The Maxis Venus Affair

this week is a week of many nice events :) i just came home from a great event that left me drop dead tired (but happy!! will talk about this one soon), and yesterday another one where i got a free flower, makeover, photos, hand massage and the chance to play around with a new toy… AND in a couple of days i will be on a panel of three bloggers speaking in a forum about blogs and media. sweet! :)

okay but first i’ll talk about the free flower / free makeover / free photos / free hand massage / new toy event :P

because i am a loyal Maxis user, a blogger and a laydeeee (Little Britain reference! will all watchers of Little Britain please raise your hand!), the kind green folks at Maxis recently invited me to their event called The Maxis Venus Affair. it was a 5-day female-focused event held at a few Maxis centers around KL - pampering women and telling them why they should purchase the Maxis Broadband plan ;)

i have always been very curious about the Maxis Broadband thingie, because it’s supposed to be internet wherever you go, yes? okay, i would like that very much for all the times i cannot locate a Wifi location and i’m feeling too stingy to pay for YET ANOTHER mug of Starbucks whatever. so, yes, enthusiastically accept the invite i did!!! and i brought Eeyang with me because he’s an expert on the Maxis Broadband and could educate me throughout the event.

we walked into the KLCC Maxis Centre to see the whole place all decked out in pink. men and women alike were milling around the various booths checking out stuff. it was like a mini-fair of sorts where Dell was showcasing their new laptops, AsterSpring were giving out free makeovers and hand massages, and then the Canon one where we could take pictures of ourselves with the new Canon Ixus, and have them print them out pronto with those portable photo-printers.

photos of us being printed! i so covet one of these printers. spot the happy gerbera next to my face

then they had a promotion going on with Dell, where if you purchased the Maxis Broadband plan, you’d get a nice fat discount on a Dell Inspiron laptop. c’est moi with the PINK laptop that comes with a pink mouse! Martian has this laptop in black, and so i believe it is only natural that i get the pink one too. eh baby what you think!! spot the happy gerbera next to my face again

this is the focal point of the day on display - the Maxis Broadband USB modem. plug it into your laptop, instant internet access :) no cables, no installation, no phone lines. oohers.

i purposely brought my laptop there just to test out the mini modem. hahaha. and it’s awesome, i love the fact that it gives me instant internet connection anywhere at all. speed is good, but i’m not very sure how smooth the connection is. eeyang tells me it drops depending on location, more so since i live in a condo. but tempting product nevertheless; i’m strongly considering getting one for those crucial internet-less times, and especially during the times when Martian comes back to visit and we have to pay through our noses for hotel broadband if we want to go online :\ RM 70 for 1 day’s internet, you kidding me ah!

Maxis Broadband is RM 118 per month for Maxis users! i was quite surprised because i thought it was going to be more expensive. it’s almost the same price as my broadband at home. hmm obviously this wireless broadband is not as stable or fast as a local access point broadband connection lah, but the key here is that i’d be paying not for stability, but for coverage and portability. definitely something i’d consider :)

i didn’t go home with a Maxis Broadband modem that day. but i did go home with many free things, hahaha, like a free hand massage! and all those flowers.

okay i’m very, very sleepy now. i just want to say that i’m really happy that all these blogger-related events are popping up :) much fun. can’t wait to blog about today’s (secret!) event and this wednesday’s forum! the Ringha pictures have to wait, it seems.

43 comments April 6th, 2008