Great night out at the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Storm 9520 launch

When Joyce messaged me the other day asking me to attend the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Storm 9520 because it would be her first emceeing gig, I just couldn’t say no.

Before I get into the event, I need to apologise for the poor quality of pictures. I’ve realised that my iPhone isn’t the best way to get good shots for this blog (okay, okay, I’ve been in denial) but my current DSLR camera that I bought a few years ago is too bulky for events. Please bear with me while I save up for something a bit smaller, but can take better pictures. Maybe a semi-automatic or something (pretending to know what I’m talking about).

Anyway, the event was held at Neo Luxe Lounge on Jalan Sultan Ismail. Joyce and Rudy were both the emcees for the night. I’ve only ever been once to Neo and that was for the launch of Hanger a couple of months ago. I got there just on time (I managed to get my first glass of beer just as the two of them walked on the stage) although I had planned on getting there earlier.

It was free flow the whole night, and there was a fashion show as well as a live performance (although I forget the name of the band, sorry!). It was also a good time to catch up with friends, so many were there including bloggers Kimberlycun, ShaolinTiger, Friedbeef, and Nigelytl as well as Serena C, Liza Tay, Hansen Lee, Melissa Indot, Ash Nair, Kevin Yeoh and more.

There were a few competitions happening where they were giving away phones.

One of them is called TouchyTouchy (did Rudy come up with that name? Haha) and they invited three celebs and three contestants on stage. What are the chances that they were all friends? The three celebs onstage were Azura Zainal, Stephanie Chai (who’s running this cool wedding site called The Wedding Guide) and Will Quah. What they basically had to do was be blindfolded and then grab as many post-it sheets off their partners – Miss Malaysia/World finalist Kyan May, Amanda Choe and Jonathan Putra.

In Joyce’s invitation, the dress code read:

Fortune favours the brave. Be distinctly Bold and you might just get rewarded.

So yes, there was a best dressed competition where they invited three of the best dressed from each gender on stage to perform a catwalk. As you can see from the above picture, Rudy demonstrated to the guys how to work it. Below, Joyce showed the girls how to move it.

Of the five, I only personally knew one of the contestants. Rahul, from One Buk Shot, actually took the main prize for the guys (pays to have friends around, I guess, when it’s public voting – dude, that phone is mine! I don’t care what Amanda says!). He’s the guy in the centre holding a, er, flower.

It was a good night. I really enjoy nights like this when you have good company around. Thanks for the invite Joyce, and you did great!

11.50pm Malaysian time (+8 GMT)

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