Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour

There goes my pledge for Lent! bilang mo update blog pasal inspiring stories.. blame it on climate change! hahaha.. Harus banyak2 beramal ibadah di musim Lent ini, tp tekurang pula! camana ni? But (ada juga BUT ah.. mo juga justify! haha), at least there's 1 thing that I did, which I'm proud of! woohooo to me! *smirk*


Mac & Apr is/and will be a busy months for me (bila masa yg tia busy? mcm teda .. bilang si ecila hahahaha). Anyway, for this 2 months I'm busy with Earth Hour 2011, proposal reviews for the next financial year, workshops, meetings yada-yada. Just came back from KL last week! and i'm going back to KL again next monday. Will be there for another 10 days before balik Sabah *sigh*. Makin kicil la sa ni!


ok! Lets talk aboout Earth Hour 2011. This year I was assigned to urus2 this event! the official event for Kota Kinabalu will be organized by DBKK. There're also events around Kota Kinabalu which is in Sutera, Nexus, Youth Prep Alam mesra, Bella Italia etc... Wewef will be supporting the event in DBKK and Nexus. Nexus invited us to set up booth during EH. ada juga sekolah invite (like All Saints) but tidak ngam the timing so we have to say no. sowy dear!


The DBKK event will take place in Hyatt regency. I'll be attending this event. This is the first official participation by Kota Kinabalu, dulu2 voluntary seja.. like sepa mo buat, buli organize event sesuka hati. But this year ada official ceremony during EH. Pakai kad2 jemputan lagi, tolak markah la abis dia taru PUAN Charlene Toyong. Sesuka Hati! Bila masa sa kahwin pun sia tetau hahaha. kalau masin mulut konpom ada yam seng bilang si Bos! hahahaha.. OK! sila jangan mula merapu!


Guess what pipol!? This year DBKK has agreed to switch off the light for CBD area (meaning: the KK town area), all DBKK premises and! lampu jalan sepanjang sepanggar highway .. from the tuaran-menggatal traffic light up to the navy camp in Sepanggar! Cool! isnt it?


Some funny experience; there's a suggestion during one of the EH meeting for SESB to turn off the main switch for the whole KK! hahaha.. "Kita kasi tutup seja itu panel letrik! Apa juga tu teda letrik 1 jam" dia bilang... salah konsep! mimang senang buat macam tu, but that is not the point. Switching of the light shud be a voluntary act by the public. It's the awareness that matters! bukan suka2 mo off tu panel letrik. nging ngang!


And there's misconception by the public juga. This event is NOT a long-term solution to mitigate climate change! However, it is an important first step to generate awareness, interest and concern over the global THREAT of climate change.


Earth Hour is a symbolic event to create public awareness about the need to combat global warming. With the increasing level of awareness, we hope that public will continue to demonstrate their concern about climate change by taking steps towards achieving energy efficiency and avoiding wasteful consumption. Jadi silalah jangan salah faham lagi..


NOTE: salah satu cara mo mitigate climate change, silalah mula menanam pokok secara banyak dan jangan menebang pokok secara berlebihan dan membabi buta :P hehe


Every year, there's a theme for Earth Hour, this year 2011, the campaign is going beyond the hour (logo dia 60+). meaning the 'act' harus berterusan! bukan time Earth Hour seja mo sayang2 itu mother nature, harus bertekad untuk go beyond the hour kangku diau.


ok! sa mengantuk suda.. sebelum sa merapu dengan lebih panjang dan lebar lagi. saya akhiri entry ini dengan EH 2011 clip yg sa edit untuk ditayang di Hyatt, nexus & youthprep..dan mana2 la yg minta ni clip.. sekian terima kasih! (oh please don't mind my language.. begini la ni kalau buat entry malam2...andang2!)







Enjoy da clip and nitey nite pipoll

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