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Muzika ~ The Science of Music

A few days ago, I went running on the treadmill, and for the first time, I ran with my iPod playing my newly compiled Workout playlist (including dance-y tunes from Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Mika, Pitbull, Rihanna and many more) I managed to power through half an hour, no problem. Normally after the 20 min mark, I’d get really tired and bored and give up. However, with the headphones on, just following the beat of the music alone made me run a bit faster than usual….. The powers of music!

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always had music in my life and I can’t imagine a world without music! Even as I am writing this blog post, I’m playing Sara Bareilles’s album on my iTunes.

Have you ever wondered though, how a piano works or how a guitar produces sound, and how these instruments come together to create music? If you’ve ever had any one of those questions in mind, well, I found something which might interest you!

There is an exhibition happening at Petrosains right now that aims to explain music scientifically - MUZIKA! Apparently this exhibition has items that you can play with while understanding the principles of science behind an instrument, like say the guitar. They even have air guitars and turntables for us to experiment with!!

Here are some of the exhibition highlights. Each one of them helping us understand more of the science behind music.

There’s even a contest for you to win some awesome prizes after you visit the exhibition!

All you need to do is go visit the exhibition and then log on to the contest page here, answer 5 simple questions, write a slogan and you’ll be on your way to winning some PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii or iPod Touch!

The Muzika exhibition is on from now till the 31st March 2010, so you still have plenty of time to visit! Below are the Admission Rates and the hours of operation if you’re interested!

Petrosains is located at Level 4, Suria KLCC. So, whenever you’re in KL, do drop by and experience this one of a kind exhibition for yourselves!!

Maybe once you understand the science behind music, you can start your own band!!

Rock on down to MUZIKA now!!!!

Love, Bel

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Wedding(s): Part 7 - Female Brides and TWG

For all you brides-to-be out there! The new edition of Female Brides is now available! Unfortunately, although I rallied for it, I didn’t end up on the cover….:(

However, I did get a 2 page feature inside…

This year alone, I already have 4 girl friends who will be getting married! Weddings are BIG and definitely a lucrative business and that’s why a good friend of mine has tapped into that market by starting a wedding portal, and she is going to make it Malaysia’s, and hopefully South East Asia’s, No. 1 Wedding Website!!

This friend of mine is none other than actress/supermodel and fellow Kuchingite, Stephanie Chai!!

For all things wedding, do head on to The Wedding Guide (TWG) at  theweddingguide.com.my.

The website features real stories from ‘experienced’ Brides, articles written by real brides-to-be, tips and guides on everything from best honeymoon destinations to card designs.

And for all of you wanting to get the contact to my travel agent in the Maldives, I gave his contact exclusively to TWG readers. You can check out my honeymoon article by clicking here.

With proper help and guidance, your special day will turn out perfect, trust me!  So remember to do your homework and research as best as you can, there is a perfect wedding out there to suit every couple! Best of luck to all the brides (and husbands)-to-be out there!

Love, Bel

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There is only one God

I am a Catholic, I was born into this religion. I may not be a devout or practicing Catholic but I do believe in God and to me, that’s what matters. The events which happened on Friday got me really unsettled, I couldn’t really sleep, and it just so happened that I was 2 days into reading Mitch Albom’s latest non-fiction - Have A Little Faith. The book is a true story about the author being asked to write a eulogy for his Rabbi, and in the process he learned a lot about faith and the simplicity in believing that there is something out there that’s bigger than all of us.

I thought it was a great read and I cried and laughed and cried again until I finished the book at 4am in the morning. It was an easy book to understand although we all know, we seldom get straightforward answers to questions about faith. Yet, his Rabbi’s answer to all of life’s questions were simple and they made perfect sense.

The last few sentences of the book resonated in me and I think it is really relatable to all of us right now.

“God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, bit it’s all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.” - Mitch Albom

Just forget about all the different definitions of your God or my God, because He is one and He is our only Creator. Peace and Love people!

Love, Bel

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It’s a Belle World! Ep. 1

Hi all! Hope you’ve all had a wonderful new year thus far!

Today I’m really excited because I can finally share with you guys a little project I’ve been working on since last month! If you ask any TV host, their dream hosting job would definitely be to host a travel show. You get paid to travel and do all the fun things and eat all the great food, who wouldn’t want to do that? I had my fair share of the dream life when I hosted 2 seasons of ‘Teman’ and also for some of the work travels I did for Quickie, but I wanted more!!

Anyways, this idea came to me one day, after my contract with the Quickie ended, of all places, while I was in the shower! I like to day dream (or sing really loud) when I’m in the shower and I thought, hey, wouldn’t it be nice to produce and host my own travel show? And then, it came to me, I have the skills, I have the know-how to produce and edit and host my own travel show, AND I’ll be traveling quite a fair bit for the next couple of months…. why don’t I do my own travelogue, albeit on a smaller scale, for my website?

So i brainstormed for a couple of minutes and came up with a whole lists of things I could do with the show and came up with a name and a week later, I started shooting with my old video cam (and re-used an old DV tape, which I now regret) when I went to Singapore, came back and started slowly putting the pieces together and today….. I have the very first episode of ‘It’s a Belle World’ to show everyone!

The picture quality is pretty bad, and the tape was scratchy (because I re-used an 8 year old tape), and in retrospect, because it was my first attempt, it lacked a few opening/closing shots here and there, but you know what, I’m proud of it and I’m proud of myself for going through with it. Joe thought it would be just a spur of the moment thing, but although I had a few outside jobs that kept me busy, I was motivated to see this through and I really think it could be something if I really try to make it work.

For now, this is my personal account, I paid for this whole trip myself, none of the establishments featured paid me money to showcase them (although this might be a plausible idea for future episodes….hehehe) and it’s all done in the name of fun and also to brush up on my production skills. ‘It’s a Belle World’ has double meaning - Bel, is my nickname and Belle is beautiful in French. So let’s see Bel’s Beautiful world right now!!

Please wait for it to finish loading before viewing it in its entirety. I’ve already compressed it to its smallest but still viewable format for all to enjoy. Please do leave your comments!!

It’s a Belle World Ep. 1 - Singapore from Belinda Chee on Vimeo.

Love, Bel

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Rev Up with Revive Isotonic!

There’s this contest going on which I’ve been alerted to, the Rev Up with Revive Isotonic Contest. I’ve heard it being mentioned over the radio a couple of times before and that you’ll get a chance to win RM1000 every week and a grand prize of RM5000 just by submitting a video or a photo of your most ‘Rev-ed Up’ moment - a moment when ordinary activities (which involves movements) transformed into extraordinary moments of pure fun!!

At first, I didn’t give two thoughts about it, but after a friend suggested that I submit my driving on the pedestrian pathway video, I thought…. since I already have it, why not? I can fix all the dents I have on my car with 1000 buckaroos! (Those dents were not from driving on the pathway, ok?;P )

So I did a little editing, put on a nice little soundtrack and wah lah!! My submission for the contest.

All you need to do now is to vote for me!! Go to Revive’s Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/reviveisotonic), be a fan and vote, vote and vote!!

Click here to vote for my video on Facebook!

Or, you can also submit your very own photo or video!! It’s still not too late! Just follow the step by step guideline on the Facebook page!

This is going to be my final post for the year 2009. Hope you’re all ‘Rev-ed Up’ for 2010 and do stay tuned for my next post, next year!!! Happy New Year everyone!!

Love, Bel