On Sunday (yesterday) I went for the Colour Run KL, 2014. Basically its a 5 kilometre walk/run (whichever you prefer) and at every kilometre are stations with different coloured powder that gets thrown at you. The slogan for this Colour Run is The Happiest 5k on the Planet.
I was not expecting so many people to attend. I arrived quite late because of the traffic getting in, and also to find parking. But it didn't matter because the runners went in waves and there were at least 5 waves of 100 or so people in each.
The weather was, thank heavens, not scorching. But then again it was quite early morning. I woke up at 5.15AM and headed home around 10.30AM. It felt like so much time had passed but really it's because I woke up early.
To be honest, the colour run wasn't all that. Supposedly the happiest 5km on the planet was just 5km with coloured powder, and a mini rave at the end. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I had went with friends, but I couldn't find any to go with and so went with my cousins plus her friends and my mom and her friend who got free tickets. In my opinion this event was overrated and overpriced. We didn't even get much merchandise from the run itself except a shirt, a headband and temporary tattoos. I saw others wearing colour run sunglasses (which they bought) and that would've been a cool souvenir to keep.
Well it was still quite fun, but not fun enough to be RM75. (The clean up must have been hell, unless they just left the colours on the road.)
I'm sure everyone has at least heard of TED talks. No? Well here's their website; http://www.ted.com/ They go by the slogan, Ideas Worth Spreading. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend TEDxKL. Basically, TED talks first originated in California which attracted worldwide attention, and now, the conference has expanded globally. However, it is the local groups who organize and mainly local speakers who present in the talks under TED. The reason TEDxKL has and 'x' in it is because it stands for, "independently organized TED event."
I really did not know what to expect but was feeling pretty hyped about the whole thing. Of course, I had watched TED videos before, and even attended a talk by a speaker for TED while in University, but this was the real whole day conference. There were a total of 18 speakers and the topic varied from economics, humankind, the environment, to music, magic and robots. Here's a list of the presenters: http://www.tedxkl.com/presenters-2014/
It was really interesting to hear about topics that I knew of and to learn on others I knew little about.
However, I feel that there were quite a lot of economists, or speakers speaking of economics. And for some speakers, I had no idea what they were talking about or heading towards, which was a little tedious. Plus the theme for this TEDx talk was 'The Open Future' and though most tried to relate their talks to that, some did not and so felt a bit out of place.
Saying that, it was still a really great experience. The incorporation of a few music performances was a fantastic idea; it livened the audience and was really captivating. The magic performance as well was really fascinating, though it probably would have been better if he was not the last speaker, as a lot of people had left and some were rushing to leave (including myself).
And I did feel that the audience were not as responsive as could have been. I guess I am to blame as well. If any of the speakers are reading this, I just want to say that you all did a fantastic job and I was really impressed. Thank you so much to the presenters, sponsors, organizers and volunteers who helped to make this happen. I will not forget this experience, the first time I ever attended a TED talk!
