ntv7 Yuan Carnival in Kuching! (Part 1)

Just recently concluded ntv7 Yuan Carnival was held at the Chung Hua Middle School No. 1 from the 16th to 17th July 2011. First time ever to be held in East Malaysia, ntv7 has certainly brought cheers to the local community here.

Although Yuan Carnival just started barely a year ago, ntv7 made a huge impact with large turnout of more than 5,000 people in a day! From my personal observation, Kuching has not been visited by many local and international artists for quite a while, and of course, ntv7’s presence definitely brings cheer to Kuchingites!

Many people came in throngs to spend time with their family and of course, meeting up with their favourite artiste!

Snap! Snap! Who were they snapping at? We’ll find out! (clue: This photo was taken at the ntv7 booth)

Personally, the event was more than just concerts and games, it’s more like a family day carnival with sales of food, games, autograph sessions, concerts, meet and greet with favourite ntv7 and local personalities.

The opening of the event was graced by YB Dato’ Yong Khoon Seng, Deputy Minister of Works Malaysia on Saturday.

I went with a friend of mine, who is also the Top 16 of the Perfect Gentlemen show on ntv7. Two from Sarawak managed to enter Top 16. Pretty cool, isn’t it? There I was, armed with my camera, and they were mobbed by girls. Haha, when I asked them, how did they feel? They simply said, “Shuang!” (means ‘feeling great’ in Mandarin).

Notice the three tall dudes? They are William Joey Lewis (Johore), Kong Jie (Sarawak) and Ming Yang (Sarawak).

The event started off as early as 9 am, and I went off to the carnival with Kong Jie and William at about 2 pm. I was able to catch a few events, particularly Adrian Tan’s (陈凯旋) autograph concert. He is main actor and also the singer behind the theme song of the Time FM chinese sitcom aired every Thursday at 11 pm. Mind you, I was almost deafened by the hardcore fans – mostly girls, although some were guys.

   

His fans went hysterical the moment he got up on stage! This 22-year old made his first debut in Time FM and his popularity shot up pretty high, it was phenomenal. Adrian performed 3 songs, and played some games with his fans. The first game was Rock, Paper and Scissors. Adrian playfully lost the game and let his fans to win in order to give him a hug. Girls just loved it.

Adrian Tan (left) and One FM’s host, Nicholas Ong, hosting for the Yuan Carnival in Kuching.

These girls can’t wait to give a hug to Adrian.

Not just the young girl fans, Adrian played along with another ‘older’ fan.

  
Unforgettable experience hugging their favourite icon. I guess they’re not going to wash their clothes after this. LOLs.

 
Singing his own rendition of Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’. Fans went frantic and screams were heard. Uh huh.

Throwing autographed posters to the crowds. You did not see what I saw. Fans were pushing their way through to get a hand of that poster. Girls and boys alike. Sweats.

Next up, it was another local singer’s turn on stage, Ke Qing. Cute, little lass from KL sang a few of her hits to the packed crowd and yeah, they loved her. Nothing less, nothing much, Kuchingites just love to have more celebs in the city. After all, we BARELY have any concerts and celebrities to Kuching. Thanks to ntv7 though!

Ke Qing shaking hands with her fans.

Singing her heart out!

I didn’t stay for the whole event till about 7 pm on Saturday, but I went for the whole event on Sunday. Besides the mini performances on stage, there were autograph sessions, meet and greet sessions, dance performances on stage, Feng Shui talk and also, audition for 7Edition, Mandarin and Edisi 7. Cool right? I tried out for that too on Sunday. Awesome experience!

Here are some photos taken around the carnival on Saturday!

     

  

 

Last but not least, a shot of myself with One FM and e7 host, Nicholas Ong.

 

Be sure to catch more updates of the second day of ntv7’s Yuan Carnival 2011 in Kuching!