Actually, I'm not really sure where to put this so I'll stuff this thread in here till Tom advices on where it should exactly be.
I just had this rough idea... and although there is a high percentage that it may just fail and go down the drain, I thought I might as well share it with y'all. At least my brain matters on thinking about this is shared. haha
Since the market place section in this forum is one of the very active sections, I thought that maybe it would be good help for those who are trying to sell their stuff.
What I have in mind is...
Automotive/anything-else Garage Sale
We could try to seek approval from, let's say, One Utama, to use one of their car parks to have a marketplace sale. In the forum, they could only reach out to those who goes into the market place. In the marketplace event, they could reach out to those who don't come into ZTH. Something like an automotive pasar malam. Of course, we'll have to see how many people will take part first, then only organize this. If there's at least 50 or more people who are willing to take part, then we could start something. This will, at least, help boost their sales opportunities. Indirectly, it'll also boost ZTH's name, if ZTH don't mind being affiliated with this idea.
Car Exhibition
In line with this, we could gather all the nice cars and have a little car show for those who comes to the marketplace. At least there's that bit of "wah, nice car la" kind of thing. hehe I would, if at all possible, have some "guards" to keep a close watch over those cars being displayed (unless the owners don't require it) so that the cars are not damaged. Perhaps cordoning off the cars at a safe distance, so it becomes like an exhibition thing. Also, we could have separate sections like ICE, body kit, performance, accessories, etc. More organized that way.
Legal section
Maybe it's high time we bring out the law for those automotive enthusiasts to know the law accordingly, and their rights as well. This is going to be difficult because we would probably have to engage the authorities to ensure that all items/things/whatever that is being displayed or talked about, is legit and according to law. So this is something like an awareness program, which makes people aware of the right ways of driving (inclusive of road courtesy) and also all the laws which we should all know about.
This would also be a good place to have a little suggestion area. Maybe put a piece of paper and some pens (these pens need to be tied dead to the table with strong chains) so that visitors can write in suggestions on how to improve anything related to being on the road. For example, we may well receive tons of suggestions to have round-abouts removed throughout malaysia. Perhaps those who don't mind using the internet, we could setup an e-mail for them to write their suggestions into. For those who just wants to write on paper, we'll provide small pieces of paper to write, maybe, 3 suggestion in areas related to being on the road, which they would hope the govt would improve.
Dialogue with the authorities
Perhaps many would just bring guns and shoot the authorities but let's chill out for a moment. I think this is rather important. I know many disagree, dislike, some even despise with their generations, the authorities. Let's just chill out hatred down a bit. Have an open dialogue with the authorities and allow people to voice out their dissatisfaction. Have an open but peaceful dialogue. Of course, there must be a very well, calm, open minded and very good conversationalist moderator to control this dialogue, so that people won't be angry. We could set up a table, which will be cordoned off and guarded by the relevant party, and have the moderator/MC to walk around to bring the mic to people to voice their opinions out. Then, the authorities could answer from the table. I know this particular idea is a very dangerous idea, considering that quite a large number of malaysians like to act based on their emotions, rather than their rational thinking. Well, an idea to consider, perhaps?
Anything else to add on....
Erm.... anything else to add on? hehe
And my main objective is....
to bring unity amongst malaysians, through open, friendly and peaceful socialising and understanding. I still feel sad about where this country is going, especially with those one sided political adjustments that are being made to this country. However, I'm not going to talk about political stuff here and I would hope the rest won't turn this into a political talk thread. Basically, I am hoping that with friendly, laughter based socialising, we could learn to compromise with each other's weaknesses, and learn from each other where we ourselves can't see. If unity don't start somewhere, then I really don't know where it's going to start.
Well, if this doesn't work out, let's just discuss about an event like this.
I hope everyone will keep an open heart, a wide mind and a humurous and happy attitude about life and everything that comes with it. :)
I just had this rough idea... and although there is a high percentage that it may just fail and go down the drain, I thought I might as well share it with y'all. At least my brain matters on thinking about this is shared. haha
Since the market place section in this forum is one of the very active sections, I thought that maybe it would be good help for those who are trying to sell their stuff.
What I have in mind is...
Automotive/anything-else Garage Sale
We could try to seek approval from, let's say, One Utama, to use one of their car parks to have a marketplace sale. In the forum, they could only reach out to those who goes into the market place. In the marketplace event, they could reach out to those who don't come into ZTH. Something like an automotive pasar malam. Of course, we'll have to see how many people will take part first, then only organize this. If there's at least 50 or more people who are willing to take part, then we could start something. This will, at least, help boost their sales opportunities. Indirectly, it'll also boost ZTH's name, if ZTH don't mind being affiliated with this idea.
Car Exhibition
In line with this, we could gather all the nice cars and have a little car show for those who comes to the marketplace. At least there's that bit of "wah, nice car la" kind of thing. hehe I would, if at all possible, have some "guards" to keep a close watch over those cars being displayed (unless the owners don't require it) so that the cars are not damaged. Perhaps cordoning off the cars at a safe distance, so it becomes like an exhibition thing. Also, we could have separate sections like ICE, body kit, performance, accessories, etc. More organized that way.
Legal section
Maybe it's high time we bring out the law for those automotive enthusiasts to know the law accordingly, and their rights as well. This is going to be difficult because we would probably have to engage the authorities to ensure that all items/things/whatever that is being displayed or talked about, is legit and according to law. So this is something like an awareness program, which makes people aware of the right ways of driving (inclusive of road courtesy) and also all the laws which we should all know about.
This would also be a good place to have a little suggestion area. Maybe put a piece of paper and some pens (these pens need to be tied dead to the table with strong chains) so that visitors can write in suggestions on how to improve anything related to being on the road. For example, we may well receive tons of suggestions to have round-abouts removed throughout malaysia. Perhaps those who don't mind using the internet, we could setup an e-mail for them to write their suggestions into. For those who just wants to write on paper, we'll provide small pieces of paper to write, maybe, 3 suggestion in areas related to being on the road, which they would hope the govt would improve.
Dialogue with the authorities
Perhaps many would just bring guns and shoot the authorities but let's chill out for a moment. I think this is rather important. I know many disagree, dislike, some even despise with their generations, the authorities. Let's just chill out hatred down a bit. Have an open dialogue with the authorities and allow people to voice out their dissatisfaction. Have an open but peaceful dialogue. Of course, there must be a very well, calm, open minded and very good conversationalist moderator to control this dialogue, so that people won't be angry. We could set up a table, which will be cordoned off and guarded by the relevant party, and have the moderator/MC to walk around to bring the mic to people to voice their opinions out. Then, the authorities could answer from the table. I know this particular idea is a very dangerous idea, considering that quite a large number of malaysians like to act based on their emotions, rather than their rational thinking. Well, an idea to consider, perhaps?
Anything else to add on....
Erm.... anything else to add on? hehe
And my main objective is....
to bring unity amongst malaysians, through open, friendly and peaceful socialising and understanding. I still feel sad about where this country is going, especially with those one sided political adjustments that are being made to this country. However, I'm not going to talk about political stuff here and I would hope the rest won't turn this into a political talk thread. Basically, I am hoping that with friendly, laughter based socialising, we could learn to compromise with each other's weaknesses, and learn from each other where we ourselves can't see. If unity don't start somewhere, then I really don't know where it's going to start.
Well, if this doesn't work out, let's just discuss about an event like this.
I hope everyone will keep an open heart, a wide mind and a humurous and happy attitude about life and everything that comes with it. :)
