Note: We are only giving 100 tickets away so get yours quick. There are several pickup points and Twitterers. Best way to get your tickets is to give them a tweet!

Pledge, pledge, pledge!

• Twestival KL is just around the corner! We’re really looking forward to the event with some exciting pledges done by various Twitterers. Check the list and add yours in! There is still time to pledge something up for charity. ALL money, All proceeds go to Concern Worldwide, the charity benefitting from Twestival Global 2010. Learn more about how to pledge and bid here. Hurry and make 2010 count for you.

Come join us!

Pledged yet? We hope so. Just want to bid? Or maybe you’re still wanting to find out more?

Check out the deets :-

When? 25th March 2010 @ 7pm

Where? Starbucks, Ground Floor (G-01), Tropicana City Mall

How much? RM 5 for tickets (includes a drink and lucky draw entry).
We’re only giving away 100 tickets! Get yours now.

Event Highlights

Ladies and Gentlemen, the event wouldn’t be complete without some entertainment to keep us going. Here’s some of the night’s specials to look forward to.

• Coffee tasting session at 7:30pm by Starbucks
• Drink vouchers (only given to the first 100 people with tickets)
• Yummy Food
• Lucky Draw
• Superb emceeing by Will Quah (@WillsQuah)

We’re thankful for….

None of this could ever happen without our darling sponsors. Shower them some love and give them a shoutout/follow on Twitter!

@StarbucksMY

@NuffnangMY

@Churp2

The Twestival Kuala Lumpur focus this time round is on a PUBLIC AUCTION!

We want you to pledge your services (whether you want to walk someone’s dog, offer yourself as a lunch date, wash someone’s car) or any goods you have. All proceeds go to Concern Worldwide, the charity benefitting from Twestival Global 2010. Here’s how it’ll work:

To pledge a service/item

Decide what service you want to offer (make sure you are able to fulfill it, and let’s keep it clean, people!) and send a Tweet with your pledge.

• Your pledge must be within 140 characters (one tweet).
• Make sure you use the #twestklauction hashtag along with your pledge.
• Each pledge must state the service/item and starting price for the bid.
• Twitterers can only offer auctions for services from themselves or goods they themselves possess.
• If you are selling an item, attached an image (TwitPic, Yfrog etc) of the actual item in your tweet.

Note: The Twestival KL committee will scan the tag for auctions everyday and edit it into the Wiki. Only approved auctions will make it to the Wiki. Each approved auction will get a bid number attached to it e.g. [001]

To bid for a service/item

1. Visit the Twestival KL Wikispaces Page to see what services or items are up for grabs.

2. Bid for items by tweeting:

[Bid number - associated with the service/item you want] [Your bid amount] #twestklbid

Note: We will scan the tag for bids everyday and edit them into the Wiki. The amount by the highest bidder will be updated in the Wiki.

3. On March 25, we will open all auctions from the last online bid, and all those present will have the opportunity to outbid the highest bidder from online. If you are unable to attend, but still want to bid for an item/service, please make a bid and drop us another Tweet using the #twestklbid informing us. We will be in touch.

Hey folks!

We told you that we’ll have more details for you - and here they are. First of all, thanks to @nigelais who has come on board again to volunteer with Twestival KL, we have our very own logo!

Now, for more details.

Twestival KL has such a great time last year and we want to take things one step further. What this means is that our Twestival campaign this year is more than just the gathering on March 25. We want to use Twitter to run our campaign for us … and we want YOU to get involved!

Our campaign this year revolves around a public auction where you - tweeples from the Twittersphere - can pledge your services or items to benefit Concern Worldwide! More information on how the auction will work here!

Don’t worry - Twestival’s motto is Tweet.Meet.Give. so ours will not be an online only campaign. On March 25, together with many, many other cities around the world (and two others in Malaysia - Penang and Kota Kinabalu), we will be organising a physical Twestival KL event as well!

We’re in the process of finalising the details of the night now (yes, we know the date and the time so make sure you mark your calendars!) and will get back to you soon with details! Stay tuned.

Thank you for supporting Twestival. Let’s make this another one to remember!

Hi folks, just a short message to let you know that we’re underway in the planning for another Twestival event in Kuala Lumpur on March 25.

The organisation benefiting from this edition of Twestival is Concern Worldwide. This March event is part of a global effort to raise funds for one charity.

Stay tuned, we’ll have more updates soon! In the mean time, you can follow @TwestivalKL or @TwestivalAsia or @Twestival for updates as well.

More items up for auction! Remember, 100% of the money raised from these auctions go straight to Destiny Starting Point. This means that you get to shop AND do a good deed!

Nooka x SpongeBob courtesy of H5

Nooka x Sponge-Bob-SquarePants

Specs: Please visit the Nooka website here for watch specs.

This SpongeBob Zub ZenH 20 Spongelevator is one of two Nooka timepieces released in honour of SpongeBob’s 10th anniversary (a third piece has yet to be released). H5 has kindly sponsored one of its 6 pieces (there are limited pieces worldwide) - all five other pieces has been sold so this really is the last one available in Malaysia.

Retail price: RM699

TWESTIVAL KL Auction starting price: RM450 (bids go up by RM50 per bid)

How to bid:

1. You can place your bids via Twitter or through this blog post.

2. Check to see what the latest AND highest currently is. You can do that by checking the comment field of this blog post AND by clicking HERE.

3. Your bid on Twitter or blog comment should be: “#TwestivalKL #H5NOOKA @username RM450 @TwestivalKL” (replace the @username with your own Twitter username or email add, and the amount of your bid.

4. Keep monitoring to see if you’ve been outbid. Then bid again!

5. Auction for this item closes on Friday, Sept 11 at 5pm. We will contact you by that evening.

Here is the second auction item for the day. The Twestival KL auction hopes to raise more money for Destiny Starting Point. So, besides the RM30 (or RM40) minimum donation that you will have paid to join in the festivities, we hope that you can bid for the items to donate more to charity.

Return trip to Bangkok courtesy of AirAsia

Conditions: Return ticket for two to Bangkok, Thailand. The ticket is valid for three months. Ticket price does not include tax (RM100).

AirAsia (@airasiadotcom and @airasiablog and on Facebook too!) has donated two pairs of tickets to Twestival KL. Besides this flight to Bangkok which we are auctioning for a fraction of the ticket’s actual value, it has also given us a pair of return tickets to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, which will be given our during the lucky draw on the night of Twestival.

TWESTIVAL KL Auction starting price: RM500 (bids go up by RM50 per bid)

How to bid:

1. You can place your bids via Twitter or through this blog post.

2. Check to see what the latest AND highest currently is. You can do that by checking the comment field of this blog post AND by clicking HERE.

3. Your bid on Twitter or blog comment should be: “#TwestivalKL #AIRASIABKK @username RM550 @TwestivalKL” (replace the @username with your own Twitter username or email add, and the amount of your bid.

4. Keep monitoring to see if you’ve been outbid. Then bid again!

5. Auction for this item closes on Friday, Sept 11 at 12pm. We will contact you by that evening.

6. This item will be delivered by the end of September.

Twestival KL is hoping to raise as much funds as possible for Destiny Starting Point. So, besides the RM30 (or RM40) minimum donation that you will have paid to join in the festivities, we are asking you to dig deep into your pockets for charity.

That is why we came up with the idea of an auction. Some of our sponsors have very kindly forked out their own dosh to donate these items for us so that we can collect more money for the home.

Throughout the day, we will be blogging and Twittering about several items we have to auction. They include:

HP Mini Netbook courtesy of DiGi Broadband

Specs: Intel Atom N280 (1.66Ghz); 160GB HDD; IGB Memory; 10.1″ display; Microsoft XP Home SP3; Wireless Lan 802.11g/b; weights 1.17kg.

Recommended Retail Price: RM1,499

This is DiGi Broadband’s contribution to the Twestival KL auction. They will also be providing WiFi service at Mist Club during Twestival KL and have pledged to donate two desktop PCs to Destiny Starting Point.

TWESTIVAL KL Auction starting price: RM1,000 (bids go up by RM50 per bid)

How to bid:

1. You can place your bids via Twitter or through this blog post.

2. Check to see what the latest AND highest currently is. You can do that by checking the comment field of this blog post AND by clicking HERE.

3. Your bid on Twitter or blog comment should be: “#TwestivalKL #HPDIGI @username RM1,050 @TwestivalKL” (replace the @username with your own Twitter username or email add, and the amount of your bid.

4. Keep monitoring to see if you’ve been outbid. Then bid again!

5. Auction for this item closes on Friday, Sept 11 at 12pm. We will contact you by that evening.

6. This item will be delivered by the end of September.

Last Sunday, a few of us from the organising committee, together with media partner The Star R.AGE (@thestar_rage), made a visit to Destiny Starting Point in Klang, Selangor. The home for delinquents is Twestival KL’s beneficiary home.

Here is a video shot during the visit. More info and pictures on the home soon.

Destiny Starting Point

The read the article in today’s R.AGE, click here.

Thanks to everyone who has responded to our Twtvite!

Many people are getting worried, the list is almost full and there are more of you who would like to join us on Sept 12 for Twestival KL.

Fear not.

Everyone, including those registered via Twtvite, will need to get their physical invites before the day of the event to qualify for the RM30 (minimum donation!). Entry at the door will be at a minimum donation ofRM40.

Those who have registered via Twtvite can collect your invites from the Text 100 office, as mentioned in the earlier blog post.

However, if this is too inconvenient, your friendly organising committee has volunteered to make arrangements to pass you the invites as various locations in KL and PJ (this is on our own time, so please be sympathetic if we can’t always make the time and location of your choice).

Anyone not registered, but who would like to attend too can contact us to get the invites.

If you are in Bangsar, contact @ling_chan

If you are in MidValley, Hartamas, The Curve or Kota Damansara area, contact @radianceleong

If you are in Cheras or Ampang or Bangsar, contact @davidlian

If you are in Phileo Damansara (and the surrounding SS16, 17 areas) or Taman Tun or Bangsar, contact @nikicheong

If you are not on Twitter (why aren’t you?) but are at the locations listed, email us at twestival.kualalumpur@gmail.com and we will get you in touch with one of them (us!).

We’d like to remind everyone again that this is a charity event, and the invites are available at a MINIMUM DONATION. So if you can donate more, please do!