YouthsToday - The new online platform for young event organisers

YTODAY SDN. BHD. TO LAUNCH THE NEW DIGITAL YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & REWARDING WEBSITE ON MALAYSIA LARGEST YOUTH FOR YOUTH EVENT- KFC YOUTH JAM 2013

YToday Sdn Bhd is launching Malaysia’s first online youth engagement and rewarding website – YouthsToday.com – for event organizers, youths and brands at www.youthstoday.com on the KFC Youth Jam 2013 event by 13^th October 2013 (10 a.m – 6 p.m) at Sunway University.

The objective of launching the website on the KFC Youth Jam 2013 is for the public to explore the functionality of www.youthstoday.com and an invitation to create a difference for the young community. This new website with more than 10,000 youth members currently, serves as a platform for event organizers, youths and brands to feature their campaigns and events to gain high exposure and visibility It is also invented in a way for brands to carry out the marketing campaigns and advertise their products and services targeting the youth market. On the other hand, participants will be rewarded for attending the events organized by the organizers with the points. Upon collections of points, the participants get to exchange rewards from the brands, thus, the point system serves as a motivation for especially the young people to achieve more and better.

The KFC Youth Jam 2013 will feature events organized by the youth using the platform provided on YouthsToday.com, the events are KFC Big Eat Contest, Incitement Talks, Running Man Hunt, Entrepreneur Challenge, Book for Thoughts, Talent Search and Speed Video Competition. Thousands of points sponsored by the brands will be given out to the public to redeem.

“It is an entire ecosystem that supports the development of young people to be able to organize more events and have their projects funded and supported. The company believes that events are the best youth development tool for youths to enhance their creativity, networking skills, communication skills and management skills. It bridges the gap and provides more opportunity for youths to gain excess to national events and experiences like never before. The company also urges and welcomes event organizers to feature their events in YouthsToday.com,” says the 23-year-old young entrepreneur Jazz Tan Yee Mei, CEO of YToday Sdn Bhd.

YToday Sdn Bhd is forging strong partnerships with heavyweight brands such as KFC, Maxis Telecommunication, Sunway Group, Groupon, Bloomberg, Himalaya, Chatime Malaysia, Entrepreneur Organization (Malaysia Chapter), Redbox Malaysia, SCOPE, KKBOX, British Council, FlyFM, 8TV and Media Prima Group to support this mega event. 

About YToday Sdn Bhd

YToday Sdn Bhd, established in 2013, a youth development; marketing and digital advertising company that helps connect brands and government agencies to youth in a creative and exciting way. It is started by Jazz Tan Yee Mei, CEO, 23 years old. An Honours Bachelor’s of Computer Science at Northumbria University and award recipient for:

• ·         British Council and  Guinness Arthur Berhad  Social Enterprise Winner 2013
• ·         Prestige Magazine Top 40 Under 40 2013
• ·         Global Student Entrepreneur Award Champion
• ·         New York GSEA Finalist 2011
• ·         Dana Belia RM150,000
• ·         NTV7 and DiGi The Next Level Finalist
• ·         MSC-MDEC Best Business Model

The Vision of the company is taking on South East Asia by year 2014 and introduces YouthsToday.com to Asia and Europe by 2015. The company seeks to be the World’s Leading Youth Experience Enrichment Provider connecting hundreds of brands to youth projects. The company’s mission is also to change the way advertisers spend their dollars on marketing that actually brings value to humanity and positive change to the community.

For further information, please contact:

YToday Sdn Bhd Jazz Tan Yee Mei (CEO) Tel: +6016 356 0805 Email: jazz@youthstoday.com

YToday Sdn Bhd Chan Zhi Ee (Operation Director) Tel: +6016 461 5499 Email: zhiee@youthstoday.com

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RM32的西瓜汁？

如果白领的你需要一些精神上的刺激，那花RM32喝一杯西瓜汁绝对是你的首选。

对像我这样的小小上班族来说，这绝对是个训练EQ的好方法。(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

如果你也需要这样的训练，那欢迎你光临位于Changkat, Bt Bintang 的Latin Tropical Yoko. 其实吧，KL 有很多餐馆都是这个价码，所以不应该针对这家餐馆的，人家做生意也不容易，对吧？

不过想想，老娘我赚钱也不容易啊！凭什么要送上门白白给人家刮呢？所以对于花费这样的价钱值不值得，就见仁见智了 ┐(￣ー￣)┌

忽略以上的话，还是个美好的夜晚的~ 当晚是同事的生日，因为她本身是南美洲人，所以就选择了这家哥伦比亚餐馆。大家也就聪明地选择欢笑，而不是埋怨 ◕ ‿‿ ◕

Photo Credit: Eiyan

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人生能有几个五年可以挥霍？

我逝去的五个五年

　近新年，又是让人感慨的季节。最近蛮想看一部电影- 《被偷走的那五年》，听说很催泪。踏入2014，我也将迎来人生的第五个五年。今天站在月台上的时候突然在想，这五个五年里，我的人生出现过多少个人，终究留下的又有多少？

　而那些与我们擦肩而过的，有一天当我们暮然回首，又是否会后悔？我逝去的五年青春年华里，有个背影，犹如浓浓的色彩，如何都淡忘不了。我不后悔曾经所付出的岁月，只是最近开始犹豫了。

　我还能再抱着这份回忆度过下一个五年呢？即使过去的我不后悔，可若我继续这般挥霍我的下一个五年，也许最后会污染了这份最纯粹的“心甘情愿”吧。现在的我，站在月台，不晓得是否应固执的等下去，还是毅然转身去寻找其他的可能。会后悔吗？不晓得。会甘心么？不会。

　这就是我。那么犹豫、那么矛盾。
　祝福你，不会和我一样。

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Movie: The Hobbit- The Desolation of Smaug

My most anticipated movie of the year: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

The second installation of the three part movie series, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug picks up where the first part left off, and tells of their journey to The Lonely Mountain.

As usual of the whole LOTR empire, there are many stunning shots, which look even better in 3D. I love that it opens with prologue explaining how this quest began in the first place. It extends the story beyond simply a bunch of dwarves going on an impossible quest, I actually recognize being in the Middle Earth in this movie, as compared to their first one. 

As a fan myself, that was really important, because Middle Earth is like this parallel universe where I sometimes live at, and watching this movie and recognizing the characters and history reference makes the story comes alive. 

Erebor, or The Lonely Mountain, was such a glorious sight to behold! It is not only a place of dragon and treasures. It's a place of historical and cultural significance to the Dwarves of Durin's Folk. It's their pride and their home. (I wished they could have shown more of Mirkwood though. )

Of course, The Desolation of Smaug would not be complete without Smaug. (I still think it's a weird name for a dragon btw, sounds like the name for a conman or something) And of course, the fire-breathing dragon loves riddles. Next thing you know, it's gonna break into a song together with the Orcs and He Who Must Not Be Named oops wrong universe The One (a.k.a. Sauron)

As for the other characters, I am glad that the Company are given more attention so that their personalities are more than just "The Company", Huffington Post wrote about the dwarves earlier this year. 

Orlando Bloom is back as Legolas with his killer arrow-shooting skill. Seriously, if you paid enough attention, you can see Legolas shooting the Orcs who are standing like 5cm from him using arrows. Perhaps he receive star points with his Daddy King if he combo kill them. My roomie said that Orlando Bloom looks totally different from when he starred in the LOTR. What do you think? (Looks like normal aging to me.)

Ed Sheeran, one of my favourite artist currently, sings the OST for Desolation of Smaug. 

But honestly though, nothing beats The Lonely Mountain song from Unexpected Journey.

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Uber: The new car service in Kuala Lumpur

Uber- more than your regular taxis

Uber is a new car service recently launched in Malaysia. I tried out their service for the first time last night after going for The Hobbit's premiere (more on that later!), and according to our super-friendly driver, they have only started for around one month. Find out more about their company here and here. 

What really sets Uber apart from other taxis, or car-hiring service, is the user experience and great customer service. Everything happens real-time and is so hassle-free, I can tell that a lot of thoughts go into their customer experience team, making sure that you would not need to worry about a single thing, they will pay attention to all the small details in advance for you. 

So I received a promotion code to try out their service for free a while ago and did not have the chance to use it until last night. Like any other apps, you simple download it and sign up, the only significant difference is the need for a credit card. So make sure you have one (=^ェ^=)

Upon successful sign-up, I received an SMS and an email simultaneously. Which is kinda cool, and the message was crafted in a very friendly tone, making you feel welcomed and all. Below is the simple steps of summon your very own one-time chauffeur: 

GPS map is used for setting a pickup location. Press a button and voila! You have summon your very own magical chariot. Actually, this is the part of Uber I like best, what happened was that, once you booked your ride, you immediately get all kinds of information, including: estimated cost, estimated time of arrival, driver's photo, driver's phone number. 

I think they do not have many drivers currently, as we would have to wait for quite some time before our car arrived. We waited for around 15 minutes if I am not mistaken ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯ It was the longest I have ever waited for a booked cab. 

Anyways, our driver arrived in a Toyota Camry after 15 minutes and was quite friendly and polite, which made me less upset afterward. ( It helps that I was in a good mood after a good movie, haha.)

So anyway, we arrived home safe and sound ( It can be quite dangerous for two short girls to travel late night in Kuala Lumpur.) And I was pleasantly surprised to find in my inbox soon afterwards a receipt with complete details of my journey. Really like this as it can be used as a reference next time I wanna use their service again. Also included was a link in case you left anything on the car, quite thoughtful, eh?

Here's my receipt :)

In summary, here are the pros and cons of Uber:

Pros

• Easy and hassle-free. If you have internet on your smartphone then you are good to go.
• Reputable and safe. Hey you only got one life ok?
• Comfortable and swag. (This is also my criteria for a good pair of shoes (ˆڡˆ)v )
• Very good user experience. I mentioned this before, and personally, this is a very important criteria for me when choosing any service.

Cons

• Expensive. I mean, if you insist on comparing this to the subpar public transport system here in KL then fine, yes it is expensive. Base fare is RM7, with additional RM0.30 per minute and RM2 every km
• You might need to wait for quite a while depending on where their available driver is ┐( ˘_˘)┌
• Only available for people with a data plan, a smartphone, and a credit card. But I don't think this is an issue as they have a very specific target audience. 

Lat but not least, here's a goodie for you!

Simply key in the promo code below when booking your ride and receive RM30 off your first ride ◉‿◉

kz47p

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Big Bad Wolf Book Sale

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2013 Malaysia

Guess where was I 5 hours before I was supposed to go to work on Sunday?

-- Book sales!. I know, I am such a genius. That photo was taken at like 2am, can you see the crowd? What's wrong with these people? don't they have to go to work and study or something? Well, I ended up dragging my feet to work today and looked like I was gonna past out anytime. 

Seriously, ever since my ever-so-lovely roomie told me that we are turning 25 next year, I can literally feel the age creeping up from behind. Like, I can't stay up all night now, and my skin is more sensitive now. urgh. this is turning into some kind of mini crisis.

I digress.

Anyway, this is my first time going to a 24 hours book sale. And I was loving it! I love all shops that open 24-hours. One of my fondest memories in Singapore was the 24-hours supermarket near my house. Buying groceries in the middle of night is such a brilliant idea.

I digress. Again.

You should just check out their website yourself if you do not already know what I am talking about. 

I was slightly disappointed that I couldn't find the complete Eragon series. Maybe I should really order them from Amazon instead ಠ_ಠ

Here's our loot-->

Look what I found!!

I am such a Star Wars geek. I scream in joy (literally) when I found this gem among the mountains of papers that was trying to separate us. I then grab on to it and refused to let go like a three years old. (◡ ‿ ◡ ✿) My life is now complete.

If you are around Kuala Lumpur, make sure to check it out!  

I posted about a 5-minute blog challenge that I thought was brilliant, and I kinda failed (╥﹏╥)
Should I start again this week? Or should I try to find something else to do? (｀◔ ω ◔´)

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