Malaysian Likes Bargain

Last Friday afternoon, I was at Pavilion. When I walked to the al fresco area and I saw this.

And this

What's all this about? Well apparently a telco is launching the new BlackBerry Bold 2 and Storm 2. On that day itself, they are offering 50% discount for the BB Bold 2 for the first 150 people to sign up for the plan. Storm 2 will be offered later.

Malaysian really does like to look for bargain like this. It's a working day you see. No need to work meh? lol Later I heard from Joshua that they extended the 150 people limit to 300 people because the crowd is very encouraging. The queue went on till night.

Talking about bargain. For those of you that already got your BlackBerry should find some BlackBerry plan that gives you a bargain. Malaysian like bargain mah. If the BlackBerry is 50% off can get this kind of crowd. What about free BlackBerry Access? So that you can download your apps for your Facebook, Twitter and etc. Most people now use BlackBerry for social networking more than to use it to check emails. It's the Xpax Big Freekin Sale man. Use the RM 2.50 a day Xpax BlackBerry Advance (2.5G) for 5 consecutive weekdays and the weekends subscription will be free. Now that's a bargain. Free wei! Not discount. It's free lol. Malaysian out there bargain is everywhere, you just have to know where to look.

For business person too will be able to take advantage of this bargain. BlackBerry is initially design for business people that want to check their emails on the move. Now it gets even better because it can now support up to 10 POP3 personal email accounts. They can integrate their Windows Live™ Hotmail, Google Mail™ or Yahoo!® Mail and other email accounts to your BlackBerry so you can always stay connected anytime anywhere. What’s more on the weekends it’s free BlackBerry Access if they used it for 5 consecutive weekdays and why shouldn’t day, they use BlackBerry to make their work easier.

MAS Saya Nak Cuti

Alas, my virgin visit to Jaya One. Thanks to Malaysia Airlines, I finally has a reason to come to Jaya One lol. This time the dinner gathering is at Brisik. We were all asked to dress to the theme of ASEAN destination that we wanted to visit. The best dress can win a pair of air ticket to any ASEAN destination of his/her choice. Most of us choose the beach theme, one of the easiest to do mah.

Some are not interested for the best dress.

Wingz, where is Barley?

I like MAS dinner gathering, not too crowded and can meet up some blogger friends. Food is always good too.

With Nigel & Kel Li. We all want beaches. Thanks Nigel for the pic.

Jason came all the way from Malacca and then go all the way back after the dinner. Gung ho.

With Jason Mumbles and Joshua "The Innit King" Ong

My foodies gang was there too.

KampungBoy and Chris

2 couples and 2 singles. Such a match lol.

CityGal, Christine and Ai Wei

Some dressed in Eastern Asian style.

Alicia in her Yukata

Okay. Move on the the presentation. MAS and Astro collaborated to make a reality traveling show. How is it going to be reality? No, it's not Amazing Race kind of reality. This one is to have normal folks like you and me to be their own vacation show host. You've watched a lot of show and see how the host get to have fun eating, traveling, and shopping in a foreign country with all expenses paid. Now you can be at that position too with MAS Saya Nak Cuti contest.


Follow the three simple steps below and you can get a chance to become your own traveling show host.

1. Tell about your dream vacation at www.mastraveller.com.

2. If your story is shortlisted, then make sure you get people to vote for you so that you can be one of the 12 finalists.

3. If you're one of the 12 finalists, you'll be going to host your own traveling show.

Faster, submission closed at 11.59 p.m. 31st January 2010. Click here to participate now.



The bloggers that night also get a chance to win trips to ASEAN country. Besides the Best Dress contest, there's another contest Battle of the Dream Destinations, one need to sell your dream destination in a creative way like one is hosting a traveling show on video. I participated in the latter because I knew I won't win the best dress once I saw RedMummy.

I introduced Bali ala Peter Chou minus the vulgarity lol.

While Thomas Yap introduced Maldives like a tour guide.

Shaz has got the most cast in his hosting.

Shaz getting his sensitive nerve point poked by Jessica.

The judges from MAS and Fleishman took 15 minutes to discuss who are the winner for both contest.

The winner of the Best Dress goes to....

Obviously goes to RedMummy. Look at the traditional Thai dancer costume.

Winner of the hosting contest goes to...

Peter Chao Simon Seow. Yes, that's me. My prize a bit different from RedMummy. Mine is a single all expense paid trip to an ASEAN country chose by MAS. I will be following one of the 12 finalist to the shooting of the traveling show. So, I get to see behind the scene of the production of a traveling show.

Jamie was there too. Aaron came quite late and of course David and Hsu Jen were there.

Oh, and the food from Brisik is not too bad. I like the Sate Serai (lemongrass satay). The food is ASEAN themed too.

Saya Nak Cuti!

Astro B.yond - Murder In The Details

A murder has happened. Huai Bin was found dead with a stabbed wound in the chest in Rain Club, Sri Hartamas. 20 Groups of detective consists of five members each were asked to find the murderer. The team that is first to smoked out the killer will be rewarded with Astro B.yond Experience (decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV to go with it).

Clues were scattered around. To find the clue, the detectives have to use magnifying glass to see it clearly, as clearly as the HD channels available in Astro B.yond subscription. World Cup 2010 in South Africa will be held this year June. You can now enjoy HD world cup at home with SuperSport HD and ESPN HD channel from Astro B.yond.

It's so damn clear even my digital camera's pic is so clear wtf.

Okay, let us get back to the murder investigation. Sorry, World Cup fever burning already. I was one of the detective with my team mate Serge, Niki, Kallew and William. Kallew is the leader.

Me, Kallew and Niki.

We split into two groups and started searching for clues. After 5 minutes of chaos (imagine about 100 detectives there looking for clue). Niki and I finally found out first clue. From there we were able to know that there's been an third person in the relationship.

Serge went up the attic to look for clue.

Not long after the first clue, we found the 2nd clue. The clue tell us that the murderer has a band aid on his/her hand and wore a bangle. Then the 3rd clue show us that he/she got red blood splattered all over his/her clothing. From there, we already has a few suspects in mind. We left Niki to look for the 4th and the last clue, while we go search for the murderer.

Detectives checking out one of the clue

But alas, Team Terrence was a minute faster than our team, he was able to find the killer brought her to the authority. The murderer happens to be Huai Bin's girlfriend, Fresh. Spot the bloody red dress and the band aid and bangle on her hand.

Here's what happened. Huai Bin and Robb were having an affair behind Fresh's back. One night she caught them red handed. Having an affair is one thing but to see your boyfriend having it with another man and bi-sexual? Anger and jealousy clouded Fresh's mind, while Huai Bin is trying to explain to Fresh, she took a knife and stabbed Huai Bin in the chest. Killing him straight away. Robb stunned by the whole event, chased out to find Fresh.

Here's the video of the re-enactment of the murder:

Me with the "gay lovers", Huai Bin and Robb.

So the story taught us that having an affair, homosexual or not will not bring any happy ending. So, guys and girls be loyal to your other half. It's better watching all the drama on HBO HD channel from Astro B.yond rather then be in a drama yourself, no?

The detective challenge doesn't ends there. There's only 1 person that can get the winning prize. So the group of 5 detectives has to compete among themselves in a Astro Trivia game to see who goes home with the Astro B.yond decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV. Eric came out the fastest to answer all the questions correctly. Congrats to him.

Seeing the nature and history has never been more clear and detailed now with National Geographic HD and History HD channel from Astro B.yond. Good to invest in a LED LCD TV too for the best of HD experience. Current Astro customer just needed to add additonal RM 20 to the monthly subscription fee and the Astro B.yond Box, Astro B.yond Dish, new smart card, new remote control, and HDMI Cable can be exchanged with your current Astro hardware for FREE. Faster get this offer now here before any changes in the promo.

Not a Astro customer yet? Then it's time to get Astro B.yond so that you can fully utilize the HD TV that you bought but just using it to watch movie on expensive Blue Ray disc or play PS3. Fully utilize your HD TV that you spend thousands buying, man. Subscribe to Astro B.yond now.

For those that want to try their luck and win . Lucky you, join the Astro B.yond Murder in the Details Facebook game and try your best to win. 10 winners will be getting their hands on Astro B.yond decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV. Oh, you must be an Active Astro Customer to join this game.

Now won't you want to watch National Geographic HD in this state of the art LG LED LCD TV?

National Geographic HD is Channel 73.

P.S. Someone didn't want Simon Seow to participate in the Astro B.yond Murder in the Details Facebook game and killed him before he left the murder scene while trying to solve the murder. Now that Simon Seow is out of the way, your chances to win will be higher.

Disclaimer: All the characters in the murder are fictional. Huai Bin and Robb are not secret lovers nor Fresh is Huai Bin's girlfriend. No one died.