Jackie Miao

I’m in Melbourne at the moment, enjoying a bit of coldish weather at the moment. Ranked 3rd by the Economist in 2010 as one of the Most Livable Cities in the World, I have been stuffing my face with a smorgasbord of yummilicious food. Everything is massive over here and the best way to describe how I perceive and feel about Melbourne is that it feels like a modern version of the land of Canaan.

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
By massive I mean that while I am always on the hunt for XL sizes in Asia, I’m being forced to accept the fact that I’m merely a small dumpling over here. It really challenged the negative views I had about being bigger than most of my Asian counterparts, especially when I confusingly find my buttocks fill into an S size pair of running pants perfectly.

Melbourne isn’t the kind of city that excites like Hong Kong or New York but it is charming in its own way. It’s a contradiction of laid back attitudes and the facilities of a fast-paced city; really bizarre that the pace and infrastructure seem as compatible as a monkeywrench and a rose petal but a novel experience nonetheless!

Melbourne’s town planning is the best I’ve ever seen thus far. Beautiful private and public landscapes, public transportation is great and there is an abundance of parks and cycling paths.  What a total dream come true for people who love an active life!

Pretty busy on holiday. I’ll try to blog as often as possible during my trip, but definitely will share more stuff with you guys when I get back in two weeks…

Miss Honeybee who runs Cube Restaurant and an executive sponsor for KK Twestival has a melodic event tonight. For RM100, you get to have finger food, a free flow of wine and watch Hito Band perform some tasty jazz music in an exquisite setting. Did I say FREE FLOW of WINE? Yes I did! See you there!

Niki Cheong, Lead Organizer for Twestival KL and Regional Coordinator for Twestival Asia has an awesome post up about Project Alpha, a show about Malaysia’s top bloggers. Check out the Official Trailer for Season 2.

Our KK Twestival 2010 Short Documentary Film Feature from the funky, groovy, and fantastic Sri Southall is now out on YouTube. Watch it, share it and spread it with love!

A big thank you to Sri of Helvetica’s Army and Scubazoo for sponsoring the production of this. Now we’ll all remember the magic of KK Twestival thanks to you!!

We raised RM 6,330 (USD $1,940) for unschooled kids that night!!

If you missed it and would still like to be a part of Twestival, you can:-

1. Get yourself a t-shirt where 100% of proceeds go to Concern Worldwide!
2. Follow our story on http://kotakinabalu.twestival.com
3. Follow @fooz @kktwestival on Twitter for future Twestivals in KK!

See you at the next one!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

1. Charles Miao, Stone Bridge Galley – @stonebridgekk – For sponsoring the food and letting us use your restaurant.
2. Bernie Chan, Xquisite Journey – @bemingo – For your time, resources, and everything else!
3. May Wong, Cube Private Kitchen – @meihoneybee - For the sponsored dinners!
4. Clive Chai, South Sea Sanctuary – @southseasanc – For the vouchers, masseuse and showing up.
5. Alvin Ho, Hito Restaurant – For the sponsored dinner.
6. Rachel Khoo, The Body Shop – For the 5 lucky draw gift sets.
7. Kareen Lim, Pharmex.com.my – For the cash sponsorship to run the event.
8. Gerry Kong, MSJ Media – @bananakk – For filming and editing for us.
9. Helvetica’s Army – @srijivesouthall – For filming and editing for us.
10. Scubazoo – @scubazoo – For letting Sri use your facilities.
11. Euphrasia Fung, Celyn Hotel – For the lucky draw gift sponsorship.
12. Dinoza Mahruf, Imperial International Hotel @dinoza – For partially sponsoring the food and the lucky draw gift voucher.
13. Jasmine Leong, IEC.com.my – For the use of two of your projectors.
14. Sharifah, RedTone – For showing up and giving us a decent connection.
15. Elson Kho, Vchocolate.com.my – For the chocolates.
16. Phyllis Chin & Sue Chong Hartley, TheBagBar.com – For the birdie bag!
17. Angeline Han and Honeybee – @meihoneybee – For the cupcakes.
18. Amie Stan, Breeze Magazine – @breezemag – For taking photos.
19. Liu Mun Yin, CNNGo.com – @cnngo – For telling us about @twestival and retweeting us proud!
20. CDS Printing – For printing banners and sticker logos for free.
21. Instant Exhibition, instantexhibition.com – For the chairs, tables and lighting at the back.
22. Patrick Tiew & Co., AVS Sound and Lighting – For the amazing sound and lighting for the event.
23. Canon Ling Wine Supplier – For providing us happy elixirs.
24. Kwong Hin (HK) Sdn. Bhd. Wine Supplier – For providing us happy elixirs.
25. Best Vintage Wine Supplier – For providing us happy elixirs.
26. Cynthia Low, Wakili.com.my – For partially sponsoring our t-shirts and helping us sell it on the day.
27. Sam Tan, Core Fitness – @dustnshadows – For getting involved.
28. Karis Chong – For your contribution toward running the event.
29. Jackie Miao, JACKIE.MY – @fooz – For organizing, sponsoring, and leading the event like a nutcase over 3 weeks!

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

1. Jackie Miao – @fooz – Lead Organizer
2. Bernie Chan – Event Management – @bemingo
3. May Wong, Sponsorship – @meihoneybee
4. Donald Lim, Design – @pakpandir
5. Charles Miao, Logistics
6. Francoise Lourdes, Administration – @Francoise_L
7. Yolanda Graham, PR – @yograham
8. Melissa Leong, Emcee – @fridaycat13
9. Gerry Kong, Videography – @bananakk
10. Sri Jiva Southall, Videography – @srijivesouthall
11. Amie Stan, Photography – @amiestan
12. Mia Meara Robinson, Volunteer Coordination – @miameara
13. Will Robinson, Logistics
14. Jacquelin Ajuni, Social Media Evangelist – @caneeliea
15. Chua Li Ying, Logistics – @LiYing_Chua
16. Liew Yu Li, Logistics – @YuliLiew
17. Genn Lai, Food Serving – @GennLai
18. Roger Wang, Entertainment – @roger_wang
19. Jonathan Tse, Entertainment – @jontse
20. Angelina Perete, Entertainment
21. Clive Chai, Sponsorship Coordination – @mansun48
22. Lam Lam, Videography
23. Jackson Ho, Videography
24. Euphrasia Fung, Logistics
25. Jasmine Rajah, Logistics/Deco – @imjasmine
26. Jacintha Rajah, Logistics/Deco
27. Edward Ginibun
28. Christine L Santos, Decorations
29. Ong Jay Jim, Security
30. Norif Paival Yahya, Security – @paival
31. Kaisen Chin – @sandcookie
32. Jet Chung, Sponsorship Coordination/Logistics
33. Valentine Collins
34. Adriance Valentine
35. Chin Li New – @weNiLnihC
36. Ralph Lauren Taddeus – @larphe
37. Dexterowie Ian
38. Arthur Almanzo J Bangguan
39. Christal Connie, Logistics
40. Cynthia Low, T-shirts
41. Jason Wong, Food Serving
42. Yin Wong, Food Serving
43. Marie Bibiana Baxter, Entertainment
44. Alan Lip Vui, Entertainment
45. Welfred Saw, Entertainment
46. Jordan Khong, Entertainment
47. Sam Tan, Entertainment – @dustnshadows

Always wondered how people twist, turn and balance? You can now learn how to breakdance from a bboy from London @srijivesouthall right in Kota Kinabalu every Sunday at The Rock School.