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First AIDS Art Collab is an art book and exhibition project that serves to raise awareness on the issue of AIDS in Malaysia. Hence, it's theme being "AIDs And You(th)". This project is strictly non-profit and all proceeds will be channeled to the PT Foundation to continue its efforts in providing HIV/AIDS education, prevention, care and support programmes, sexuality awareness and empowerment programmes for vulnerable communities in Malaysia. The project coincides with the World AIDS Day celebrations at a prominent mall in the country.

All selected artwork will be published into an A4-sized book that will be available for sale at the exhibition. One artwork will be selected to be implemented into the design of the official World AIDS Day Malaysia T-shirt.

The First HIV/AIDS Art Collab is the pilot project for PT Youth, the newly-established youth arm of PT Foundation. Its members comprise of individuals aged between 17 to 25 years old, all of them deeply involved in the organisation of this event. Every year PT Foundation has over 200 youth volunteers for its Red Carnival event for World AIDS Day and in 2010 we decided to mobilise these volunteers around youth activity.

Before you proceed to submitting your entry, please read the following.

Terms & Conditions
1. This project is open to all members of the public.
2. Participants are to provide their own interpretations of the theme "AIDs and You(th)", and are encouraged to incorporate elements and/or symbolism relating to the theme.
3. Multiple entries are allowed. In case of insufficient space in the art book, only one artwork will be selected for publishing.
4. Please be informed that any artwork/s found offensive and/or unrelated to the spirit of the project will be disqualified.
5. Artworks can be in black and white or colour. There are no limitations to the genres permitted, i.e. contemporary art, fine art, pop art, manga, comic, etc.
6. Participants are encouraged to submit digital artwork (soft copy form). For traditional artwork (hard copy form), please scan it.
7. Canvas size must be 2480px X 3508px or 21cm X 29.7cm in 300 dpi in either landscape or portrait.
8. All participants are encouraged to attach words of encouragement and support for the cause, which will be published alongside their artwork. Your words may also be inserted into your entry.
9. The judges' decision is final. Any form of complaint towards the judges and/or organizers will not be entertained.
10. Please include your name or artist name in your email. Your age, occupation, place of work/study as well as links to your blog, website, DeviantArt and/or online contacts are completely optional.
11. Please send all entries to tristan.toh@hotmail.com. Deadline for submission is the 1st of October 2011.

PT Foundation
Website: http://www.ptfmalaysia.org/index.php
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PT-Foun da...5959786892
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid =212891568771918

For something else other than myself actually.I don't know what I did online,but I was suddenly hit by a surge of emails from a variety of Africans(and one Malaysian) desperate to give me money.

Well,who am I to refuse?Unfortunately,they are all obviously online scams.But it did got me thinking about the number of people who actually fall for these bunch of small-time crooks who probably operate from a dingy cybercafe in the deepest,darkest reaches of Africa(on dial-up too,no doubt).Almost everyday,I've heard of people,people who have respectable careers,lose a significant amount of cash to these criminals.

Now,I'm not implying that whoever that actually buys the emails' stories are dumb,but it is baffling that they can fall for them.

Take these points into consideration for example.The people who sent these emails always claim to be a member of royalty/bank manager/rich widow who seemed to be in a spot of financial trouble and entrust you into taking care of their money,so long as you sent some first.

The thing is,how the fuck do you even know them?Did you join MyAfricanKingSpace or RoyalTwitter or something?!Lest you are a diplomat or Facebook friend whore,there is absolutely no chance of you being acquintanced with them.

Also,why would they trust a complete stranger in handling their bank accounts?If I ever will be in a state of money problem,the last thing I would do is send an email to some dude halfway across the world asking them for help.

Anyway,why don't you be a judge for yourself?Here are a few excerpts from the emails I got.

"Dear friend
I am Mr.basheru albu, the audit and account director in Bank of African Burkina Faso.Thus i humbly request your kind assistance to claim Twenty-five Million Two Hundred Thousand united state dollars ($25.200.000.00). The account holder suddenly passed away 26th december 2003 plane crash benin republic.left no beneficiary who would be entitled to the receipt of these fund.
For this reason, i have found it expedient to transfer this fund to a trustworthy individual with capacity to act as foreign business partner. Upon the transfer of this fund in your account, you will take 40% as your share from the total fund, 10% will be used as the expense incur during the process of the transfer to your account and 50% will be for me. "

"I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here ,I am Miss Hellen Harry Johnson 25years old girl from Liberia,the only daughter of Late prince Harry Johnson the deputy minister of national security under the leadership of president Charles Taylor who is now in exile after many innocent soul were killed ,My father was killed by government of Charles Taylor ,he accuse my father of coup attempt.I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I, am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other valuable travelling documents.
Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father?s File which contains important documents. So I decided to run to the refegee camp where I am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refegee here in Ouagadougou, Republic of Burkina Faso. I wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship and investment assistance in your Country.My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$5, 7,Million Dollars in Bank with my name as the next of kin.However, I shall forward you with the necessay documents on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer and investment of the fund.As you will help me in an invsetment, and i will like to complete my studies, as i was in my ist year in the university, when the crisis started.It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. "

The second one had me in stitches.Seriously,he should consider a career in making soap operas.Here's the Malaysian one.

"£950,000.00 and a BMW Car has been awarded to you in the BMW NEW YEAR BIG
DASH,send us your:-
Names_____________
Address__________
Tel______________
Country___________ "

I'm disappointedlah to say the least.It just seems horribly lazy compared to the previous ones.Malaysia Scammers Boleh!!!

You know you've hit the big time when your video game gets spoofed in a porno parody.World of Whorecraft anyone?What about Womb Raider?Video game nerds are often portrayed as online smut junkies,and the porn industry tries to cash in on the stereotype everytime.

The latest to receive the XXX treatment is Left4Dead,or Left4Head as it is entitled on Sleazegroin Theatre,a website specialising in fetish flicks.Yeah,I watched it,so what?Dont judge me.

The first episode(yes,there is a WHOLE SERIES) is 12 minutes long and shows our heroine,now named Blowie instead of Zoey,walking through a barren wasteland looking for the rest of her squad.

The scene then cuts to what seems to be a house,conveniently dark and devoid of human life.She enters a room and encounters two zombies.Hold your horses perverts,she's not getting fucked...yet.A few slugs to the zombies' chests later,and she continues her exploration of the building's interior.

But hey what do you know,she's being followed by a Hunter the whole time.And hey,isn't that a Smoker right there?This being a porno flick,don't expect his tongue to be the expendable weapon like in the game.Oh no,it has to be his dick.The Smoker then uses it to strangle Zoey,but not without trying to force it into her mouth as well.In what is probably the worst acting ever,our heroine hardly struggles and lifts her shirt up for no reason.After a good minute of wriggling around with the Smoker's member,she shoots him off-screen and walks off,unperturbed.

Remember the Hunter from before?He reappears again,pinning Zoey to the floor and stripping her off her pants with ease.Call it idiocy or amnesia or whatever you want,Zoey forgets she has a gun and just struggled briefly.Then the Hunter launched into a minute of awkward butt-groping before opening his pants and receive a blowjob from Zoey,who now seems comfortable enough to stop moving and just take it.This goes on for the remainder of the episode before the Hunter shoots his load and drags off an unconscious Zoey.

Overall,it was both hilarious and painful to watch.I am aware that great acting is the least of a porno's problems but here,you'd be cringing and making vomitting sounds almost every minute.Also,there seems to be a lack of the other bosses,which nicely sets them up for future episodes,now totalling at 12.The only credit to be lent to the episode is the use of the original sound effects from the game.You'd recognise the familiar shrieks,wails and grunts of the Smoker and Hunter.

So,should you watch it?Yes,if you're a gamer and are curious about how the Left4Dead series is butchered beyond recognition.No?Yeah right you big liar.Just good luck finding the clips on the Internet.I am not posting the link here.

OhgodwhydidIreviewthisohmygodsomebodys hootme.

Observe the following situation.Your parents invited a few of their friends over for dinner.After the meal,they enjoy dessert in the living room,talking about whatever it is adults talk about.You,overhearing their conversation as you were passing,give them your insightful views or opinions of the matter.You,pause a while to let them absorb the full impact of your answer,expecting a retort or a pat on the back for your efforts.It didn't go as planned.The adults laugh simultaneously,shake their wrinkly heads,'compliment' you on your cuteness and resume talking.

Feels familiar?If you've ever found yourself in the above situation,you've definitely experienced one of the many pitfalls of being a teenager.Though you might think the adults would understand given they were young before,you cannot be far wrong.Age drains whatever memories they have of also being in your shoes.Grownups assume that kids these days are more concerned with technology and friends rather than the world,therefore are out of touch with current events.But not all of us act like our counterparts in those horrible American teen movies.We are capable of observation,analysis and problem solving,maybe a little better than adults.Our views should be given just as much respect and thought as another adult would have.

Some world leaders are aware of this,organising a variety of youth conferences.They declare that these conferences serve as a platform for youths to express their pent-up ideas,but are nothing more than showpiece events to subdue and appease potential voters.

So it is definitely a breath of fresh air for the Youth Engagement Summit to be held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre on the 16th and 17th of November.For starters,the organising commitee involve and receive input from prominent youth leaders like Khailee Ng,founder of YouthSays and various youth organisations in Singapore.Secondly,YES are bringing a number of influential people to speak,together with 500 delegates who recieved free air travel and accomodation.Finally,the whole thing is broadcasted live to leading unis across the globe such as Harvard and Cambridge,with a SEACHANGE Report at the end presented to world leaders.

I've been lucky enough to be accepted to represent The Star BRATs to attend YES2009.My tasks will mainly be conducting interviews with my peers,and updating the RAge website regularly on the day's events.

There is no doubt to the impact YES2009 would bring to getting youths worldwide heard.Our opinions and views are finally being compiled in a report for the presidents and PMs out there to read,with the chance that they would be taken seriously and acted upon.Now,there's something for the adults to laught at.