Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards 2012

Sememangnya aku looking forward sesuatu perbincangan atau pertemuan yang sebegini to gain info from influential and experienced peoples.

YB Dato' Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen dah sampai, ontah apo yang dikoba ea dokek pintu tu ....teks tertinggal kot

Aku suka tengok pakaian rasmi dia, always baju kebaya berleher cheongsam, representing malaysian culture. Tempat duduk aku tak strategik ler nak amik gambar, nak guna flash pun tak bleh.

Happy moments.... Dr NYY chit chatting with errr... director of so and so. On her left Iman Brotosena-blogger and diver, Windy Ariestanty-blogger, writer and publisher and Shane Dallas-traveller, writer and photographer. Windy was so energetic semasa menyampaikan speech, dengan English pekat Indo dia tu. Gambar-gambar dia cantik guna Iphone je tau. Tengok tu dia mempromosi negara dia sekali indirectly.

Sheila Scarborough- blogging since 2006.

"Believe in and use local blogger who are right under your nose..."

....social media is very powerfull nowadays...

you must have passion, it's not all about money

Gambar malap wehh....using 18-55mm with no flash light, dah la meja aku kedua last. The responce for this conference was overwhelming. Tourism Ministry targetted only 350 participants tapi yang register 420 orang tak termasuk aku yang tak perasan kena register dulu hehhheheh.... 

Alistair Watter- founder and owner TravelBlog.org

"when i got a call from TM they asked wheather i can come to Malaysia for this conference but heyyy.... i'm living here, my apartment just 3 minutes from this place" kuangkuangkuang......

Shane Dallas... i travel using my own savings. I don't make money from my travel blog but i do make money from other thing related to it...

There were Q&A pada setiap session yang empat tu. Walaupun panel/speaker yang awal dah jawab bahawa blogging bukanlah all about money pada asalnya, kena ada effort yang banyak dulu untuk dikenali tapi khenn.... sampai petang ada je soalan macamana nak buat duit dengan blogging neh sampai naik malu pulak aku sebagai malaysian. Ramai jugak foreigner weh kat dalam tu, ada press, ada foreign blogger. Nampak macam kemaruk duit sangat. Bila soalan duit tu muncul tersenyum sinis je diaorang. Nak kata tak faham cakap omputeh yang menyoal tu cakap omputeh, ada yang pesara kerajaan pulak tu. Yang berjawatan auditor accounting pun ado....hmmm bukak je lah blog tu dulu macha....ajar orang macamana nak skip bayar tax opppssss...mesti menderu orang jengah blog hang.

Malam tu ada dinner and awards presentation at Saloma Bistro but since aku ni datang casual sangat segan ler pulok nak join lagipun siapalah aku ni kannn....tak rasa akan mendapat award pun, next year lah uollls vote i okay!

Agaknya depa tak sangka Dr NYY boleh masuk balik after press conference, duduk kat belakang pulak tu. Nasib baik sekejap aje kalau lama mau kejang staf TM yang sederet kat belakang aku nih hihihihi.....

Eh makcik, how come i donno about this conference?

hmm...maybe because u read that not so cheap porn newspaper lah!