15 November 2019

2359 SU Fashion Drama: Reset the Clock (14/11/19)

It’s a rainy day for today’s 2359 Fashion Drama but the weather doesn’t dampen the spirits of the students of Sunway University, especially the Communication gang- as they are out in full force to support their fellow cousemates in the Aug 2017 batch. Before I go further, let’s do a bit of memory refreshing. What is 2359 Fashion Drama? It is an Event Management project run by Year 3 PR Project Management students under the Department of Commnication (DoC) at Sunway University. It is to raise awareness on environmental and climate that the world is facing today. It's fashion with drama!

To suit the theme, I choose a floral dress which I dub the "SUNMUN dress". The colours on the dress kind of incorporate with the promotional poster, just to give a little nod to the event. I make my way up to the Art Gallery, as the time is still early, students and guests are waiting for the registration time. To kill time, yummy food and drinks to make that tummy happy! For me, I just have a drink of orange juice and chocolate cheese cream- a favourite dessert of mine, as well as curry puff. I want to have the egg sandwich but my tummy is full.

Chocolate cheese cream cake
As the time reaches 5pm, I head over to the registration counter to sign myself up and back at the JC auditoriums’ corridor to wait for the doors to be opened in an hour’s time. I have a catch up with the students in my batch. To know more about the event, there is QR code for us to scan which leads us to the intineary. We are given the green light to enter the Art Gallery, our environmental warriors act as our guides to our seats. Lucky for me, I have my own "VIP seat".

Our senior, Ruwan is back to his emcee gig! A promotional video is shown at the ceiling before the show, I find it cool! Environmental warriors, are you ready to take out your weapons to save the Earth? Let the show begin! First off, we have Mother Terra- a guardian to all land creatures. From the crawling ants to the furry foxes, you name it! As time passes, humans are starting to build big buildings that we see today, deforestation, and illegal poaching for fur of the animals in the fashion industry, which destroy the creation of Mother Terra!

Secondly, the guardian of sea- Ocena, a little bit of King Triton from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Like King Trition, Ocena guards the underwater world, all fishes are living the dream under the sea. The nightmare comes as sharks are fished for their fins for shark fin soup that are served in Malaysian Chinese restaurant, especially weddings; fishes are lying dead. Ocena angrily stumps her trident, that one day all that humans will pay on what they have done to her sea kingdom.

The intro of I See the Light from Disney Tangled is on, featuring my singing buddy and performer of the night- Siak Foong. Lady Skye gracefully flying her way to the stage. Butterflies, birds, bees, and bats, you name it. The sky is the best place to soar and break free from all the worries. All it seems to be perfect but the discard of plastics on beaches causing sea gulls to suffocate, bats are unable to pollinate and butterflies, they can't help but to see to their homes destroyed once more. For Lady Skye, it will never be the same for her!

The nature's enemies such as plastics and polystyrene, have become a part of our lives but at the same time it's killing all the three elements that guardians of Mother Nature have created, some day we humans will pay all the crimes that we have committed!

SDG 13: Climate Actions
SDG 14: Life Underwater
SDG 15: Life on Land

Maybe we should add one more- Life on Sky!

Reset the clock, let's do this together! We have a part to save the Earth. Tell me, how can you save the environment in your own way?

If you want more green information, check out their official social media websites:
FB: 23: 59 Fashion Drama
Instagram: @23.59_su


The stage is ready

Lady Skye and our performer- Siak Foong 
Flower power (Source: 23:59 Fashion Drama) 

Protecting our endangered friends 
I'm with Yuki- our environmental warrior 

生命中的朋友十周年校园造势活动(14/11/19)

出席自家同学的活动后,我以最快的时间赶去另一场活动—— 生命中的朋友十周年校园造势活动。我看着窗外在下着雨,往毕业学楼必须经过大学的天桥。特别是在雨天的时候,要多注意安全。幸好有几位学生们愿意陪我到活动现场,“Kate,你到了啊?不是说你出席同学的活动吗?” 我说:“是啊!他们活动提早完毕就赶过来。” 他们说:“你太有心了!”

既然已经答应要主持此活动,就全力以赴把这个角色办好。再说,如果我赶不到活动现场,就托理事会替补我的位子。我安顿自己后,就把司仪稿再看一遍,“袈文,你来主持或者我来?” 家乐问,我说:“我来吧!” 他说:“好的!你等我给你的指示,然后活动就可以开始。”

时间接近晚上八时,活动即将开始了!家乐给我指示,一收到讯号就进入主持状态。“谢谢主持人!大家晚上好!我们是生命中的朋友!” 生命中的朋友大马著名音乐团创办于2009年,以歌声散播正能量和爱;他们在我中二成为我的歌唱伙伴,我还记得第一次听他们的歌是《生命中的朋友》—— 此歌也是以同名专辑的主打歌。在中五的时候,每次在等待物理室或化学室的门打开,佛学会的学弟学妹们会在第一个铃声响前练唱《生命中的朋友》。

从此每次感到失落或无助,有生命中的朋友的歌声陪我度过每个难关,让我勇敢面对生命中的挑战!在第一组的歌曲中,我当然喜欢《微笑》、《候鸟》、《生命中的朋友》等的歌曲。“现在我们邀请另一位 ‘重量级’人物—— 我们请李木祥博士!” 李博士说他这首歌—— 《一直都相信》的灵感源自于来自对佛法的信念。如果信念不够稳定,就会被其他事来干扰我们的意念。想不到李博士有一把的歌声呢!

最后的一首歌是——《善苗》,我们要把福慧的种子把他们茁壮成长。我还跟着他们一起唱呢!最后我以这一句作为结局:一个善意的微笑,一个温暖的问候给大家幸福;当我们看到失落的时候,走向前给他们一个拥抱一个微笑,因为微笑是魔法般的奇妙!相信大家有自己的生命中朋友给我们勉励来陪伴我们勇敢面对生命中的挑战……”

“哇,你把所有的歌词念出来!” Kah Jun 哥哥说。在双威大学佛学会主席—— 姚静慈,陪同李木祥博士颁发纪念给生命中的朋友。就此,生命中的朋友十周年校园造势活动圆满结束!