B.U.M is Coming.....

*This Post was originally written Sundae March 16, 2008
as a TEAser post leading to BUM2008 Flag-Off.

Sundae Interlude: at a Nudists' Camp? WHERE? WHEN?

This pre-Sunday's Interlude is light and easy and this is a self-sponsored Post, so I indulge myself. Sorry, ER -- Miss or miss'd -- you are not my priority, but a nudists' camp is.

After a successful bum2007 gathering on May 19, last year, DESIDERATA is leading another teAm to hopefully reprise the glory of the first outing. We plan to make bum2008 as successful as -- if not surpass -- bum2007's Hi-Night held at Lake View Club, Subang Jaya, and we are doing it at the same Venue!

Except this time around VVe are planning an extra afternoon session to let you have more Chat time on top of the Evening's Chow time. We aim to attract a bigger crowd -- up from 100 to 130 mayhaps? -- as we have learnt some lessons from organising bum2007 and can leverage on the olde members' re-APpearance:)

Last year's do saw the attendance of some 100 Bloggers and Friends who gathered in solidarity to commemorate World Press Freedom Daycelebrated worldwide every year in May.

Yes, it's another ap AP ap occasion to gift Malaysian bloggers in general, and Socio-Political writers in particular, an occasion to catch up, fraternise and bud or buddy up wit' each other. It is hoped that non-Bloggers will be motivated to climb on board the Blogswagon -- Yes, the Fifth Estate rsidents are more than happy for newcomers to help add variety, and enjoyment, to the Malaysian new media scene. The old media practitioners -- that's how the Fourth Estaters are referred -- are also welcomed to again "Engage and Embrace",which was our theme last year.

Both the established 4th, and infant 5th, Estates are facing many and varied challenges, often of great socio-political potential and impact. Often the two Estates Collide, and maybe we can all lend a helping hand that the two shall Converge more often? That's one of the key challenges that lie ahead for mainstream media and Blogger-citizen journalism players.

MARK awe your Saturdays in May -- The month of POETS or aSspirants, remember? -- in your Diary to ensure you are free to attend what is envisaged be Blogsworld Hap Event of the Year (Desi's claim-lah, you can aweways beg to disagree; afterall Blogospehre is pretty and democratic, YES!). This occasion also provides an opportunity for AllBlogs to update with an annual review of where we are and what water has flowed under the Bloggers' Bridge, and where we plan to be headed in helping build a united nation that is NegaraKu. ~~

BUM is Bloggers' Universe Malaysia.

And what is that Nudists' Camp all about?
Hey, if these BUMmers wish to come in their best birddae suits, who's Desi's Mad Skodeng squad to stop'em?:)

Stay tuned for more! ~~ Desi