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The crowd was amazing for an IT event. Lots of booths as well.

>> Fast forward >>

In between talks and more boring talks, there were side events. Those organized by sponsors and other companies such as Jaring, O2, DOPOD, and few more Murali can't remember because they are not important in this story. One particular event held on this very stage below , was organized by DOPOD. They started off by introducing the company's history, mission, bla bla bla.

The stage

Since most of the side events had gifts thrown away,Murali being a typical Malaysian, edged closer to the stage. He thought maybe, just maybe, it's his lucky day. Then it happened, the magical moment.

The MC announced that they would be giving a PRIZE. *Jeng Jeng Jeng*
This event was for those without a windows based phone. Murali qualifies. Yay !

"Who is willing to come up stage and SMASH their phone ? " - he screamed into the microphone. The next moment the guy next to Murali says "Waaahh.. u sure wanna smash ur phone ah ?" Murali looked up and true enough his hand was waving like mad in the air. Holy. His brain jammed. Then he looked around thinking he was the only nutcase who was willing to smash his phone.

Unfortunately, he saw more hands in the air than he expected. Even the MC was taken by surprise.

"Waaaahh, you people understood what I said or not? Must smash your phone !! "

"Too many people , I will ask you a question , your answer correctly then you may decide if you really wanna smash your phone"

"Everyone please put down your hand."

"The question is - How many Dopod model phones are in the market ?"

He freaking knew the answer because rather than the thought of smashing his phone as the challenge, he was hoping they would be asking simple questions like that. His hand shot up again and he knew the MC saw him. He started to hop/jump like a lil rabbit. A cacated lil rabbit to be exact. His brain was screaming 'PICK ME, PICK ME"

"Yes , you. Whats the answer ?"

Without skipping a breath, he confidently said '8'.

Silence. The MC looked at the DOPOD guy, DOPOD guy starts poking finger in the air and mumble jumbles something and smile.

"Yes. You are correct.The answer is 8."

He swears , the few seconds the dopod guy took to confirm his answer, he felt like running up the stage and smashing the dopod guy instead. Despite being a person brimming with confidence, his legs were rather wobbly and his hands were shivering.

The MC then read aloud the disclaimer " We shall not be liable for the damage you caused. This action is strictly your decision and we had nothing to do with you smashing your phone"

A bit too late Murali thought to himself.
The crowd laughed. Very funny.
It was hard being on stage smashing the phone that served him so well over the years. He felt like crying. His beloved 3310. The wonderphone he called it. More like brick phone. You could kill anyone with it.

Wrapped it with a piece of white cloth so that the pieces would not fly off and hurt another person. A hammer in hand, the crowd cheering and the MC backing off, the time has come and there was no turning back.

The challenge - Hit as hard as you can , 5 times. Make sure the phone breaks !

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG.....

This is the FUNNIEST part. MC looks in disbelief and shows the phone to the crowd.

"Wei bang properly la, why never break one ? " - the MC looks at Murali.
" Bang properly dee, 3310 very strong leh..."

Crowd starts chanting. " Another 5 times. Another 5 times.". Holy.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG.....

The phone after 10 bangs. The only thing broken was the LCD and battery.

>>The PRIZE>>

The latest Dopod product - DOPOD 838 Pro worth RM 3200 in the market ( at that time). Worth every single BANG on his 3310. Check out more details on dopod site