Backyard Buskers

Talented Buskers

Buskers are becoming more and more popular these days in our country. They can be an individual or a group of people who share the same passion in performing live in front of a crowd. These performances can be just about anything from dancing your heart out to clowning or from fortune telling to snake charming.

As complicated as it may sound or as easy as it may sound to you, a lot of background training and rehearsals are usually involved in their road to perfecting their performance. For one, they have to perform in front of a large crowd, strangers and passer-bys - some may stop for a minute or two to watch them perform, some may walk pass even without giving a second thought, and some may stay hooked on to watch their talent being brought to live. Its never easy to get attention from a crowd if you're no where near perfection. You have to be bold, different and be talented in your own way to get the crowd's attention.

Recently, my husband & I decided to take our 2 toddlers on  LRT to Discoveria - Avenue K instead of the usual way of driving there. As soon as we came to the LRT concourse, both the lil ones tugged on us to stay on. We being the parents, wanted the kids to increase their pace so we can get to Discoveria and start the tour ( As the saying goes - The beauty of life is in each precious moment, stop and smell the roses - that I hardly remember to practise )

Stop to smell the roses

As the kids were going crazy and jumping up and down, my husband and I decided to stay on. A group of band were right in front of us... about to start their performance. I looked at the time, well maybe we stay for a song or two ? There is no way we can pull the kids anywhere now, as they got comfortable and settled down by the side to watch the buskers. Many were there too....

 Avenue K has set up AK Busk Stop for the Buskers to show their talent. Its at the LRT concourse and also at the ground floor. A very strategic location as many need to cross path to take the LRT or to get to KLCC. There is absolutely no way you can bypass this without a stop over !

AK Busk Stop 

We stayed on to watch what this band had to offer........ And the verdict ?! I for once was amazed....
They were very energetic, electrifying and they were bunch of buskers who were there to have fun while entertaining you at the same time - A win win situation I would say. They call themselves the Backyard Buskers !

Backyard Buskers Malaysia

The energy was just too intense, you just want to go out there and dance your heart out. I could literally feel my 'head banging' to their beat. You just feel so much lighter and calmer hearing their music.

Their instruments like the guitar, keyboard, & the tambourine used complemented each other emphasizing on the volume, power & speed. A combination of western Glam rock & punk with a lil authenticity incorporated in them giving you that perfect music that you've been longing for....

More about the band....

The were once called the Backyard Entertainment back in 2012. The brainchild behind this formation is a couple - Lily & Shah. The band evolved further after joining Zack & Big to form Backyard Studio.

Backyard Entertainment

This studio was started initially for their own benefits. It was a sort of get together to create their own music projects under one roof. A space where they can bring out their innovation & talent to life. A space where they can be themselves creating music and singing their hearts out. Soon a couple of friends came to know of this and decided to join in - bringing about the birth of the 'The Backyard Band' in 2013.

Since then they've been entertaining the public and never looked back ! They play a wide range of music - songs from the 80s, 90s, and few from the new albums. They can also sing in multi languages not restricted to Malay and English - for example in Latin too.


The people who make up the band.....

The Backyard Buskers 

Backyard Buskers -  A talented & friendly group of friends 

As you're reading this, the band is currently in Phuket for the 'Phuket Bike Week 2015'. They were the only Malaysian Buskers who had the privilege to perform live on stage here. This is an annual event held around April coinciding with the Songkran festival in Thailand. Its a event held to entertain the bikers and onlookers. A great line up is usually organised such as - motorbike & custom bike exhibition, beach party, concerts and Miss Phuket Bike Week competition.

Phuket Bike Week Festival

My favourite song from this band would be - Uptown Funk by Mark Ranson featuring Bruno Mars. They have brought this song to whole new level..... Everytime I hear this song played in the background only one group comes to my mind now - The Backyard of course !


How do you contact the band for booking & inquiries ?

Email at - syah@backyardfellas.com

Website - http://www.backyardfellas.com/

Instagram -  backyardbuskers

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WW Magazine

The Party of the Century

The Party of the Century was held at the Empire City a couple of months ago. Many celebrities were invited to witness this launch. To name a few would be Taboo & Paris Hilton. If you wish to know more Read Here. 

Some of the Malaysian bloggers and Butterfly bloggers who were lucky enough to be on the guest list were featured in a magazine called WW - Wanita & Wawasan

Wanita & Wawasan magazine 

Did you get to see the pictures ? Do you know who got featured in the magazine ?

They all looked very glamorous in their 1920's Retro outfit !
Follow Tales of Alpha Leonis FB and this blog as I update the photos of a couple of bloggers who got featured

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The pictures you've been waiting to see !!

These are some of the bloggers who got featured. Recognise them ? If you do, feel free to leave a comment in the comment section! 

WW magazine featuring some of the bloggers who were on the VIP list at the Party of the Century 

The bloggers in the 1920's Retro Outfit - Looking very elegant & glamorous

Some of the bloggers at the Party of the Century. Can you spot anyone familiar ?

Links you might be interested

Tales of Alpha Leonis FB - https://www.facebook.com/talesofalphaleonis2020

Tales of Alpha Leonis Blog - http://alphaleonis2020.blogspot.com/

Rebirth of the Legend

Puteri Gunung Ledang - Rebirth of the Legend 

Today marks day 3 since the opening of Puteri Gunung Ledang - Rebirth of the Legend. Many had the chance to catch this musical live at the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur. 

This concert is being staged in conjuction with the 10th anniversary of Puteri Gunung Ledang - the movie. 

As soon as I finished work on Friday, I rushed home to sort out the kids & immediately left to witnessed the biggest concert of the year by Enfiniti Vision Media. The company was started by Tiara Jacquelina who plays the lead role in the PGL movie and also takes up the lead role in this musical.  

The Enfiniti group has a well know reputation among the entertainment industry and I was excited to be able to catch their first show on 19th of March. I wanted to see what they had, up their sleeves this time around. Read on to find out further

The traffic was pretty much decent for a Friday night, thank god for that. I reached early at Istana Budaya and so decided to snoop around a little 

Istana Budaya Kuala Lumpur - where the Rebirth of the Legend is being staged 

Istana Budaya - Walkway towards the main Auditorium 

A beautiful customised backdrop was set up right in front of the main auditorium where the musical was going to be staged. I could already see many taking selfies and posing in front of the backdrop. Of course me included, couldnt resist the backdrop with the gorgeous Tiara Jacquelina on it.

The backdrop at the Rebirth of the Legend Musical Concert

The backdrop with the all the stars of the show 

They had Puteri Gunung Ledang merchandise up for grabs. You can choose one of the many items that were on display or more if you're one of their biggest fans. They had T-shirts with the PGL logo, badges, magnets, landyards and song book. They also had customised coffee table book, movie DVD's and Movie blue ray box set. It makes a great gift if you have a friend or family members who are a great fan of PGL. 

PGL merchandise - Badges

PGL merchandise - Magnets

A wide range of  PGL merchandise at Istana Budaya

Once I got my tickets, I headed towards the auditorium. By then the crowd was overwhelming. I could see people from all walks of life waiting to be seated. Im stepping into Istana Budaya after a long break and hence the auditorium looks all new & revamped. 

My Puteri Gunung Ledang tickets !

The stage is set up with the Puteri Gunung Ledang written in Red Bold Letters. As we all know, red is a colour of blood & fire. It symbolises war, danger, strength and power. On the other spectrum it also symbolises Love, passion and desire. By looking at it so much of thought runs through your mind, the love triangle between Puteri Gunung Ledang, Hang Tuah and the Sultan. So much has been put to thought that even the colours of the letters mean someting more than just being a colour. 

The Puteri Gunung Ledang in Concert

The opening act was beautiful. Lovely group of dances in white danced gracefully. They had to co-ordinate the movements well as they were dancing on an uneven platform - that was a bit tricky I thought. As you we watched them, Tiara Jacquelina appears from the 'sky' with some cool acrobatic movements. She rejoins the other dances to complete their first song sequence. 

The first song sequence after Tiara Jacquelina lands fron the 'sky'

The first song sequence of PGL in concert

It was very personalised I felt. In between each sequence, she explains how she feels about a particular song or how she felt being the 'Puteri' in the movie. After 10 years since the movie was played, she still has a strong connection towards the roll 'Puteri' that lingers around her. 

The gorgeous Tiara Jacquelina perfoming a song sequence

She also introduced Ida Mariana as one of her closed friend who stood by her through difficult times. A friend that she can always count on anytime. Ida Mariana was full of character and took charge of the stage immediately. She did a solo song and also with Tiara Jacquelina 

Ida Mariana and Tiara Jacquelina 

 Next comes, Stephen Rahman Hughes as Hang Tuah. They nicknamed him as Hang Tuah Mat Salleh. He landed from London a couple of weeks ago and was equally good at performing the dance and the songs with such short timing. He was very much like a warrior with his toned body and danced like a pro. His opening act was a bit of a retro twist with him being the Mat Salled Hang Tuah. At the background, you could see the many faces of Stephen Rahman in superhero comic way. 

He and Tiara did a duet overlooking the moon. Ahhh.... that does bring back a lot of memories of the movie

Stephen Rahman Hughes and Tiara Jacquelina 

 As its a live performance, unfortunately there was a technical error in between for less that 3 minutes. The music didnt play at the baackground like it supposed to and they had to stop for a couple of minutes to correct it. But the show resumed immediately. 

AC Mizal came as Raja Majapahit and Adlin Rahman Ramlie as Sultan Mahmud. Adlin is also the concert director for this musical and I think he did an excellent job ! Both of them brought so much of humor to the musical. They were spontaneous, funny and went with the flow. Humor must be their second name. 

I must highlight here that the props used in this musical was just brilliant ! For an example the big elephant that brought Sultan Mahmud to the stage was something very unique and interesting. The number of triangles on the elephant symbolises love triangle that happens. 

AC Mizal & Adlin Aman Ramlie with the great props used at the Musical 

The LED visuals were magnificent, choreographed well and you could feel that you're transported to that era where it all began. Its a show that it Refreshed, Reconstructed and Re-imagined.  

You still have 2 more days to catch the live performance. You can also get up close and personal with the lead actors and actresses by getting your VIP passess. So what are you waiting for ? Book your seats now before its too late

Get your tickets soon from tickethotline.com.my / 03-77251177

Puteri Gunung Ledang in Concert - Rebirth of the Legend 

20 - 24th March 2015

At Istana Budaya

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Chu Lip Lipbalm

Chu Lip by Mentholatum

Lip Balms have become the in thing among the youngsters. The texture is like wax like, applied on the lips to give that extra moisture that you've always been longing for while protecting from the external exposure. The skin around the lips are so thin that usually there are the first to get dry and makes you look unhealthy. 

Founded in 1889, the Mentholatum Company was aware of these upcoming problem among the ladies worldwide and they have created a new line of Lip Balms to overcome the dryness of the lips. 

They created the ChuLip Lipbalm range that has funky colours of PINK, RED, PURPLE and GREEN. Its unique design, ultra moisturizing properties and easy glide on formula makes it a favourite among the ladies. 

New Lip Balm series called ChuLip by Mentholatum

There are four different scents to suit your mood. They come in a small cute packaging, readily available at all leading pharmacy  or major supermarket nearby. The price is also very reasonable - RM 25.90 for each ChuLip.  Read on to find out what each one offers.

The different ChuLip Lip Balm that comes in a dome shaped, funky colours

RED - NY, Brilliant My Way

Be dazzled with the powerful fruity scent of Apple, Ginger and Tea Rose

Red Chulip - NY, Brilliant My Way

GREEN - Nordic, Fancy Nostalgia

Enter the world of fairytale surrounded with the refreshing scent of Orange, Lime and Mango

Green Chulip - Nordic, Fancy Nostalgia

PURPLE - Arabian, Floral Shower

Experience the magic spell of elegant flower scent of Rose, Germanium and Clove

Purple Chulip - Arabian, Floral Shower

PINK - Paris, Perfect Memories

Feel the external love of sweet berry scent with its unique mix of Rasberry and Peach flavour 

Pink Chulip - Paris, Perfect Memories 

Mentholatum is taking the popularity of the Chu Lip Lipbalm to the next level by getting Chu Lip fans to pimp up their Chu Lip lipbalm and personalizing it. 

And so 50 butterflies met up at Kara Cafe at One Utama to have loads of fun, to put on their creativity hat and just go crazy with art work to personalize their Chu Lip !! Im one of the lucky ones too.... to be able to create an interesting yet unique ChuLip lipbalm by pimping it.

Butterflies were introduced to a new range of LipBalm called Chu Lip range. They were given the opportunity to pimp their Chu Lip & personalizing it 

It was an evening of fun, and I got a chance to meet a lot of other bloggers for the first time. We exchanged ideas on how to pimp the Lipbalm. Not only did they give us a lot of colourful materials but also showed us a few other creative Chu Lip designs to help us start our project. We were each given an hour to bring out the creativity in us. To add more fun the best 6 would go back home with a Baby G watch each ! Now how cool is that ?!

Some of the materials that can be used to decorate your Chu Lip

Want to see some of the creative designs that was shown to  us before we kick started our project ?! There are no restriction as to what you can create here.  Just let your imaginations go wild and make your own personalized mastepieces . You can create miniature people, animal or just random designs that are outstanding. You can use bold colours or pastel colours. Use as many colours as you like or choose just two and make that Yin and Yang kind of art.  Add small glitters, coloured papers, use markers, glue eyes and hair on them..... Yup no restrictions at all !!

You guys can have your creativity hats on too !
To create more excitement for its fans, Mentholatum is organizing a contest in search for the most outstanding creative Chu Lip designs. Participants of this contest can decorate their Chu Lip in their own style, then take a photo of their finished creative artwork and upload it onto www.chulip.com.my/pimpmychulip in order to be in the running to win an iPad Mini 3 or a set of Chu Lip Lipbalm, with 5 sets to be won. So get creative guys !! "pimp My Chu Lip" is a campaign by Mentholatum in partnership with Watsons, which will be ongoing from 5th Of March until 31st of March 2015

Pimp my ChuLip contest by Mentholatum & Watsons 

Some of the creative Chu Lip designs created by the butterflies. Is yours here ?!

Creative ChuLip design - Pimp Mu ChuLip 

These are the winners of the Pimp my Chulip at the Kara Cafe last weekend in random order.

 Would like to thank the Butterfly project and Mentholatum for inviting us for this wonderful event. Not only we got to try this new range of Lip Balm but also got to personalize it with our own style and creativity !

Good Luck for the contest guys !! I hope to see more creative designs..... Do share your masterpieces here.

Other links that you might be interested in 

Watsons Malaysia FB - https://www.facebook.com/watsonsmalaysia

Chu Lip Website - http://www.chulip.com.my/

For Contest direct link - http://www.chulip.com.my/pimpmychulip/