Sunday, July 22, 2007

Magical Fun Day

Last Saturday, the event that took more than 3 months of planning and prepration was finally executed. It's the largest event for my company's Sports & Social Club headed by yours truly since it involved not only our employees but their family members as well. This kind of event is commonly known as Family Day but as not to offend our single employees, we decided to name it Magical Fun Day instead. Our event took up the entire LG Floor of Cineleisure, Mutiara Damansara to accomodate nearly 600 people.

Loads of fun-filled activities and entertainment were made available for adults and kids from Walk Hunt, game stalls, petting zoo and stage games with over 200 prizes given away on that day. Celebrity MC on that day, Naz of My Australian Advanture tv program did a great job coordinating the stage games and the crowd entertained but what I noticed the most was his peculiar laugh. I am already considering him as MC for our Annual Dinner & Dance in November.
All photos are by Roland Hashim

The finale of the day was watching movies Harry Potter and Surf's Up where 3 cinema halls was reserved for this. I am never a fan of Harry Potter, the book series what more the movies, so I opted to take a nap during the remaining one and half hour of the movie. After the movie ended, we revealed the last surprise to the employees and their families. We had placed lucky draw envelopes under the movie seats and I remembered the suprise look on their faces when we asked them to remain in their seats at the end of the movie and check for an envelope under their seats. It was absolutely thrilling.....

I am relief this is over after sleepless nights worrying about the event. But I am thankful for the support and commitment given by my committee members in making realizing this event. Although there were some issues cropped up at the last minute especially from the Cineleisure Management who decided to impose some ridiculous restrictions and requests at the last minute at our expense, we managed to iron it out. Although this is over, I am now already working on the project timeline for our next event, Motor Hunt which is about a month away. Since I will be on leave for more than a week next month, got to leave some 'amanat' to my committee members to do the follow ups. We have unofficially informed the employees about this upcominng event and they are excited about it. Hopefully this one will be another success for our Sports & Social Club.

Friday, July 13, 2007

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A Noble Cause

I got to know some time last week I have been tagged. Alamak....not again! But when I saw the purpose of this tag is for a noble charitable cause, I decided to do my bit - the least I could do. This project is the brainchild of Blogger Idham where he will donate RM127 to Darul Izzah Orphanage, Bangi on behalf of every person who completes this meme no later than August 26.

The Rule
If you are tagged, you need to write an entry related to the meme. At the end of the entry, you just need to tag as many person as you like. You will then leave a comment in their blog to let them know they have been tagged. And to include this message, "By doing this meme you are contributing RM127 to the Darul Izzah Orphanage". Then please copy and paste this rule somewhere in your entry.

The meme is about completing at least 17 out of the following 27 sentences.....

1. A person is only as good as SHE OR HE GETS

2. Friendship is always UNCONDITIONAL ONLY WHEN IT STARTS WITH SINCERETY AT HEART

3. To love is TO ACCEPT SOMEONE WITH HIS OR HER IMPERFECTIONS

4. Money makes me WORK HARD BECAUSE "SEE #19"

5. I miss MY LATE ABAH AND ONYANG

6. My way of saying I care is by BEING THERE DURING GOOD AND ESPECIALLY BAD TIMES

7. I try to spread love and happiness by LOVING AND HAPPY WITH MYSELF FIRST

8. Pick the flowers when IT IS FOR A GOOD REASON

9. To love someone is to SHOW IT MORE THAN JUST SAYING THE 3 WORDS

10. Beauty is IN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING, JUST FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

11. When I was 13, what I remember the most - INAPPROPRIATE TO TELL BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN MY LIFE

12. When I was 21, I remember RECEVING MY FIRTS MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

13. I am most happy when THINGS GO MY WAY

14. Nothing makes me happier than KNOWING THAT I HAVE CONTRIBUTED OR PART OF SOMETHING GOOD

15. If I can change one thing, I will not change NOT ONE SINGLE THING

16. If smiles were AS CONTAGIOUS AS LAUGHTER, then I WILL SPREAD IT LIKE WILDFIRE

17. Wouldn't it be nice if we could BE LESS JUGDEMENTAL OF OTHERS DIFFERENT FROM US

18. If you want to have INNER PEACE, then STOP FRETTING ON SMALL STUFFS

19. Money is not everything but EVERYTHING NEEDS MONEY

20. The most touching moment I have experienced was WHEN MY LOVED ONES ABANDONED THEIR PLANS AND WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING TO BE WITH ME AT THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS THERE MERELY FOR A MEDICAL CHECK UP AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT

21. I smile when MY HEART SMILES

22. When I am happy, I SUGGEST YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME

23. If only I don't have to BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY OWN ACTION, then SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE IN DEEP TROUBLE.

24. The best thing I did yesterday was LENDING MY EARS TO SOME FRIENDS AND LISTENING TO THEIR PROBLEMS

25. If I ever write a book, I will give it this title, "DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS"

26. One thing I must do before I die is to live EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE MY LAST

27. Doing this meme, I feel like "SEE #14"

To keep the ball rolling, I am selecting the following bloggers to do their bit of "Tagged For Charity". So folks, the ball is now in your court:-

1. Bila Pena Menari

2. Scusi! Sono Smaritto

3. Shahril Aley

Sunday, July 01, 2007

The Week That Was

Khamis lalu aku ke Rebung sekali lagi tetapi, bukan untuk 'mengintai' si Abang Astronaut tetapi untuk dinner dengan seorang former blogger, Dirtypap. Ini pun secara kebetulan apabila aku menghantar sms kepadanya minggu sebelumnya untuk bertanya khabar after he decided to put his blog "Perjalanan Hidup" to rest dan memberitahu aku dia berada di Johor pada waktu itu dan akan ke KL a few days later for a seminar. So, we agreed to meet and this time, I invited Xis, Bila Pena Menari to join us menjadikan dia blogger yang kedua bertemu dengan Dirtypap in flesh selepas yours truly. From my office building, where headed to Rebung in Xis's car. Instead of buffet dinner, this time I opted for ala carte Nasi Goreng Kampung (spicy one) sementara Xis dan Dirtypap ordered Nasi Goreng Special Rebung. Pilihan ala carte sememangnya tak banyak tetapi yang menarik di sini nama-nama air minumannya memang unik, Janda Pulang, Mayang Sari and a few more tetapi aku dan Xis chose Syrup Sarbat with cinnamon whilst Pap settled with a more common drink, Iced Lemon Tea. Geram juga aku dengan mereka berdua ni tak adventurous mencuba buffet dinner. Yang seorang berdiet dan seorang lagi memang jenis tak makan banyak. Haiyoooo....Both of them skipped desert but I had pengat pisang. Memang dah lama nak makan pengat pisang but everytime datang ke sini, pengat lain yang ada. It was a lucky night for Xis as Rebung played Kak Pah's songs that night although in between adalah suara-suara sumbang dari guests yang menyanyi karaoke till at a point we literally covered our ears...pitching lari ler....

Soalan cepumas yang ditanya kepada Pap of courselah kenapa dia decided to put blog 'Perjalanan Hidup'nya to rest. Alasannya tiada apa yang nak diceritakan. Xis dan aku 'lectured' Pap kalau ya pun takkan sampai delete, at least change permission setting tu just in case tiba-tiba terasa nak sambung aktiviti blogging. Sayang effort yang dah dibuat menulis dan merias blog tu. Anyhow, rice dah jadi porridge, nak buat camna. Jenuh bersembang dan berbual dari satu topik ke satu topik, tak sedar waktu berlalu hingga hampir 12 malam. Cashier pun dah datang minta bayaran sebab nak tutup buku dan start serve nasi lemak panas (Pada hari Khamis hingga Sabtu dari pukul 11 p.m. hingga 2 a.m., di Rebung, nasi lemak panas dan teh tarik available at hawker's price - promote ler ni). We dropped by at KL Sentral for Pap to pick up his bags and after Xis sent us back to my car parked near the office, aku menghantar Pap ke condo rakannya di Vista Angkasa. I felt sorry for Pap juga sebab perancangannya untuk menyambung Masters di UM dan move back to KL tidak kesampaian. Mungkin khidmat murninya masih diperlukan oleh penduduk Labuan....sabar dan tawakal aje Pap. Ada hikmah di sebaliknya.....
On Saturday night, aku menghadiri wedding adik colleague aku di Brickfields. Another Indian wedding tetapi kali ini tiada wedding rituals, hanya wedding reception sahaja. Mula-mula tu bercadang nak pakai sari yang dihadiahkan oleh seorang rakan dari Chennai tetapi tak sempat pula nak menghantar sari itu untuk dijahit. Last-last pakai sahaja dress dan kebaya dari Thai silk yang sudah lama terperap dalam wardrobe. Nasib baik muat lagi though I have put on a couple of kilos. My colleagues and I car pooled from our office and arrived at the wedding venue, a hall in the compound of Buddhist Temple about 9 pm. Bila kami sampai sahaja, terasa overdressed pula sebab ramai juga guests yang dressed so casually in jeans and T-shirts especially Cha Ya Nun Alif. Isykh...macam tak hormat the host aje those yang do not bother to dress appropriately ke majlis orang. Anyways, selepas makan nasi beriyani yang sememangnya sedap walaupun aku hanya jamah sedikit sebab dah had dinner earlier, kami beredar dalam pukul 10 pm. On the way balik, ada pula yang suggest singgah di mamak for teh tarik. Hilang akal agaknya diorang ni pergi ke mamak in those attire!

On Sunday pula, around 10 am aku dah ke The Curve mencari buah tangan untuk housewarming a friend di Cheras. Dah terlalu lama tak bersua muka dengan rakan aku ni, hanya occasional phone calls dan e-mails sahaja menjadi penghubung. So, when I received an e-mail invitation from her to a housewarming at her newly built house, aku luangkan masa untuk hadir walaupun aku sebenarnya memang tak tahu jalan ke Cheras. So there I was making my way to Cheras based on the direction she gave, main bulldozed aje. I finally arrived at a 3-storey bungalow house, the one and only there and gave her a call just to make sure I was at the right house. Alhamdulillah, begitu murah rezeki dia sekeluarga, dari duduk di apartment, sudah mampu membina rumah bungalow. After a tour of the bungalow dan menjamah makanan yang sedap, siap ada sambal tempoyak yang dibuat oleh ibu mentua kawan aku ini, aku meminta diri untuk temujanji with Hazura di Dome, Subang Parade. We had casual chat over drinks about the latest updates and gossips continued with dinner at Gazebo. We all jumpa agak often juga tapi still masih banyak yang nak dicerita-ceriti. It was already almost 9 pm by the time we knocked off for the day.

It has been an eventful week with too much excitement tetapi tidak sunyi dari dugaan dan kesedihan. Tomorrow is the start of another working week.....God knows what's in store for me....