Future Music Festival Asia 2014 Full Line Up Revealed!

Future Music Festival Asia, the largest music festival in South East Asia is back in 2014! Instead of the usual two day festival, this year it is extended into three whole days! This will be beyond epic as the line up this year is really awesome line. I have been to FMFA 2012 & 2013 and will definitely not miss out on FMFA 2014!

Thanks to Manoah, I got to attend the Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) 2014 full artists line up announcement last week at The View in G Tower Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Cocktails and Asahi were served throughout the event. The setup of the venue was really suiting to their safari theme with animal posters, paw prints on the floor and ambience music which transformed the place into a jungle like atmosphere.

Welcome note by Ryan Matjeraie.

Director of Livescape Asia, Iqbal Ameer giving a short speech to start off the press conference.

Memento was also given to FMFA 2014 sponsors to thank them for their support. The sponsors are Asahi Super Dry, Chivas Regal, Evian, Red Bull, iDarts, Dr Martens, Corntoz, Airbnb, KakaoTalk, Zalora, MyTeksi and Uber. 

Moving on, the Future Music Festival Asia 2014 mobile app was presented by Iqbal. With this mobile app, users are able to check the schedule and line up for the day, purchase tickets, look at the venue map and also FMFA radio where you get to listen to the artist's tracks! Compared to the FMFA 2013 mobile app, there are more features in this one. I believe the interface will be much smoother :) It will be out sometime this week or next. Can't wait to download it!

Finally it is down to the exciting moment where everyone is waiting for. The second phase line up announcement! Click to watch the video below ;)

With headliners like Deadmau5 and Armin Van Buuren for the first two days, everyone screamed when Pharrell Williams was announced was Day 3! The other acts are Chase and Status, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Rudimental, Tinie Tempah, Yuna and many more! I'm really curious on what Yuna has to offer on stage since FMFA is mostly a rave. But nonetheless, I really look forward to her set!

Check out the full line up for FMFA 2014!

Future Music Festival Asia will be held from March 13 until March 15 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium. The first and second release of FMFA tickets are already sold out. Hurry up and get your tickets to not miss out on this awesome music festival!

Tickets can be purchased at local outlets like Rock Corner, Victoria Music, Artist Gallery, KL Life Centre, Tune Store, AirAsia Travel Service Centre or online via AirAsia RedTix and Galactix Asia.

For more information, visit Future Music Festival Asia's:

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Are you ready to rumble in the jungle at #FMFA2014? See you there!

Welcoming The Year Of The Horse @ Suria KLCC

With Lunar New Year just around the corner, shopping malls are already well prepared to welcome the Year of the Horse with CNY decorations and performances! Suria KLCC is a popular shopping destination that offers a strong mix of fashion, food and entertainment. The iconic shopping centre embraces the year of the horse, with a selection of artistic horse paintings amongst pink cherry blossom trees and beautiful red lanterns throughout the mall and KLCC Esplanade. These paintings are inspired by the characters of the seventh animal in the Chinese zodiac such as strength, agility and energy.

To start off the event, the media and invited guests are treated with an eight drum performance. To continue their tradition of giving back to the society, Suria KLCC also invited 50 underprivileged children from House of Joy and Rumah Charis to a memorable Chinese New Year celebration in Suria KLCC.

“We celebrate the less privileged every year especially during festive seasons. This is our way of giving back to the society especially to those in need. This year, we wanted to make it even more special for the hosted children as well as our customers by exhibiting the longest Chinese horse painting in Malaysia to welcome the lunar new year of the horse. As the horse is a symbol of strength, we hope that this will inspire the young ones to persevere and seek success in their lives,” said Andrew Brien, Chief Executive Officer of Suria KLCC.

Of course to welcome the Lunar New Year, it is a must to have the Lion Dance performance! This acrobatic lion dance was skillfully done as they manage to do backflips which left the spectators in awe.

Children from House of Joy and Rumah Charis touching the lion for good luck! 

Besides being one of the privileged ones to watch history in the making with the longest horse painting in Malaysia, the children from House of Joy and Rumah Charis were also treated to a shopping spree at Suria KLCC. They were each given RM150 worth of Ang Pau money to be spent on new clothes of their choice at Isetan departmental store. The ecstatic children were accompanied by Suria KLCC management team who helped them with their shopping.

Moving outdoor, we get to see renowned horse painting artist James Phua in action where he created the longest Chinese Horse painting in Malaysia which is recognized by The Malaysian Book of Records.

The horse painting was created on a canvas measuring 12 metres by 6 metres the Suria KLCC, exceeding the current world record by Australian artist, Yao Di Xiong who created the largest horse painting in 2002 on 10 feet by 20 feet canvas. The artist, James Phua completed the painting in less than an hour using freestyle techniques with a specially designed enlarged Chinese painting brush and approximately 60 liters of paint.

Renowned artist, James Phua with his completed painting.

It was truly an great moment to witness such an amazing painting being created by the talented artist. The dramatic music played in the background while James Phua was painting, created an exciting and suspenseful atmosphere as the crowd watched on. After the painting was finished, the crowd applauded with admiration at the magnificent painting. The artist also wrote "一个大马" on the painting which has double meaning. The first one means 1 Malaysia and the second one in literally means one big horse ;)

A group picture with children from House of Joy and Rumah Charis. Some members of the public also joined in the picture! Haha... After that, the children were ushered back to the Centre Court to be entertained with amazing acts by Shaolin Martial Arts Troupe from China who showcased remarkable martial arts skills.

After all the excitement from the performances, the children, media and guests proceeded to Spring Garden restaurant at Level 4 for a dim sum dinner and the auspicious tossing of Yee Sang together with the Suria KLCC management team.

Until 2nd Feb 2014, visitors can come and watch impressive traditional performances such as a variety of lion dance performances that include Cai Qing lion dance, Northern lion dance and High Pole lion dance. Visitors can also catch a unique Hands Percussion, Festive Drums, Spring Blossom Dance and Face Changing performances during this festive season. Shoppers will also be able to receive Mandarin oranges from the Happy Faces characters who will be walking around the mall on selected days.

Shoppers who shop at selected outlets in Suria KLCC will also be able to get their hands on a set of two Chinese rice bowls with intricate floral design when they spend of only RM500 and above while weekend shoppers who spend RM3,000 and above will receive an exclusive Shizens beauty gift set. On top of that, the first 88 shoppers every day will receive exclusive Suria KLCC red packets.

For more information, visit http://www.suriaklcc.com.my/index.html

Organic Cyber Horse Cheongsam Collection by Hideaki Lim

2013 went by in a flash! Just as we finished celebrating the dawn on a New Year 2014, in just a few weeks time, it will be the Chinese Lunar New Year! Thanks to Hilda, I got the opportunity to attend the media preview of Hideaki's Organic Cyber Horse Cheongsam Collection that was held in Hotel Royal, Kuala Lumpur.

To Hideaki Lim, futuristic fashion designer, this Lunar New Year of the Horse is a special year as he was born in the Chinese year of the Horse as well! Putting together his Cheongsam designs for this festive season, Hideaki incorporates three factors and came up with three separate design focus.

The first set of his collection takes into consideration of his keen support of saving the environment efforts. This set uses organic fabric specially imported from India and the colours are made from fruits and vegetables. Four celebrity models, Winnie K, Tiffany Hew, Carol Lee and Chelsea Chil added the excitement to Hideaki's design works as they modeled his designs on stage.

This collection is also unique, whereby the outfits is reversible to a different colour to achieve a different look or to go with the mix and match concept.

Staying true to his futuristic concept, Hideaki's second collection is the cyber Cheongsam, where he brings a subtle taste of the future to today! The outfits is made of lycra which is stretchable and added with a touch of floral motive to the outfits.

Lastly, to welcome the year of the Horse, Hideaki presents the horse element in the third collection of Cheongsam. Made with silk, the blue and silver Cheongsam is decorated with hand drawn horse and calligraphy by Hideaki.

Hideaki Lim with the sponsors of the event which are Pee-ka-boo (Hair & Make Up), LS (Stem Cells Series), Sankom, EJS and Deli.

Additionally, to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year, Hotel Royal takes the opportunity of having "Lou Sang" with all media representatives and sponsors to wish health, wealth and happiness to everyone present in the year of the Horse.

*picture credits to Hilda*
Us bloggers with our "Lou Sang"!

For more information, visit www.hideakifashion.com

WeChat x Remedy Christmas Party

Christmas is just a few days away!
Thanks to WeChat and The Remedy Bar KL, I attended my first X'mas party of the year :D It was held in Remedy Plus at Scott Garden.

Check out the festive deco! 

It was very crowded on a Wednesday night!

Lots of blogger friends were there that night. Glad to catch up with them :D

We were also given adorable X'mas headbands to add in the festive spirit!

WeChat ambassadors going around to promote Remedy KL to get users to keep up to date on their latest promotion!

Guests were also entertained by live band performance that night to keep the joyful atmosphere.

A few rounds of darts perhaps? Everyone was in high spirit that night, enjoying their beers and chatting with friends.

Good news! In conjunction with Christmas & New Year, WeChat & The Remedy is offering WeChat users a special promotion of Buy 1st pint of beer @ RM18 and get the 2nd pint FREE!

This promotions runs from 19th Dec 2013 until 2nd Jan 2014. Gather your friends at The Remedy and Remedy Plus at Scott Garden to redeem the offer :D

All you have to do is follow the Remedy official account on WeChat, ID - The RemedyKL or scan the QR code above and click the pop up message to redeem to offer!

Don't forget to flash the voucher to the cashier or staff when your beer is served. Very easy!

Enjoy the festive season everyone ^^