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So May 10th came faster than expected and everything seemed to come together just in time, World Lupus Day was here!

The first part was getting the Anything Butterfly Photography Competition running, which we got going with the help of the large member base on Shutter Asia, fellow bloggers giving it a mention and adverts donated by Nuffnang!

Plenty of entries came in, Thursday night was reserved for judging, how we did so is explained here:

Winners of the Anything Butterfly Contest

You can also view the winning pictures there.

Friday night was sticking the winning picks on the mounting boards along with the Lupus posters and information for the exhibition.

The exhibition is on until the 18th of May so please do check it out in 1-Utama near the Oval in the new wing on the 1st floor (You can also buy one of my framed pics for charity!).

Saturday was the event itself, after a late night out at Starbucks it was up and out to 1-Utama, the others had been there since earlllyyyy setting up the panels, carpets and so on.

Freaky was the main organiser + sponsor seeker + everything else + emcee for the day!

Along with the runners up and consellation prize winners we also had stories of lupus displayed.

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If you've been reading my blog for some time you might know I'm a fan of Tiesto - I went to see him last time he was here which was back in 2006 at Sepang (DJ Tiesto - Live at Sepang Malaysia!) so I definitely won't miss the chance to see him head over here for his Elements of Life tour.

He was here for Freedom 08 at Admiral Marina in Port Dickson - the same place I went for that crappy Recharge 3: R3velation - The Aftermath in 2005.

I didn't meet any blog reading fans this time but I did see Adeline and Nadia from MDG!

Yes yes...3 years isn't been long I went to my first rave in 1994 for my 16 birthday so yeah work that out.

We reached the front gate around 10:15pm....omg look at the queue, lucky we pre-bought our tickets weeks ago at Axcess in 1-U.

We got inside around 10:45pm - not tooooo bad. Seen as though it was quite late the German duo of DJ Bossi & Nic Chagall commonly known as Cosmic Gate were already rocking the show and the place was pretty packed.

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If you are looking for real Spanish and Italian food and somewhere with real Tapas you can try Cavells, they just launched a new Tapas menu and it's very tasty!

They also serve Henry Martin Sparkling Shiraz which is really delicious!

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Cavells Restaurant - Spanish Tapas, American & Italian - Hartamas

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Stand a chance to win RM10,000 with the Big Mac Chant Contest!

The Big Mac Chant

“Two All-Beef Patties,
Special Sauce, Lettuce,
Cheese, Pickles, Onions
On A Sesame Seed Bun!”

Here's my effort - Big Mac in the HIZZOUSE!

I do actually really like the Big Mac, it's a nice combo and it's not too rich. Back in the UK we used to have Big Mac eating contests because back in those days you could get vouchers quite frequently that offered 2 Big Macs for £2 which is really rather cheap!

I had one friend that could fit the whole thing in his mouth...I never could as my mouth is rather small hoho.

Anyway what you need to do is take a video of yourself doing the Big Mac Chant and will stand the chance to win RM10,000! The judging is part by popularity (40%) and part by McDonald's judges (60%).

Once you've made the video of yourself doing the Big Mac Chant, upload it to http://www.youtube.com and email the URL of your video and your contact number to the friendly contest master at bigmacchant@nuffnang.com.

Contest is valid only until May 28 2008.

Find out more, view the current entries and stand a chance to win RM10,000 at:

http://www.nuffnang.com.my/bigmacchant

So it'd down to the top 3, I would have liked to seen the top 3 as Hanis, Fiqa and Nadia or Jay. My thoughts and predictions.

3rd - Adeline

I think Adeline has progressed the most, but some of the comments in episode 16 are true. She doesn't seem that driven and she doesn't seem that serious about being a model. I think she'll be great in Chinese Drama/Serial though or adverts for local products/services. She has good features and she has learnt to pose effectively.

For some reason they light her very badly in pictures too, her features are nice they don't need to keep her in half a shadow to make them look sharper.

Sadly due to Cindy's 'family' support I think she will come 3rd.

To vote for ADELINE: SMS to vote, send DREAM 01 to 33001

2nd Cindy

I don't know really why she's in the top 3 unless the rumours about a rich family are true, her catwalk is THE WORST amongst them all. It's not smooth and it's way way too fast. She poses ok and she's quite pretty, I think she'll do well on TV or in commercials if she can be less annoying.

She still has a long way to go if she's serious about this.

To vote for CINDY: SMS to vote, send DREAM 03 to 33001

1st - Hanis

If Hanis doesn't win there's something wrong serious, so vote for her now. She really has it, she has consistently blown me away.

Her photoshoots have been my favourite every week since the second week.

She looked so natural and stylish on the catwalk I couldn't believe it was cute little Hanis, somehow I feel strangely proud of her.

To vote for HANIS: SMS to vote, send DREAM 06 to 33001

The Three who went OUT!

Ringo...let's face it she's not model material and she's frankly too skinny. She was gorgeous last time when she started posing with the cosplay stuff, now....not good.

Jay, she was the best to start with being somewhat more experience than all of the other girls. But she just didn't progress from there, I don't think she's versatile enough or has enough expression to do serious print modeling. She will do well on the catwalk though.

Nadia, she's too fierce and too arrogant. Yes she has a strong look and she works very hard but there's no need to be so competitive and keep rubbing it in everyones face.

The Malaysian Dreamgirl Grand Finale will be held at 1 Utama LG Oval on Tuesday 29th April 2008 at 6.30pm - see you there!

You can find all the related posts here Malaysian Dreamgirl.

One of my favs last time before it became too expensive, still visit now and then for some very satisfying seafood curry noodles.

This is the plain soup type - packed full of seafood!

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Restoran Yu Ai - Segambut Seafood Noodles - Chow Yang, SS2

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Hennessy Artistry is kicking off for 2008!

Hennessy Artistry is a global music campaign to promote the art of mixing various genres and blending the talents of the world’s top artists, it mixes sound, visual innovation and drinking experiences from around the world.The first two of the series are starting in KL and Penang on the 18th and 19th of April respectively. The much anticipated first events of the Hennessy Artistry series will be at Velvet Underground (Zouk) in KL (18th April) and QEII in Penang (19th April).

Hennessy Artistry at Zouk 2007

There will be a range of Hennessy international city cocktails such as Hennessy Miami, Hennessy Shanghai, Hennessy Moscow and Hennessy Paris - they bring these fantastic drinks together with some of the leading live music artists, DJs and visual specialists from around the world. In the US the events are massive with artists like Pharrel Williams, Kanye West, DJ Carl Cox and Fallout Boy!

Hennessy Shanghai Cocktail

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So last week Tim called me and asked me if I wanted to go the Dreamhouse! I said yes of course, actually I wanted to go earlier before Jean, Valerie, Natasha and Alison had gone! I went along with Wen Qi and of course the other official blogger for Dreamgirl - Su Ann!

We headed down there this Saturday afternoon and had a chat with the girls, they made some food for us and we started off with Tim telling some stories and talking a lot..normal for him la!

After that we played a game where you have to draw a face on a piece of paper with your eyes closed! Someone else will give the intstructions and the components will go in a random order like fringe then neck, then eyebrows, then lips etc.

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One of my favourite simple things to eat!

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1901 Hotdogs - The Curve

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Just reached Kinabalu Pine Lodge, had a shower and backed up the days pictures to my nifty Nexto Di PSD. It's pretty cool here, literally not figuratively speaking. There's no need for aircon and the small fan isn't switched on.

Looking forwards to some nice steamboat for dinner to warm me up! The lodge is good, the mountain peak is just right outside the window towering above us.

It's good to remeber Malaysia has world class beauty and wildlife too. Don't always go looking abroad. Flying back to KL tomorrow evening tho, then it's back to reality.

Will definitely visit this region again for white water rafting and to climb the mountain.