Don’t laugh! This “durian” award (a trophy that looks like a durian!) is back for the fifth year. The AYA Awards strive to build tomorrow’s leaders and create a better future. And the 2009 finalist has finally been announced! The public can start voting for 2 categories – Most Outstanding Youth and Youth Friendly Company of the Year – from now to November 2^nd.

The Most Outstanding Youth award recognizes the exceptional spirit of young Malaysians who have overcome obstacles till today. The finalists for this category are:

Finalist Number 1: Edana Lim Parina

Growing up in a broken family, she overcame much hurt, including a drug addiction and today owns a fashion chain that  provide jobs to single moms and other women from backgrounds similar to hers.

Finalist Number 2: Ellynita Hazlina Lamin

Overcoming her abusive childhood to start a social enterprise that focuses on crisis relief work in Acheh, she continues to encourage young people to help others, despite having cancer herself.

Finalist Number 3: Jecyrina Nagarajah

After being exposed to the plight of autistic children while running for Miss Malaysia/World, she gave up pursuing her runway dreams and dedicated her life towards educating special needs children.

Finalist Number 4: Yeoh Chen Chow

A government scholar and Ivy League graduate, he gave up dreams of chasing millions to work for JobStreet, helping people find employment. After hours he runs free education clinics that help students apply for scholarships.

Whereas, the Youth Friendly Company of the Year recognizes companies that are enthusiastically investing in the youth today. And the finalists are:

Finalist Number 1: AFS Malaysia

AFS is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.

Finalist Number 2: Leaderonomics

A social enterprise niched in the field of leadership, Leaderonomics offers a full range of solutions and services for organisations, and individuals of all ages. Its vision is to seek to grow people into leaders, build affectionate communities, and transform human societies by training corporations and youths.

Finalist Number 3: Theatre for Young People (T4YP)

T4YP aims to inspire and nurture imagination, confidence and creativity in young Malaysians through theatre as young people are the future of Malaysian Theatre. Under the auspices of The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), the T4YP young people’s theatre programme provides a platform for young people between the ages of 16 to 25 the opportunity to express themselves by creating meaningful theatre.

To vote, go online at http://www.ayaawards.com/ or via SMS

Step 1: Select a finalist for either or both categories

Step 2: Type AYA <space> Y <space> Finalist Number (Most Outstanding Youth) OR

             Type AYA <space> CO <space> Finalist Number (Youth Friendly Company)

Step 3: Send to 36828

Each SMS will be charged RM 0.80 and the SMS voting system is powered and sponsored by Trio Mobile Sdn Bhd.

So vote now to determine someone’s future!

Sunsilk is making its mark in the Malaysia Book of Records. Be a part of the “Most number of heads conditioned in 1 day” at Dataran Bangunan Yayasan Selangor (Bukit Bintang) on 24^th October, 10am to 10pm! Get your hair conditioned and styled and enjoy free food too.

All participates will have their name in the Malaysia Book of Records and passes to the Sunsilk Glamour Party on the same night at Zouk KL! Be there or be square…

Here's one not to be missed by musical & theatre fans! CUCI The Musical will be staged from Oct 23 untilNov 8 at Pangung Sari, Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur. The musical is based on the movie, Cuci, which revolves around four 'brothers' - Fairil (Afdlin Shauki), Khai (Hans Isaac), Jojo (Awie) and C'Tan (AC Mizal) - who are window cleaners with big dreams.

Calling all Freshfaces football fans! Clear Men’s Anti-Dandruff Shampoo is giving their customers a chance of a life time to see Cristiano Ronaldo play live for Real Madrid in Spain! Clear Men’s Anti-Dandruff Shampoo recently launch Clear Men Sports Showdown after Sundown (SSAS) Futsal Challenge.

It was officiated by Malaysian football expert and former Malaysian International Footballer, Shebby Singh and Unilever Malaysia’s brand manager, Quah Seng Khie.

Calling all the fabulous girls out there who wants to party for a reason! Clinique is gathering groups of friends that are 18 to 30 years of age. So if you’ve wanted to throw a party with your friends, here’s your chance to win a tea party which includes a makeover, skincare and makeup tips, and scrumptious tea time treats! All you have to do is send us your details and tell us why you’d like Clinique to host your Tea Party. Closing date for this fabulous once-in-a-lifetime tea party is 31^st October 2009! Hurry up!

Hey hey peeps! Our all time favourite feel-good channel, Hallmark is going pink this month! Celebrating life, Hallmark has begun a new campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer by incorporating the unofficial colour of breast cancer – PINK!

We’ll be seeing a lot of that colour on this channel to educate and reach out to the female audience across Asia.  Being the deadliest women disease on Earth, four breast cancer survivors will be sharing their experience and life with us on-air soon. So, why don’t we put on our favourite PJs with a bowl of snacks and learn a thing or 2 from Hallmark!

Long live the King! It has been almost 4 months since the day the King of Pop took his last breath. We all miss him very dearly. And to celebrate his life, a documentary called This Is It was made about him. In the documentary, you’ll get to see the truth about his life and about him.

Not only that, there are glimpse of his supposedly-last-concert before he completely retire from the music industry. You’ll see how he prepares for the concert, rehearsals, and everything backstage. I’m sure I can hear all the MJ fans screaming now. In theaters on 28^th October 2009 – be sure to get your tickets before it’s all sold out!

   *Above is the trailer of Michael’s movie – This Is It

Cheers~

Hey hey peeps! HP recently gave away RM52,000 to a very lucky woman, Iris Woo for being a HP user. In conjunction to the 52^nd Merdeka celebration, HP launched a contest, “Celebrate 52^nd Merdeka with HP Vista Fiesta Contest” from 30^th July to 31^st August 2009 to reward loyal HP customers. Even RM520 cash prize was given to 52 consolation winners.