NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE !

Nothing is impossible, but I doubt they could fit inside :P

Salam..

So here comes my concluding post regarding the Perhimpunan Wira Negara Revolusi 1Malaysia.

There neither any sense of violence nor terrifying incidents happened throughout the event. It was just another youth event... One thing that should be observed is that, our youths can behave.

It is also good to see campaigns such as 1Belia1Kemahiran to be part of the event... because personally, I really feel that in all that participated, they do have their own skills that can be developed further.

The Minister of Youth and Sports , DS Ahmad Shabery Cheek once said that, he do hope and looking forward for more events that participants came full heartedly out of their own interest and accord. The 20k crowds that flocked Bukit Jalil from 7-9 January definitely did that. Those that was present came as far as Singapore, rode on their vespa to join the event.

The first step is there, to gather the youths to get to do to what they love most.. through a better channel. Maybe after this, it will be even better and bigger.

Personally, I had my piece of lesson as well. In terms of event organization, it taught me also that to have an event of that scale; it needs passion, commitment and determination. The whole event was held without any funding from the Government or GLCs or any other big sponsors. From individuals to small partners, it made the event a success.

There this one common sentence that tends to annoy me a lot, “kalau tak ada peluru, macam mana nak pegi berperang”. Translation: If do not have any bullets, how can you even go for a battle. Bullet metaphorically represents money. In their case, they did not have enough funding either, but it still came out well.

Apart from that, I understood the importance of having the right team. It is not about the quantity, it is on quantity. The event may be Bro Arman’s brainchild but it took only a team of 7 to be the backbone of whole planning. Of course, during the event day, there are people like me that worked as volunteers as well J

They taught me that nothing is impossible when you put your mind, thoughts and efforts full heartedly. For me, how they need to deal with some publics’ misperception, critics and sceptics will be just another part and parcel of life...and since it’s them, I think they got used to it by now already! Haha :P

To the 7s,if you’re reading this, good luck in everything you do bros!

To all my other readers, remember... NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Xoxo,

eyem3

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If you missed the earlier posts...

here's PART 1 and PART 2

From eyem3's eyes.....

From my eyes...

I was driving on the MEX Highway when I spotted 2 Vespa’s making their way to Bukit Jalil. First thought that came into my mind was, “wow. They woke up early on a Saturday!!”. Haha. Nearby the turning to Bukit Jalil, I saw a bike, more like a skeleton of a bike, on a back of a pickup. I knew, that will be one of the bikes that will take part in the sprint test later. My driving continued... feeling sleeping on a Saturday morning.

Wearing the black tshirt for crew and tag, I reached Bukit Jalil on the Saturday morning to being my task as the crew. Task given: Taking care of the Lucky Draw registration. There was a lucky draw that let the one lucky winner took home a motorbike that worth RM 3999 !

Here’s our lucky winner...

*That was an advert*

Back to the story, when I reached there, there was already people!! I thought I was early and sleepy, definitely not the same case for those who had been there since early morning. Some even put up tent to sleep there as well. Another WOW came out of my mouth.These people are up early. Well.. it is not a norm for me to be waking up early on a Saturday, up and widely awake to be at an open air place. Well, that’s a about me, but definitely not them. J

It seems that there were even people that pitched up tents to sleep over, just to be early for the next day. There is surely a sense of commitment shown there which I am quite impressed off.

We set up the booth and everything ready for the lucky draw registration form. Some are shy, some are cheeky, some ICs are dull and old looking even though their born in 94, some has good looking brand new like IC even though they are born in the 70s. Many different ways of keeping IC s as well...

During the first day I was there, I helped many to write the lucky draw form for them. That was how I I got to see those different Identification Cards! :D and some, really look soo much better in person than the IC pic! He he he.

OK, here’s the more serious thing. Throughout the entire 3 days program, please note that there was NO group fighting, individual fightings or what so ever. It went peacefully well. The only accident that happened was when a biker carelessly did not brake his bike well during the sprint test and overshoot the track. Paramedics were there and he was treated almost immediately and all fine J

One thing for sure, I see how creative people can be.. From the composition of own songs that there were performing on stage, the airbrush designs on bikes and cars not forgetting, the type of stunts they could do. Stunts from BMX, skateboards and bikes... it definitely needed a lot of time, practice and passion. In short, I must say that I am in between the crowd that are passionate with what they love.

Apart from the motorsport related booths, there were also booths from JKJR, Agensi Anti Dadah, SPR and also MBM. Road safety was promoted and also bout dangerous drugs.MBM was promoting on the youth gathering that will be held in May as well as the new campaign of 1Belia1Kemahiran. The campaign of 1Belia1Kemahiran is to promote youth to further their studies for tertiary, a 2^nd chance to the dropouts to do vocational studies, as well to upskilled and reskilled themselves. Also promoted there is DIPLOMA IN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY which is recognized by the Malaysian Government as well as the international automotive industry. It is like a second chance for those who did not do well in their studies before to take up on skilled diplomas and earn better jobs.

Other than the activities at the event, the dressing was also interesting. Haha! I couldn’t get the pics of many.. but what you wear tell whom you are. You can really tell there are from which and which group. My personal favourite, was this 17yrs old girl. Didn’t get a pic of her.. she looks cute. Skinny jeans, green top and Rayban sunglasses, flaunting her long healthy black hair. Nice! She did not overdressed, it was just nice. *I’m straight, no worries*

My best dressed for male category goes to........

There you go!

DEPUTY MINISTER of Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia.

Little that I know that he’ll be this sporting to dressed up according to the event! Two thumbs up to you YB! J

I am sorry guys, Dato’ Razali top it all~ my best dressed man for the whole 3 days! Hehe. It is not a usual sighting of our Deputy Minister in such outfit officiating an event. Heck about the boring for Batik shirt, it’s a Woodstock-like gathering y’all~ This man got style!! J

He spent about 3 hours at the event after officiating it. Here are some pics of him...the youthful Deputy Minister. Oh ya, he’s also the Deputy Head of UMNO’s youth wing.

So there you go.. those are some stuffs that I can share about the event last week.

I would really love to share with you an interview with a stunt GIRL that performed during the event. Coolness! Tudung clad, with oversize sunglass, complete with all the safety gears, she’s one woman that can made men jaw dropped! Who is she...? Coming up in my later post... “She’s stunning!”

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It took me quite awhile to sit down and write about this.. had been really busy. Sorry that the post came out late. J Hope you all enjoy it! ;)

if u missed the first part.. here's the PART 1

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7-9 January 2011 , Bukit Jalil.

Salam..

Just before I was writing this, I was looking at some pics taken during the Perhimpunan Wira Negara Revolusi 1Malaysia. It is mouthful to pronounce the full name of the event. Mouthful or not,it did not stop a total of 23737 youths from different walks of life to come over to Bukit Jalil and of course, it caught my attention as well.

When I first heard the name of the event, I asked the project director himself, Bro Arman Azhar, Ketua Wira PERKASA. Before that, let me give a little introduction about PERKASA. It is an NGO in Malaysia that fights for the right of the constitution to be followed accordingly. One their main issues raised are regarding the rights of the Malay race in Malaysia. Often misunderstood as racist, they are just another NGO that aims to uphold the constitution and nothing more. In PERKASA, there’s youth wing, which is headed by Bro Arman himself. They are very known to be very vocal as well. Some hate them, some dislike them but majority misunderstood them. Some even feel that they are a bunch of ultra racist individuals that has no life.

To tell you the truth, those in the youth wing that I met, they are just normal individuals like us. Nothing offensive about them and they do not discriminate what so ever. I had my preconceive ideas about them too in the beginning, but hey, you will not know until you make the effort to get to know. Off the stern faces, serious conversations and peaceful demonstrations, they proved to me that they are open, understanding and very youthful at heart! Working with them was not stressful but in fact, it made my weekend fun! J

So how did I lend myself in the event crew?

My tag

Simple,I volunteered for it. I wanted to know the other youths of my countries that I did not seem to get more exposure on to. Honestly, I only know a little on cars and almost no knowledge on motorbikes and its community at all. This event, it involved cars, motorbikes, skateboards, BMX and various indie bands all at one place. It was crazy!! And hell lot of people!!

The forgotten misfit.

I asked Bro Arman, what is the gathering/carnival is all about. He told me that it is about the forgotten youth. He wanted to gather the so-called forgotten youth in harmony to make their presence felt and also for others to learn about them. Bro Arman used the term forgotten, The Malaysian Insider news portal used the word misfit.

What about me?

I may not agree with Bro Arman to say it is forgotten. Not that they are forgotten but they were put too much negativity to them. Personally, it still doesn't sound nice to use misfit. They are all well and as fit as a lion! haha. Me kidding there. Nothing is wrong with that :P The only thing missing is the positive public perception.

I can’t deny the fact that the news reports even till movies, the motorbikes community left quite a uneasy perception on to the public.

During the event however, it was just not about the biker community which the popular termed as mat rempit by many, it is really about the youths that was paid less attention about.

They are neither forgotten nor unfit, they are just not given more attention to it.

To be honest, I may be surrounded by intelligent, idealistic and talented youths around me that are very inspired to become a leader... but the gathering opens up my eyes to the other side of the coin.

Most of them may not care on how UN works, international relations, world issues etc...but these are actually a bunch of talented people that have their own skills and waiting to be brushed up, getting the right people to spot them and trying their best to be spotted as well.

From the place I was at, the committee canopy, I could get 270 deg view of the event place, 90 deg blocked by the canopy next to ours :P It was from there that I started to observe...and from the visits to the event areas and talking to others, I learnt even more.

I believe that there are many good things hidden, that are waiting to be unleashed.

What did I observe during the 2 days that I was there...?

I will write that in Part 2 of my blogpost on Perhimpunan Wira Negara Revolusi 1Malaysia.

Till then~

Xoxo

eyem3

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sorry all the posting came out late..I've drafted earlier as always but kept in the laptop :P