The ones I can spot: @scamboy, @nikicheong, @manda_lew, @smashpop, @friedbeef, @benjicajess, @joshlim, @bryanlyt, @elainedaly, @willsquah. Photo from Dustyhawk. More photos from him here.

Kuala Lumpur’s biggest Twitter gathering/party, Twestival KL was held recently and I was there! Look carefully, the handsome one in the center above, dark glasses, right below the girl with the hat.

Check out more photos @smashpop's blog.

The event attracted over 200 people and raised about RM11,000 for Destiny Starting Point, the chosen charity for the event. TwestivalKL is part of the global Twestivals.

What are Twestivals? A Twestival or Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales, which bring people offline for a great cause.  Twestival is run 100% by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit; although the organizing teams do work closely to outline an achievable and measurable fundraising target.  Twestival also sets out to identify key skills of volunteers and match these with the needs of the cause; particularly communications strategy, tech integration and social media training.  Twestival Local takes place in cities around the world : 10-13 September 2009. From: http://twestival.com/twestival-local-2009/

So what do people do at these gatherings?

• Camwhore! Many DSLRs, cameraphones and point and shoot cameras were seen.
• Tweet! Check it here: #twestivalkl
• Eat & Drink: 1901 Hotdogs, New Zealand Natural Ice Cream (my fav), Tiger Beer
• Talk: Because it’s fun to talk in real life too!

So…in conclusion:

I’m surprised how many people there I knew who tweet. Including those that I follow, and those that I didn’t know who tweeted.

Strangely enough, I did not tweet while there (though I did add someone to my follow list). In the interest of not letting Twitter take up all my free time, I mainly only tweet from the web (not on my mobile).

All in all, it was a great event for a great cause.

Congratulations to @nikicheong, @ling_chan, @radianceleong, @suanie and more (I don’t know all your names, unfortunately) for a job well done organizing the event. Also thanks to the sponsors: @1901HotDogs, @AirAsiaBlog, @AirAsiaDotCom, @BoostMalaysia, @CzipLee, @DiGi_Telco, @Lenovo_MY, @littletrinketco, @MistClubBangsar, @nznMY, @pokenasia, @RawPixelStudios, @StarbucksMY, @Text100MY, @TheCupcakeChic, @TheStar_RAGE

Lastly, you want to follow @joshlim on Twitter. Be my #789th follower and beyond!