Our book launch has been a success!
launch gimmick
All the hard work put into preparing for the book launch has paid off. We had over 100 guests and the 100 books in the MPH Mid Valley outlet were sold out shortly after the launch. According to MPH staff, this has never happened before at a book launch. Wow.
Pelf has skillfully related the sequence of events at the launch in her personal blogspot, hence I will not repeat it. Just click at the site below for her complete narration:
http://chenpn.com/2010/10/05/the-launching-of-little-turtle-messenger/
The launch gimmick was quite a hit. Thanks again to Joanne Low of MPH who gave me the idea. It took me almost 3 days to complete sewing the meter long turtle and Maya, improvising as I went along. Here is the end result:
Maya and the turtle
Maya and the turtle
One of my ex-classmates said our art teacher would have given me an “A.” Later there were people who wanted to know where they could buy the turtle.
As always there were last minute preparations to be made. The day before, we had gone to have a look at the Pulitzer Corner in MPH Mid Valley where the launch was to take place. We noticed a screen by the side of the stage and immediately came up with the idea to have a powerpoint presentation that would run by itself. This decision saw me collating slides and writing captions till the wee hours. The next morning, Lim added some cute turtle hatchling pictures he had taken during his marine turtle volunteering days in Redang Island.
The launch owes its success to MPH, our special guests, friends, supporters, ex-volunteers and family who turned up to show their support. Special thanks are accorded to:
- Ivy Tan of MPH who approved the launch and Julia who arranged the venue, date and other aspects of the launch. Raj and Pija were at the venue to help us.
- Our special guests Tan Sri Dr. Salleh Mohd Nor and Pn Sri Habibah, Tan Sri Mustaffa Babjee, Dato’ Dr. Dionysius Sharma, Datin Ho and Mr Gangaram.
- Sean Augustin and his photographer from the New Straits Times and Nur Fadzillah and her crew from TV3.
- Azimi and Paul from HOPE (Help Our Penyu).
- Ruth and Daniel from ReefCheck Malaysia.
- All my former classmates, friends, ex-volunteers and ex-UMT students.
- My son Jeremy, sister Goot Heng and brother-in-law Prof. Cheah.
- Friends of Pelf and Yisin.
- Lim Puay Aun who let us stay in his house and drove us everywhere and managed the orgami session.
- Pelf who “emceed” and helped organise the event.
- Volunteer photographers Jacky Phang and Jeremy Teoh.
- Volunteers (Meg Perry, Adam, Evelyn, etc.) who assisted us before and during the launch.
Enjoy the many wonderful moments of the launch captured in these facebook pages:
