There are three reasons why I haven’t posted any blog posts since Blogathon KL.

1) I’ve never been a hardcore blogger per se, and the recent “24″ hours of blogging has pretty much drained up most of my blogging juices.

2) I spent 2 full days at YES 2009 and have been Twitting like crazy. You can check out my updates on the hashtag #yes2009.

3) I’ve been too busy trying to catch up with work since I’ve been away from the office for so long.

OK. So they aren’t exactly solid reasons, but this is my blog, so my reasons are gospel. Hah! There, I’ve said it. Pfft.

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*sound of crows flying by*

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OK. Enough BS.

So what’s been going on in my life? Well, for starters, I kinda walked away from the Intel/Lenovo/TANGS  Blogathon as the winner….

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I want to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to everyone who commented on my blog, retweeted my tweets, came down to Pavilion to vote for me, and for making all those kick ass placards!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

OK. Maybe talk is cheap, but I just want everyone to know that winning this competition really meant a lot to me, but knowing that I have your support and love means so much more. I never in my wildest dreams thought that so many of you guys would come down and show your support, and to be completely honest, I was so touched that winning the contest was more like a bonus to me. I love you guys, and I really really thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

To the rest of you who’s picture isn’t up on my blog, I sincerely apologize to you. Please don’t take it personally because I haven’t forgotten you – it’s just that I don’t have a picture of us together!

I also want to thank the three bloggers who took part in this contest with me – Cheesie, KY and SixthSeal. I may not have been as friendly or as chatty as I usually can be in the box, and I fully acknowledge that. Sorry if I gave off the wrong impression of me being lansi or whatnot, but the truth is, I was pretty intimidated (and still am) by your reputations as major league bloggers. I guess that brought out the competitive side of me. Thank you for your gracious congratulatory notes, and I hope we can meet up again soon for a yum cha session. I’m sure KY will have some awesome place to recommend, kan?

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After the Blogathon episode was over, I had barely a day’s rest before I headed back into the fray. I spent Monday and Tuesday in Putrajaya for the YES2009 conference, and I have to say, it was a pretty awesome experience. I headed there without any expectations – assuming that it would all be rather camp since it was a YOUTH summit – but I left feeling extremely glad that I did participate. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get many pictures since the Samsung camera that I was using during Blogathon was a loaner, but here are some of the highlights of my 2 days.

1) Met Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter. Realized that he probably wasn’t the half that did most of the talking. Was lightly entertained, but not overly impressed by his public address.

2) Realized how bloody awesome Sir Bob Geldoff really is. His message was a little crude and in your face, but it held true and was extremely relevant and inspiring to the youths.

3) Got very annoyed with Tony Fernandes’ “eeerrrrrrr” laugh.

4) Contemplated asking Nando Parrado what human meat tastes like, but chickened out.

5) Caught a glimpse of the Trump and felt his looming “I’m your boss so STFU” persona even though he was talking to us from Trump Towers via satellite.

6) Ran a flat and managed to change my tire under the pouring rain in 15 minutes.

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Another update that I have is in regards to the Lowyat.TV project that we’re embarking on. After rounds and rounds of discussion, planning and scripting, we’re finally ready to shoot! If you’ve watched previous Lowyat.TV efforts, like the interview with Eva Loke, Amber Chia, and my various overseas junkets, then forget about them for now. If you have no idea what the heck I was talking about in the last sentence, then good, because we’re starting something completely new under the Lowyat.TV marque.

I can’t reveal much now (I know, I know. Then WTF did I bother blogging this about rite?), but what I can say is that for this round of shooting, we actually have a bona fide production crew with us, so you can expect big things to come.

Until then though, please do check out http://www.lowyat.tv and give me your feed back on what you think about the layout, etc. You can’t sign up now, but sign ups will be open very soon!

OK. That’s enough ranting from me today, so I’ll sign off with two random pictures.

Campaign poster from Celest. Thanks Carebear!

WIWT (What I’m Wearing Today): Unofficial /k/ tshirt, army shorts, Incredible Hulk Bapesta, watch from Suan Lum market in Bangkok.