Something exciting upcoming? Here is it!

I have been toying with the idea of arranging an art exhibition or auction for some time now, after Eleanor introduced me to the ever so charming Allie Biswas, who is a painter. Allie felt for my cause and would like to help me.

The idea is to hold an event, such as a cocktail reception or a more formal sit-down dinner, where Allie's paintings will be exhibited and available for sale. Depending on what type of evening eventually decided, you will be able to either bid on the works or buy directly. Of course, a percentage of the sale would go towards my charity to reach the goal of £1,500.

Short Description of Allie:

Allie Biswas is a highly talented, emerging new painter on the London art scene. At only twenty-four, she has had a solo show at the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery in the heart of Mayfair (where the Director booked her on the spot after seeing only two works), as well as exhibiting in a group show of ten up-and-coming painters in New York. On top of this, Allie has been working at the world-renowned Tate Gallery for the past two years, where she has gained first-class knowledge of art history and contemporary art practices.

Allie's paintings are beautiful, abstract works which predominantly experiment with color, shape and texture, and are keen to blur the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. While her work is dark with emotion and seriousness, it is simultaneously filled with brightness and joy. Producing such striking paintings has had Allie noticed by people who enjoy art seriously, and her pieces have already become extremely collectible. (See below.)

As this would be my biggest and most exciting endeavor to date, I need to be sure that we can pull this off with your, and your friends, support. We need your input: honest and supportive answers. ;-) So, just answer the questions below so we can work out how we can really go for it and organize a worthwhile evening.

Questions

1. How likely is it that you would attend either an art exhibition or auction somewhere in Central London?
Not likely, Likely, or Very Likely?

2. Which would you prefer to attend: an exhibition or an auction?

3. Is October to November a good time for you? When exactly?

4. Would you prefer a cocktail reception or a sit-down dinner?

5. For cocktail exihibit, would you pay in the range $10-20 to come to the event? If yes, what would be the figure?
(Note, it is for charity after all.)

6. How much would you be prepared to pay for a ticket to a sit-down dinner? Is £60 - 80 a reasonable figure for you?

7. Is this the kind of event to which you would invite your friends? If yes, how many?

8. How likely are you to purchase a painting on the night?
Very likely, Likely or Not Likely .

9. How much would you pay for a painting? Please give your minimum and maximum amount.

You can email me your answers.

Thank you so much for reading, and answering my questions. Really look forward for your input so that I can continue to arrange what looks to be a really unique and glamorous night. Sound exciting already!!

Thank you for all of your support so far, everyone. Without you, you know that I wouldn't have even collected my first £1,500! Now let see how we can achieve the other £1500.

Hope to hear from you all!

Ecstacy.

Heliograph.
i can sing a rainbow too.

metamorphosis.
Untitled (mixed small).

My personal fav: birds of paradise.


South of the border, west of the sun.

I would like to hear from you ...

What do you think of this piece of art? Wanna see it in real life?

Please comment. Love to hear from you.

Smashing Saturday Night with the Latins

A night of sensual Latin American indulgence .... what other best way to raise some ££ and have some killer time ...

Argentinian Night for the Orang Utans

Hey everyone,

Yet again another installment of Orang Utans Event. This time, I have joined force with an Argentinian friend, Gabriel Luraschi on bringing you guys an alternative social event: Argentinian Night - ARENIN!!

We will start with live music, folk and tango performed by Guillermo Rozenthuler and his group, following bythe best selection of Argentinian rock & pop and music from the rest of South America.

And for a complete celebration, the gourmet selection range from

• Empanadas (savoury pastry),
• choripanes (aka chorizo),
• cerveze Quilmes (Argentinian beer), wine, to
  
• Fernet (some bitter drink from Italy which is popular in Argentina).
  

DJ Hernan Atencio - DJ Sergius
Hernan Atencio is Venezuelan and he organizes all the Venezuelan parties. Sergius is Gabriel Luraschi's Argentinian friend and he organizes London Tango Thames festival in front of the Tate Modern every year, plus monthly tango events and Latin American bands concerts.



WHERE?

Date:
Saturday 17 May 2008

Time:
9:00pm - 4:00am

Venue:
Restaurant La Rueda
Unit 1 Tower Place West
London EC3R 5BU
(Next to Tower of London)

Tube Stations: Tower Hill & Monument
Buses: 15,42,78,100,RV1,N15
Parking: Below the restaurant; Tower Hill Coach & Car park £2.50 all day

Ticket: £5 (GET FROM ME NOW !!!)
Contact: Jacqueline Kueh at jacqueline.kueh@gmail.com or facebook event

**The arrangement is that for every ticket I sell, 50% would go to my charity.***

So what are you waiting for? Come join in the fun!

Hope to see you all there,
Jacque
p/s oh ya SPREAD the WORDS!

Pictures from Jungle Jam II

Finally, here'r the pictures from our Jungle Jam 2 in Melaka on August 31, 2007. All the photos were creatively captured and everyone couldn't have looked any better! This short photo video indeed enthralled the jazzy moody and the chill-out atmosphere of the night!

Here it goes ...



Of course the key people that made this event happened:

Sie Lau, organizer/fund-raiser



Grace, jazz guru



Gary, that played the bongos, djembe AND guitar!



Adam, the pianist and Melaka's chief cook



Shan, that owns Melaka!



...together with Andre Walker



I would like to send my personal thanks to all of these people: Big sweet smile! Ulu Gange (organizer/fund-raiser/social butterfly)



Of course there is a monumental picture of all ...


Andre, Ulu Gange, Phil Briscoe (Councillor) and Grace Dee.

Hopefully this picture would bring in more donation once it is published in the local paper in Blackwall & Cubitt Town (near the docklands) where Phil represents.

What a blast on Friday at Melaka ... again!

Just wanna thank all that show up at Melaka on this past Friday! For the Jungle jam veterans, a zillion thanks for bringing your friends to the event. For those that I met for the first time, it is great to have met you on Friday. I cant be more grateful for all the generous contribution! The event won't have been a success without the presence and support of these wonderful people!

Turnout was great as there was plenty of new faces, not forgetting the faithful supporters! The buffet spread was splendid, service was efficient and tip-toped! Most importantly jazz was incomparable! Awesome can only modest word to describe it! Despite a cold and mild fever, Grace was still able to pull it off without a hint of huskiness. Gerry and Adam was smooth with the instruments, as if they were born with it!

As usual, Lau was our cameraman, busily taking pictures of all our guests that night. All the pictures are posted up on Facebook. But I would be posting some here in the next couple of days.

But the culmination of the event is when Andre introduced me to the Councillor Phil Briscoe to gain support from the local council on this event, in term of publicity and hopefully donations! We even took a picture! (I'll post it up soon!)

It was a exhilarating feeling, organizing such event. I really enjoyed mingling and socializing with the guests, advocating about Orang Utan conservation. It is rewarding too, when I get feedback from many that think greatly of such conservation. It only inspires me to be more zealous about my future fund-raising effort!

Tonite at Melaka!

Yet again, our social event for raising fund for the Sepilok Orang Utan is on again and it would be on Malaysian National Day! This coming Sunday! I know all of you cant wait for another installation of this event! So Lau, Grace and I have pulled force together and here we are!

This time the jazz band is gonna be fluidy ... brillant and most importantly soulful!

So do come on down and join for a night of indulgence in Malaysian cuisine, culture and most importantly 'saving' one of the most beautiful creation that nature can offer us: Orang Utan!*

*Whatever you spend that night on food and drinks that night will contribute to the fund-raising.


So don't wait you can RSVP with me at jacqueline.kueh@gmail.com or look us up in FAcebook: Jungle Jam Part 2 Melaka 31 August 2007 9pm

Details below:

Date: Friday 31 August 2007

Venue: Melaka, 27 Ropemaker's Field, London, E14 8BXMap

Tel: 020 7536 9256 (restaurant)
0783 656 0998

Nearest station: WestFerry DLR

Time: 9pm till late

Food: Malaysian/Indonesia buffet and drinks

Email your guestlist to: jacqueline.kueh@gmail.com

See you all that night,
Ulu gange

More Melaka Gig's Take

From Lau's Digital Camera!



Eu-Gene with Yan


Some of Kalam's friends. (I need to get their names man! )


Ulugange with Eu-Gene


Ulugange with Lau


Guess our poster outside Melaka works. This couple saw the poster and decided to join the gig. Pretty generous donation from them too!

Sunday's Melaka Gig

Last Sunday was a BLAST! Fantastic turnout in term of people and the money raised was £297.00

Eu-gene and Lau was the camera man and video man for the evening. More foot stage for the video would be coming up shortly.

It started out with people dining at the restaurant and having a scrumptious meal by the famous ex-Melati (Soho) chef. The bakar kambing is just too hard to resist!! I hope all of them actually order for that dish! We have two rounds of full house in the dining area and rolling of inflow of alcohol for the entire four hours. We are talking about table of minimum 4! 4 -8 peoples! I was surprised of the sit-on responses.

Of course this won’t have been a success without the awesome voice of Grace, the accompanying and incredible bass by Mel, the awesome Jamaican rhythm by Gerry or of course the irreplaceable pianist Adam when it comes to Grace voice!

Feedback is that people love it! Guess just need a reason to socialize and congregate with the love for Jazz. I am slowly living up to my pseudo-passion for Jazz, no that pseudo now.

Just want to thank everyone for your generous contribution. Do Spread the love. Incredibly I have a couple of people that have approached me expressing interest in organizing any of such social events. Now that couldn't have been any better! The more the merrier!

My next event is scheduled for July. Hopefully there would be sufficient time to put everything together.

So guys keep a look out ya! Any musicians wan to sing for charity, contact me. Any event organizers want to have some cheap thrill, contact me. Any new restauranteur (focusing on South East Asia cuisine) that want more publicity, contact me. In the name of charity - Orang Utan Conservation! Just send in your comments ya!

Below is the photos we have taken. I would be tagging on Facebook, so do email me if you don't know me personally, so that I can have your name tagged. Believe me, everyone want to know who you are! Keep it rolling!