the nokia n82 wireless adventure ii – part 1

I was invited to participate in the Nokia N82 Wireless Adventure II, held last Saturday, flag off at 1Utama. The reason I agreed was because I wanted to get my grubby hands on the N82, which IMHO is a really awesome phone especially with the Xenon flash capability for the 5 megapixel camera. That is the only thing I find lacking in my Nokia N95, which I really, truly love; though at this point of time, most of the applications I use are yet to be available for the N82.

When I said yes to the thing, I didn’t really know the details of the hunt/ race/ adventure/ event. So I didn’t know what to expect; perhaps my vision was clouded by the promise of a brand new N82 at the end of the day. Sorry ar, I can be shallow at times.

The evening before the event, David and EeVon from Text 100 invited a few of us to dinner at 1U’s Delicious. That was where I met a few other participants, and also where I found out that Delicious is no longer under Ms. Read. David gave us the skinny that there would be 8 teams in the hunt, 2 members per team. One member is an invited blogger/ journalist, and the other member was chosen based on an audition held earlier. Thanks to Pinkpau, I had salad and chicken with creamy peanut butter for the first time.

The briefing was held at OneWorld hotel, where we met our randomly selected team members. My team member was Frankie, a 24 y/o MMU student from Melaka. Team 1 was Ariq from Harian Metro and Sharon, a senior designer; Team 2 was Pinkpau and David, Team 3 was Kim and Fairuz who’s in media & marketing; Team 4 was Lai Sin from Sin Chew and Hooi Han; Team 5 was Aref from NST and Sabrina, a Dentistry student; Team 6 was Sam from The Star and Sadat Foster; Team 7 was me and Frankie and Team 8 was SmashPop and Szetoo.

During the briefing, taken using PanoMan via N82. Click on the photo above for a slightly larger version

We were briefed on the rules and regulations of the event tomorrow, as well as instructions on how to use the N82. Nokia very kindly and graciously ( 😉 ) paid for a hotel room at OneWorld for me; I got a deluxe room on the 12th floor, yay! The shower was so best!

My room for the night! Should have taken the photo from the entrance la, but whatever. Click on the photo above for a slightly larger version

Discussed with Frankie regarding the hunt for a bit, then went back to my room as there was nothing else we could do until we get the clues. Back in my room, I went on-line for a bit but couldn’t do much as I could only get connected to EDGE. Tried to watch TV but didn’t know how to operate it. Minibar was locked 😉 Spotted some magazines on the table and skimmed through it with hopes that bits and pieces of venue information could be of help the next day.

Slept rather late but well, woke up at 9 and called FA to wake her up and to beg her to come to 1U and take my laptop home. She agreed under protest, heheh. Took a photo of the view from my room:

Room with a view. Taken with my N82

At the first AMBP gathering, I was given a door gift which included a KL Guide by Discovery. There was a pull-out map, and I took a couple of photos of it because we were only allowed to use the N82 (in anyway we wanted, short of contacting other people) during the hunt.

I thought of going to the Coliseum because apparently it’s a classic place. Taken with the N82

Checked out at 10.45 a.m, walked towards Starbucks in the new wing to meet with FA, chilled for about an hour, went to Guardian to replenish my Strepsils, then headed to Bakerzin for a very lovely lunch with the participating and organising teams. Food is always great.