Jostling Against Nothing In Essentiality: June 2011

On 25th May, I received an email invitation from omy.sg on NEA's Music Challenge at Timbre. Timbre is sure no foreign place to me but NEA Music Challenge??

The curiosity threads in me took over my limbs instantaneously like a puppeteer and my fingers clicked on the left button of my mouse before I knew it (for dramatic effects hahah).

What I read spurred my curiosity further and then led me to Timbre on 01 June with my green partner for the night - Joscelyn!

When I sat in, honestly, apart from Timbre's famous thin-crusted pizza and the glasses of chilean wine with whom I gained acquaintanceship (and then subsequently devoured *MUAhAhAHhhA*) with thanks to omy.sg and NEA, I had absolutely no idea what else I would be expecting.

Hosted by celebrity Desmond Koh, the event turned out to be a rather inspiring one.

For those who do not know me well, I used to be from the environmental line, an ideal industry for me to strive in because I've always been environmental conscious:

Splitting 3-ply tissues into 3 for use (I mean....unless I have lips the size of a whale shark's, I don't see why I need so much tissue to wipe my lips...)
Refusing disposable cutlery from food establishments unless it's necessary
Recycling those plastic take-away boxes (in fact, I just brought back a charles-&-Keith-shopping-bagful of them last evening. I have been using them to bring self-cooked meals to the office..so days become weeks and weeks become months :P)

Hence, seeing a stageful of singers cooning about saving our environment is something which I can not only relate to, but still applaud for.

Yes, I think his name is really Slash

It is amazing and extremely comforting to the hear eco-creations churned out of mainly teenagers' innovation brains ( with the youngest being 10-year-old Justin Teo..you charming young lad, you ; P ) and also touching to see how green consciousness break racial boundaries and bring people from various ethnic groups together in their mission to campaign eco-awareness.

Be Proud, Justin!

Through their songs, they educate the listeners on the methods to save the environment and appeal to their awakening to start conserving energy. Job well done, considering how global warming has affected the climate globally...so much so that we are even starting to see water gushing into Tanglin Mall and onto orchard road (sorry everyone, no floating branded bags this time :P)!

My favourite! I still think that frog-green one can probably hop its way away

One comment from me though: I realised most and in fact all of them seems to be on how people can save the environment. In my opinion, people react more to negativity than positivity because it hits them harder. It will be interesting to see a composition on the angst felt by the earth and its wrath as witnessed by the world - tsunami in Japan, earthquake in Christchurch etc. Perhaps such a song will leave a deeper impression on people? Angry white boy Eminen has proven this reverse psychology well!

Agree with me? Well, I can't write a song for nuts...if you've got what it takes, then go on! Compose a song and submit it proud and loud at The NEA Music Challenge Website! Best thing about this challenge?Noone is competing on X-Factors, entertainment value or on how well you can strut in Leopard Pwints or Khaki Green pants (Thanks Ris Low for your 'inventions').Just reach out and BOOMZZZ us with your love for Mother Earth!

All I can say is I look forward to the coming Eco Music Challenge so I can give my continual support and have as much fun with people dear to me as I did on 01 June!