions’ professional development. The second session (Wong Fu For LYFE!) is the event you cannot miss! The boys will be giving a presentation as well as showing some of their recent and upcoming projects. They will be answering all our Q&As as well as a Meet & Greet session with the audience.

Certainly can’t wait for them to come! See you there?

Stay tuned to Inspire.ME Facebook for more info!

Who knows you might be able to win some tickets here on my blog as well? Yeahh, who knows right…

The United Buddy Bears promote living together in peace and harmony on their global tour. Attended the launch of the United Buddy Bears exhibition at Pavilion KL few days ago, under the patronage of the Sultan of Selangor as well as with the support of the Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail.

Spotted some of the happening bloggers there too, now let’s see who…

143 bears are being displayed right at the entrance of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Bukit Bintang. There will be numerous charity activities taking place during the weeks of the exhibition. The programme of activities will include visits of children from various homes and schoolchildren, colouring activities for children as well as an auction of some of the life-size United Buddy Bears at the end of the exhibition to raise funds for Malaysian children charities.

Art and Culture:
Each Buddy Bear shows the individual design created by different artists on behalf of their native countries. The international artists’ different styles are joined together in one work of art, spreading zest for life. The diverse design of the Buddy Bears – always typical for the respective countries – enables the visitors to experience a journey around the globe.

Message:
The Buddy Bears stand together “hand in hand”, symbolising the future vision of a peaceful world. Each bear stands for the people of the different countries and their culture, yet not for political systems.

Charity:
Buddy Bear activities and aid for children in need have formed an inseparable unit. To date, around €1,800,000 (November 2011) have been raised through donations and auctions in aid of UNICEF and local children’s relief organisations.

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Do drop by and check out the United Buddy Bear within these two months! Try and spot the Malaysian Buddy Bears, take a picture and Twitpic it to me (@bryanlyt)!

Let’s unite and make this world a better place!

With the non-stop heavy beats and sound, Far East Movement had the crowd at the venue pumping whole night long. The show was opened by various DJ performers such as DJ Crystal, DJ Junior, DJ Ken, DJ Jakeman, and with DJ Earworm closing off the show for the LA Bass group. The Dirty Bass finally kicked off and took on the stage at a much delayed timing but it was all worth the wait for most of us!

Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, DJ Virman and the rest of their crew kept the energy going high throughout the performance with their awesome blend of hip-hop, pop, electro and dance music.

Truth to be told, I didn’t really pay much attention to Far East Movement‘s music apart from their chart-topping tunes. After the show, I’m sold – I’m a fan of their sick mix (DJ Virman does some sick mixtapes his own too, ranging from hip-hop, dance, pop, dubstep, etc. Go check it out!)

One of the best live shows everrrr!

Thanks SocialCentric & Universal Music Malaysia for the exclusive passes! Before you leave, check out my video below:

Come back again, Far East Movement 2012!

MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) 2011 was hosted by the multi-talented singer and actress, also the girlfriend of Justin Bieber (grr, damnit!), Selena Gomez (my oh-so-cute-teenage-crush haha!) The MTV EMA 2011 is packed with greatness as they manage to snag the likes of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, LMFAO, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jessie J, etc as performers and my teenage crush (Selena Gomez) as their awesome host for the night LIVE from Belfast, Ireland!

This year’s big winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast was the incomparable Lady Gaga, bagging home four awards including Best Female, Best Song, Best Video for ‘Born This Way’ as well as Biggest Fans.

There’s never a dull moment at the MTV EMA! The lineup of amazing performers just keeps rolling as the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers;  Snow Patrol; Justin Bieber; Selena Gomez and the Scene; David Guetta with Taio Cruz, Ludacris, and Jessie J; and our legendary Global Icon, Queen, featuring goosebump-inducing vocals by Adam Lambert.

This is also the first time that MTV EMA has a Worldwide Act category to showcase the biggest acts of each region. Fans will be able to vote for an artist/group within five different regions (Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, Africa/India/Middle East and Europe). The nominee from each region with the most votes will then battle for the “Worldwide Act” distinction at the EMA show in Belfast. A big deserved congratulations to the VIPs, Big Bang! The K-Pop group bagged the award winning the other nominees such as Britney Spears (North America), Lena (Europe), Abdelfattah Grini (Africa/India/Middle East) and Restart (Latin America).

The other award winners ain’t small feat too, considering the many amazing artists who were up for the awards! Among some of the EMA winners were Lady Gaga, Canadian-pop singer Justin Bieber who had his new hairstyle displayed, the amazingly talented Bruno Mars, the ever-so-rocking band Thirty Seconds To Mars, and many more..

Here’s the MTV EMA 2011 winners’ list:

Best Female – Lady Gaga
Best Male – Justin Bieber
Best Pop – Justin Bieber
Best Song – Lady Gaga, ‘Born This Way’
Best Live – Katy Perry
Best Rock – Linkin Park
Global Icon – Queen
Best Video – Lady Gaga, ‘Born This Way’
Biggest Fans – Lady Gaga
Best Alternative – Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Hip Hop – Eminem
Best World Stage – Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Push – Bruno Mars
Best New – Bruno Mars
Best Worldwide Act – Big Bang

Now time for some SELENA GOMEZ photo-spam!

And, one photo of Justin Bieber just cos he looks kinda cool at the MTV EMA 2011 lol..

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Just got back from Singapore, thanks MTV Asia for the hospitality throughout!

You’ve seen them on Youtube, you’ve seen them on other social media sites… now, you can see them LIVE in KL! In fact, the showcase is happening in another few more hours! Come on over to PWTC Tun Hussein Onn Hall later @ 7.30pm to witness the pretty twins sing their heart n soul at the Jayesslee Live in KL showcase, an event organized by Dash Fusion / Creative Central. Fret not if you haven’t gotten your tickets because there will be at-the-door sales at the venue itself, RM120 per ticket!

Meantime, check out the videos during the past few days they have been in Malaysia:

Signing off with a picture with them from last night at the 8TV Quickie set

 Janice + Sonia

(ugh, can someone provide me with express how-to-gain-fats method pls?!)

Now that I’m facing the difficulty of growing my body mass, it appears that we all (yes, not just me!) have a global issue to curb here… Food prices increase every season, they’re getting more n more expensive! I used to be able to buy chicken rice for RM3.00 last time, now it’s so difficult to find a RM3 chicken rice meal anymore. Price swings, upswings in particular, represent a major threat to food security in developing countries. Hardest-hit are the poort. In 2010, an estimated 925 million people in the world were hungry or malnourished. It’s pretty sad to hear that everyday there are more than 25,000 people around the world die of hunger-related causes.

Recognizing this issue, the Taylor’s Education Group (TEG) pledged to contribute one million meals to feed the hungry, in conjunction with the World Food Day as part of its CSR project. The TEG World Food Day 2011 took place simultaneously across four campuses – Sri Garden Schools, Taylor’s College Subang Jaya, Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas, as well as my beloved Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus. More than 4,000 volunteers turned up last Sunday for the charity cause event, contributing their time and effort for the benefit of the hungry all over the world.

The Multipurpose Hall of Taylor’s Lakeside Campus was divided into different stations in order to increase productivity. Basically what we need to do was filling up the bags with dried food, checking on the quality and sealing the bags, as well as counting and packing the bags into boxes to be sent out. We know that this ain’t some kinda awesome party or whatnot; however with the upbeat music, loud encouraging cheers and happy people with smiles kept the hall going ‘crazy’ for a good purpose!

I can’t help but to be proud of saying that I’m part of the large pool of TEG volunteers along with some of my classmates that day to pack food for the hungry!

With all the volunteers from all walks of life working hard on a Sunday, we’re all proud to say that we’ve done our goodwill to pack 1 million meal packets within a day! In fact from what I heard, it was 1 million meals within 8 hours of hard work! Awesome job everyone, especially Taylor’s Education Group (TEG) for organizing this charity cause campaign!

The finished food packs were then distributed to crisis-burdened areas or school feeding programs locally as well as around the globe including Somalia.

The last Johnnie Walker party I’ve attended was the Johnnie Walker Black Circuit held in Kuala Lumpur few months back and it was a great experience!

Just so you know, all these Johnnie Walker parties were held to reward loyal fans with money-can’t-buy experience. Fans of Johnnie Walker would unlock the sophisticated and glamorous world of Formula 1 through the exclusive insider access by JW. As a global partner of Formula One team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes since 2005, the brand’s passion is all about winning; which can be seen when Lewis Hamilton won the 2009 Formula One SINGTEL Singapore Grand Prix night race for the McLaren-Mercedes team!

And as most of you would know, Johnnie Walker Jet Black race party is the most talked about party of the Singapore Night Race. Certainly you cannot afford to miss out on the stellar line-up of the world’s best DJs, stunning interactive party experiences, and stylist Johnnie Walker cocktails. As a JW fan myself with passion towards fast cars, it is definitely a party not-to-be-missed! (all of you reading this, you MUST attend too!)

Watchu waiting for?! Get yourselves ready for the ultimate party experience at Johnnie Walker Jet Black! Join the Johnnie Walker Malaysia Facebook page for more of these exciting updates in future!

BTW, Never Drink and Drive!

In 1759, history was made when Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on the famous St. James’ Gate brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to Arthur, people everywhere have been enjoying the world’s most famous beer for more than 250 years. So each year, we celebrate the life and legacy of Arthur Guinness and his brewing tradition. And what better way to celebrate great beer than with great friends and live music from some of the best artists of our time? Arthur Guinness Day brings people together in their local pubs, their cities and around the globe to share and toast the black stuff together.

In Malaysia…

We celebrate Arthur’s Day as a huge yearly event with international headline acts performing at our shore. In 2009, we had the Black Eyed Peas and other international artistes. In 2010, we had the likes of Timbaland, Sean Kingston, Flo Rida and more. This year, Taio Cruz will be headlining Arthur’s Day 2011 celebration here in Kuala Lumpur!

ARTHUR’S DAY 2011
DATE:  23rd September 2011
TIME:  7pm onwards
VENUE:  Speed City @ Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
DRESS CODE:  Black Party Chic

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Now, here’s how you can win some free Arthur’s Day 2011 passes from me!

1.  Just fill up this form: http://is.gd/0QvaAu

2.  Copy & paste the sentence below on your Twitter OR Facebook:

“Stand a chance to win FREE Arthur’s Day 2011 passes from @bryanlyt – http://bit.ly/arthurslyt”

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That’s it! Then you just need to wait for my winner announcement email on 19th September 2011… 20 pairs of Arthurs Day 2011 passes up for grabs, all thanks to Advertlets! Hurry and fill in the form! Who knows you might be one of the lucky ones? I shall see you there if you win some passes

First time having to step foot into the MTV Asia office, was greeted with a MTV Video Music Awards sign…

Many had arrived earlier as some of them were pretty stoked at catching the live show. Breakfast was also provided for us as the live screening started early in the morning.

MTV VJ Utt & VJ Holly ‘hosted’ that small-scale viewing party, but it was all good as everyone was hyped up with the screening.

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If you haven’t seen the MTV VMA 2011, here are the highlights of the event:

1. The ladies pretty much dominated the MTV Video Music Awards 2011; with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Adele being the big winners of the night.

2. Lady Gaga dressed up as a male alter-ego (Joe Calderone),

3. … while Nicki Minaj dressed up as ‘Lady Gaga wannabe’

4. Beyonce shows off her belly onstage announcing her pregnancy after a superb hands-down performance

5. Adele received a standing ovation from all for her hauntingly beautiful performance with only a piano and a glow of a single spotlight on her

6. Lady Gaga tried to kiss Britney Spears onstage when presenting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award to Britney

7. A tribute to the late Amy Winehouse, by Russell Brand & Tony Bennett and it finishes off with a triumphant performance by Bruno Mars singing Amy Winehouse‘s hit “Valerie“

8. Jessie J commanded the MTV VMA House Artist stage (also known as “intermission singer” haha), keeping the crowd moving after every performance and award being handed out

9. Katy Perry ‘jokingly’ mocked Kanye West onstage regarding the Taylor Swift incident during VMA 2009, while receiving the Best Collaboration Award together for the song E.T.

Here’s the winners’ list for the MTV Video Music Awards 2011:

Video of The Year
Katy Perry – Fireworks

Best New Artiste
Tyler, The Creator – Yonkers

Best Male Video
Justin Bieber – U Smile

Best Female Video
Lady Gaga – Born This Way

Best Hip Hop Video
Nicki Minaj – Super Bass

Best Pop Video
Britney Spears – Till The World Ends

Best Rock Video
Foo Fighters – Walk

Best Collaboration
Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – E.T.

Best Video with a Message
Lady Gaga – Born This Way

Best Choreography
Beyonce – Run The World (Girls)

Best Editing
Adele – Rolling in the Deep

Best Special Effects
Katy Perry  ft. Kanye West - E.T.

Best Cinematography
Adele – Rolling in the Deep

Best Art Direction
Adele – Rolling in the Deep

Best Direction
Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise

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So, what do you think of the winners list? Do you think the winners deserved the awards? Anyone you think that doesn’t deserve any of the categories awarded?