More than 150 strong crowd braved the crazy traffic jam in Kuala Lumpur on 12 March 2014 (Wednesday), with a few of them coming from Singapore, and arrived in Swiss Garden Hotel on time to help make my debut astrophotography talk a resounding success! The plan was to host just 30 pax initially and we have prepared more than 50 chairs just in case but we knew we needed many more chairs 15 minutes prior the talk as we saw more participants coming in. Hotel staffs were quick to fill the room with the chairs to try to get everyone seated just so the talk can commence in time. The two hours talk didn't felt that long because of the positive responses, laughter and interactions from the curious crowd, which turned a potentially boring talk into a memorable one. I will definitely want to host my next talk in KL again! The above Carina Nebula image was published in my Facebook wall on the same day morning before I flew to KL to host my talk in the evening. Check out the event pictures taken ...