BlackBerry Playbook Exclusive Launch in Malaysia by Maxis

This is hot news coming right from the oven, few hours ago Maxis made history by being the first telco to launch the much anticipated BlackBerry Playbook at an exclusive event. Only 300 or so people were invited to the event which includes VIPs, local celebrities, Maxis exclusive dealers, and members of the press. 

The Launch was held at View, Level 29, Gtower KL.

Jean Pascal Van Overbeke, Maxis COO playing with the Playbook while Dany Bolduc RIM Regional Director speaks to the press.

Sorry forgot her name. If you happen to know the name of this singer, do email me her name so that I can update this here.


Me & Ruby Mohamed, (ex-colleague) Senior Manager @ Maxis

Henry Golding, Me and Julie Woon

Julie was first lucky person to walk away with a new BlackBerry Torch in the lucky draw.


Naz was the emcee of the night which he did very well.


Kevin from RIM, YS Tam (Senior Country Manager of RIM) and Ruby Mohamed.

The night was filled with glitz and glitter, free flow of beer, wines and food. The crowd was also entertained with performance by local celebrities and 20 lucky guests walk away with either a BlackBerry Playbook or a BlackBerry Torch. I didn't win but still have lots of fun catching up with friends and ex-colleagues who were involved in the launched.

Shall not dive down to the plan details as it will be available on Maxis's website and there will be a launch for the public later today at KLCC Convention Centre as well. So if you are an avid fan of BlackBerry Devices, do make your way to KLCC early in the morning to beat the jam and crowd.

MRCA CEO Night 2011

Earlier last week I attended yet another MRCA (Malaysia Retailer Chains Association) event. The CEO Night is an annual event hosted by MRCA to honour all the CEO's in the retail industry. This year, The Special Guest of Honour and Speaker is Dato' Sri Nazir Razak, the CEO of CIMB Group. Past speakers were Tun Dr Mahathir former Prime Minister of Malaysia and Dato's Sri Tony Fernandes, founder of Tune Group and AirAsia.

Dato gave a very captivating speech on the story of CIMB with a sense of humour, particularly when it comes to his good friend Dato' Sri Tony Fernandes, CEO of Airasia. Dinner was okay until the waiter spill a glass of red wine on me and no apology. If it was a casual function I would have made a big fuss about out but since its a big corporate event, even Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah the CEO of Sunway Group was at the main table. So I've to give face a bit la.

The team and I.

Over the weekend, my photo was featured on a write up by China Press.

Full page coverage on the CEO Night. That's my picture ant the bottom centre.

A blow up copy of my photo. Sharing a joke with Mr Lee Hwa Cheng, founder of Sinma

Over all its an interesting night of networking and learning from all these successful CEOs.

Charlie Chia's Tweet on Airasia's Travel 3Sixty

On 2nd of April 2011, Airasia X maiden flight landed in Christchurch and pledged a six figure worth of donation which prompted me to send a congratulatory tweet to Tony Fernandes, Airasia and Azran (CEO of Airasia X) for the noble action. Little did I know, the tweet was picked up by the Airasia's team and subsequently featured in the Airasia's in flight magazine known as Travel 3Sixty (May 2011 issue).

I didn't know about this until @vin_ann twitpic a snapshot of the magazine on 30th May 2011. Thanks @vin_ann.

PJLA: Kuah Jen Han First Show

Got a pair of free tickets to attended Kuah Jen Han first comedy today courtesy of Revive Isotonic @revupwithrevive. Thanks for the complimentary tickets, you guys really revive my day.

It's my first time at PJ Live Arts and enjoy the show very much. My friend David Lai was a guess performer at the show too and he put on a impressive show as well. Good job to the both of you.

Energizer Night Race 2011: Refund at last

The organiser of this year Energizer Night race makes the biggest blunder by organising the a Nightmare run of the year which made all 10,000 participant furious.

The result? The organizer ran away and Energizer Malaysia has to take over and face the public.The situation became a National news after a senior CELCOM Executive started Boycott Energizer Night Race and I started(DiGi) started Energizer Night Race KL: We Want Justice. It was also rumoured Energizer incurred a loss of more than RM1.2 million in a bid to save its brand name from further destruction.

It has been a long wait. More than a month since the race was held but its better late than never. I receive my cheque last week and a parcel today complete with finishing medal, finisher shirt, USB battery charger, shaver, eco bag, and tampon(errmm i wonder why are they giving out tampon to racer? are we suppose to shove it under your ass before we run?).

The RM50 refund

The Parcel


These are in the parcel


Certificate of participation.

They should have printed our names on it since they are already sending personal parcel to all the participants.

The finisher Shirt


The finisher medal with Sepang Formula 1 Race Track on the background


The back of the Medal


The Headlamp, USB Charger,Shaver, tampon and eco bag on the background.

With the refund and delivery of goody bag to all participants, lets end this chapter of nightmare to an end. Hopefully Energizer can engage a better organizer and have a better event for 2012.