We know that Christmas is around the corner… from the release of Jim Carrey’s “A Christmas Carol” to decorations that are starting to sprout all over shopping complexes and shops, it’s quite apparent more and more people are getting ready for it…. =)

For us at blatant©, another tell tale sign that Christmas is coming is when we start getting a flurry of emails asking us where and when they can get our Christmas designs.. we’ve even been getting SMS / text messages reminding us that Christmas is around the corner (and therefore implying that our designs should be out by now)! =)

But anyway, please bear with us because year end madness has descended upon this small little outfit and we’re literally praying for extra hours in a day to get everything done and sorted out. However, regardless of everything that is happening, we will be having our Christmas designs for this year.

More information will be coming your way next week… promise!
Have a great weekend (for the Selangor folks), and happy working for the KL folks…

Hey there everyone.. just in case you were too preoccupied with the WAR t-shirt launch last week that you forgot to read the bottom portion of the post, here’s a plug for our latest location…

blatant© is at Cyberjaya!!!! Specifically, our goods are being sold in Multimedia University Cyberjaya where we’re helping to do fundraising for MMUCS’ upcoming Agape event to held early next year….

Here’s the e-flyer that’s been given sent out and used on blogs…

Cute isn’t it? But anyways, here are TWO GREAT REASONS why you should be heading to Cyberjaya straight away:

1. A portion of the proceeds go directly to helping fund the upcoming Agape event.
2. We hear a little bird tell us that there are DISCOUNTS on our merchandise there….

Well, there’s 1 week left for this fundraising event, so we suggest you go chcek out while stocks last… =)

Have a great week ahead folks!

When we wrote this post last month, we were writing to make fellow Malaysians aware about the fact that the day that ALL Malaysians (including our East Malaysian friends) should be celebrating is Malaysia Day on the 16th of September every year.

However, we were totally blown away when 4 days ago, it was announced by our current Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak that starting from 2010, Malaysia Day will be a public holiday! We believe that it is because he read our website and was moved by our sincerity and determination to spread awareness about this historic day… (ok, so maybe that last sentence wasn’t entirely true…heheh)

Whatever it is, we at blatant© believe that this is a step in the right direction for Malaysia. The news has made our day and it sets us up nicely for the weekend. We hope that this news has helped to make your day as well…. take care, enjoy the weekend and be safe.

By the way, so sorry for the post about this piece of news although it was released 4 days ago. But heck, you know what they say, better late than never!

PS - Our new design will be ready next week… so keep checking!

I bet that when the All American Rejects sang the song “It Ends Tonight”, they did NOT know that the words of the chorus would suit the Festival of Light to a T. =)

But yes, our Hindu friends all around the world will be celebrating the festival of light tomorrow, more famously known in Malaysia as Deepavali. Also known as Diwali, the name of the festival derives its name from the words “Dipa” and “Gavali”, which basically means a row of lights. Now it probably makes more sense when you see your Hindu friends light up diyas and vilakkus (oil lamps fashioned out of clay) in a pretty row.

The Hindus celebrate this festival to celebrate the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness… yeah, you can start singing the AAR song now.. =)

Besides all the pretty lights, houses will usually be decorated with beautiful and intricate coloured rice flour patterns known as “kolams”.

We at blatant© don’t celebrate Deepavali, but we love the delicacies that are usually made during this time, ESPECIALLY the muruku and curries… (decided not to put any food pictures cause looking at it just makes me hungry!!)

Anyway, do take the time to wish your Hindu or Indian friends (yes, there are non-Hindu Malaysian Indians who celebrate Deepavali as well) Happy Deepavali… take a little extra time to wish them in their native tongue….so, to all our bFFs (blatant© Friends and Fans), we would like to wish you…..

Iniya Deepavali Valthukkal!! (தீபாவளி வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Do drive safely and enjoy responsibly! To the rest of you, happy holiday and don’t forget to go around visiting yeah!

We were dead tired by the time we left Annexe Central Market at approximately 8.30pm on Sunday night…. but it was the best event we’d ever taken part in so far…..

Our journey at Arts for Grabs - Raya Special began on Saturday, 26 September 2009. Located on the 2nd floor of Central Market Annexe, this place was tucked away in the upper reaches of the Annexe and felt every bit artsy and fartsy as one would expect..

What made the place feel alive was how the vendors took the time to decorate their respective booths…. the vendors were given total freedom to actually decorate their booths and create their own atmosphere….

We were keen to also make our booth look good, but this being our first time participating, we didn’t actually know that such liberties like conteng-ing (drawing on the wall for those who don’t understand) the wall was allowed, but we felt our decoration still felt kinda at home.. =)

But back to the event, there were 2 adjoining main galleries which housed the 50 vendors while there was another gallery was specially used for events that coincided with Arts for Grabs event. The great part about the location of our booth was that we could see the event gallery right across from where we were… here’s a view from the outside

and another from the inside…

There were loads of things to see and the things that were on display and for sale were truly one of a kind.. for example… check out the stuff on display by the Dollhouse and Miniature Association of Malaysia… they were without a doubt the star of the event…. people were offering to buy their entire set on display!!! =)

Check out the amount of detail that goes into their miniature displays!!! =)

By late afternoon, the crowd was beginning to swell and the place was alive and rocking!

The more people, the more opportunity for blatant©! =)

We had bFFs (blatant© Friends and Fans) who came and supported the cause as as well, which we truly appreciate and enjoy… =)

And guess who we managed to take photos with?…

It was a very memorable event for us, and the sales were pretty decent too…. We’re hoping to go back there again for the next Arts for Grabs, and we’ll hope to see more of you there…. trust us, it’s worth it!