Just mere hours ago, I attended the Pre-Twestival Dinner at Kitaro Japanese Restaurant in Gadong. I was so not prepared for such a crowd!

If you're on Twitter, then you'd probably notice the flood of tweets on the first ever Twestival Brunei. The Twestival Brunei 2011 is THE biggest social media event to be organized in Brunei.

The Twestival Brunei 2011 is an offline gathering amongst friends and soon-to-be friends on Twitter, with fun and food, in an effort to raise funds for the Child Development Centre (CDC).

It will be held on Thursday, 24th March 2011, at Swensens, The Mall Gadong. This first-of-more-to-come event is organized by three of the most visible personalities on Twitter; BruneiTweet, EmmaGoodEgg and Zul-Fadly.

And tonight, I had the pleasure of meeting the team behind Twestival Brunei 2011 and many others, at the Pre-Twestival Dinner held at Kitaro Japanese Restaurant.

It was really awesome to finally meet most of those whose tweets I read every day since the day I joined Twitter. I was all nerves and excitement too, because it's like, I'm meeting people I've never seen before, and yet, I know I'm also meeting friends.

And the Kitaro Sumo Challenge was so entertaining to watch too! I mean, imagine a row of people, gobbling up rows of sushi filled with wasabi as fast as they can to finish first. 

The winner of this round was DJ Angel of UBDfm, with an astounding record of just under 3 minutes! She's the one seated on the far left. That's just crazy! Do you think YOU can finish 10 (or was it 20?) wasabi-filled sushis in under 3 minutes???

Oh man. What a night! 

I didn't have the guts to join this challenge, because I don't think I can manage wasabi very well! But I did my part by ordering the special Angry Birds bento set, that was made especially for this event. 

Proceeds from the full-house restaurant will go towards the purchase of developmental toys, teaching aids and equipments for the children who undertake therapy at the Child Development Centre. 

And I was more than happy to eat and contribute my share. :)

Now, the dinner at Kitaro was just a prelude. The REAL event will be at Swensens this Thursday, where proceeds for that night will also be contributed to the Child Development Centre funds. 

I expect another fun-filled evening, especially with an ICE-CREAM Challenge that night. I was told that for the challenge, teams of three people will have to finish a huge ice-cream dish (The Volcano? The Earthquake? Can't remember what it's called), that consists of 8 scoops of 3-ounce ice-cream, in the fastest time possible.

So, if you want to see me stuff my face with ice-cream, get down to Swensens, The Mall Gadong, this Thursday at 7.30pm.

And remember, your money spent there will help the special needs children at the Child Development Centre.

Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date.

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