Wednesday, October 14, 2009
American Dream
While I was on night shift this whole week, I received a call from one of the IT admin in Milpitas. After talking to him for a while that I realized who he was. No wonder there were a couple of time when I heard him say, Sinlin right? How're ya doing?.... Is that Sinlin? How has it been?
I was totally ignoring him.. :p I felt so bad that I couldn't recognized his voice. To think we used to hang out a lot when I was there. Sorry, Charles a.k.a. Grumpy. :p

One of the best and memorable 2 months of my life. Even now, it still felt a like a dream. I remembered when my boss sat me down and asked me if I were interested to go on a business trip to Milpitas, North America. I didn't wanna go in the first place as I just got back from Germany and there was the rollout of the project that I was there for. Not only that, I also realized that the previous batch that was there were from a different team, I would be taking up their role if I were to accept. There would definitely be some uproar later on. Don't really want any trouble. But my boss managed to convinced me to go which I'm very grateful for as that was the last business trip before the big economic downturn.

So there I was on a plane to the States on an April morning, together with my colleague, Punitha. We were chauffeured to the KL International Airport by the company hired limo early that morning. I was so excited I couldn't sleep. 2 months, man, 2 whole months!

All the years of watching American series and movies while growing up - from Saved By the Bell to Beverly Hills 90210 to any Hollywood movies showing now, I've never imagined I was able to go there. Well.. maybe later in life, you know.. when i'm old... when I have enough dough... just old... :p

Anywho, the life there for 2 whole months would be utterly boring if not for the friends that we've made when we were there. First you have Punitha's cousin, Jai and his wife, Vicky who were super nice and kind to pick us up from San Jose Airport and took us in during the weekends there. Being unable to drive there does not make it easy for us to get around. We spent every weekend for the month of April at their lovely home in Livermore. I even get a chance to visit an Indian temple there (Haha.. at Malaysia berlambak but never go also...). Vicky borrowed me her Punjabi suit for the occasion. We get to attend both their wedding receptions as well, one was held on a hill top in Oakland and another at the temple back in Livermore. Some weekends they drove us to places like Walnut Creek and San Francisco (..saw Alcatraz from Pier 39, Lombard Street from top view, the Palace of Fine Arts, the famous Full House town houses and Hooters :p ).


With Jai and Vicky at their wedding reception in Oakland


Wedding Reception at Livermore Indian Temple


Of course we have our dear friend and colleague, Trung and his lovely wife, Truc and son, Tommy and the rest of his family and Truc's sister, My to thank for. Trung is the teamlead for the NA Desktop team in Milpitas. He and Charles will bring us out for lunch every day. Sometimes it will just be him and sometimes it'll just be Charles. At days when he's free, we'll go over to his place to hang out. The first time we went to his house was a funny story. Being a foreigner cum tourist in NA, gave me the license to bring my camera anywhere and take as many photos as I want including flowers on the pathway... police cars... lamp posts... sign boards... you name it! Trung always call us weird for doing that. One day, he decided to bring us out for dinner. But before that, he had to stop and pick up his wife and son. When we turn a corner, we came to this housing area where the houses are so tall and beautiful. I was trying hard to take some photos whilst the car was moving. So, he told us that he'll stop somewhere for us get off to take some really good photos but we have to hurry in case anyone spot us and calls the police. He stopped the car and got out. While we were busy taking photos, he took his bag and walked up to a house. His house. And we thought.... (>___<)
Us and the Le family - Trung, Truc and Tommy (Tiger coming soon... :p)


Girls' Day Out!

Truc and My took us shopping once. It was like a girls' day out and it was fun! We even stopped at a garage sale on the way. I think I got a "Scanner Darkly" DVD for a dollar and 2 bracelets. Punitha got herself 2 pairs of shoes. After shopping, we went out with Truc's mum... for more shopping. We had Vietnamese cuisine for dinner that evening, courtesy of Chef Trung. He was busy preparing dinner while we were out with Truc. Afterwards, we had karaoke before going to "Coffee Bean".One time, they even brought us to Chuck E Cheese. Fun place! It serves buffet (pizza!!!) and the dining area was surrounded by arcade machines.

Ralph's truck

Mike Jones, Charles and twin... oops I meant, twin and Charles :p


Clockwise: Charles, Me, Punitha, Maria, Nikhil, Mike

Stanford University... I feel smarter already...

Soon enough, we started to hang out with more people from office -- Ralph (drove us around San Jose town in his pink/purple truck), Michael a.k.a. Mike "Butch", Boris, Nikhil a.k.a. Salman Khan (he really does look like Salman Khan..) and Maria (an intern from Russia). We had so much fun with them too. They brought us to the Golden Gate Bridge, Stinson Beach, Stanford University, Santana Row and the Cheese Cake Factory in Palo Alto. We made a couple of pit stops on our way to Stinson Beach -- the Golden Gate bridge, with the cold wind blowing in your hair, it's simply amazing just to be standing there; Bird Island and a viewpoint as Maria was getting a lil bit dizzy due to the winding road up (yeah, you have to drive uphill then downhill again to get to the beach). One time, we got lost during our way up to Vista viewpoint and later again when we're coming down. On another occasion, Mike's car brokedown when we went to Standford. It turned out that his car was leaking. He managed to drive the car to Palo Alto but had to tow it back to San Jose while the rest of us took a cab home.

Boris and Mike

The Golden Gate Bridge and me

The grand highlight of our business trip was our long weekend trip to LA. Lucky us, we had a Monday off while we were there. It was the Memorial Day weekend. Having 3 days off including Saturday and Sunday, we decided to plan a trip to Disneyland, Universal Studios and Los Angeles city. I managed to book a hotel room and get flight tickets at a very reasonable price, a month ahead. So on that Friday evening 22nd of May, we're off! Trung drove us to the airport and we took Jetblue airlines to Long Beach airport. They actually serve blue chips on Jetblue flights. Our hotel in Anaheim is about 15 minutes walk to Disneyland.

Disneyland is the one place on Earth that I definitely want to visit again and again and again and... again! I was really really really really really excited that day. I've never been soooo happy my whole life! It's definitely the most happiest place on Earth! Probably it's because it has been my childhood dream to go to Disneyland. I remember always opening the Disney world map and just staring at all the highlighted Disney castles on the map. Or probably they pump happy gas at the theme park :p. We did so many crazy stuff there. Ride on nearly every rides (...we got this Dream fastpass at Mickey's barn that enables us to go on rides without the need to wait in-line... ), saw all the parades, took pictures with nearly all characters we can find (the only one we missed was Buzz Lightyear cause he has to head back to command center.. or so they say...) -- We were practically there from 8am when it opens and left at 12.30am after it closes... hoho... oh, we did went over to California Theme Park for a few hours. It's just NOT enough time!!! Camera status: 1000++ photos. After that, we had this little adventure of our own -- the bus dropped us at the wrong hotel and drove off! We wanted to walk back but after walking in circles for a while, we had to ask the receptionist of a nearby hotel to get us a cab to get back.

Universal Studio was another great place to go too.. again and again! We were lucky to be there before the big fire destroys the buildings exactly a week after that. The tour bus took us there. We had a bit mishap at the entrance due to some miscommunication with the tour guide. We managed to be escorted in later after the staff spoke to the tour agency. We took a studio tour that brought us down New York street, to the set of the classic "Psycho" Bates motel, Wisteria lane from Desperate Housewives, Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, to the set of Jaws, King Kong and Back to the Future. Not forgetting the NBC, Heroes and Hulk stages/studios. And the terrifying feeling when you wait in line for the Mummy ride. They made you wait so long that you went from scared to terrified to horrified to drop-dead-piss-in-your-pants-terrified to bored to scared again to.. the circle just repeats itself. As the tour to Universal Studios ended earlier, we decided to take a bus to Downtown Disneyland for more shopping.

Our last day there was spent on a half day trip around LA. We went to the main city which was a bit dead due to the public holiday. We passed Johnny Depp's club, Chinatown, the Wax Museum, Disney's Concert Hall and Beverly Hills to checked out the movie stars' houses.(hehe.. typical tourist. House also want to see...).. We only stopped at the tourist spots like the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Kodak Theatre and Rodeo Drive.

The Happiest Place on Earth


Lights! Camera! Action! Universal Studios LA.


Famous prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre

The last week in Milpitas was spent moping around. The thought of us finally leaving was just too much to bear. Of course we missed our families and friends but....sigh... We had 2 farewell dinners -- One from the guys from office and another from the management which includes some IT admins too. We went around taking photos with each and every one we know during our last day. Trung took us out for our "last lunch" together (oh this was the day before... he went on leave during our last day...hmmph!) and Charles took us for some last minute shopping and dinner. We went out for supper after that with Jai and Vicky. Truly a sad... sad... day. Mike and Boris came over the next morning to have breakfast with us before we leave for the airport.

Department dinner at House of Siam

For me, I've made many friends there that I will cherish for a long time. Friends like Jai, Vicky, Trung, Truc, My (Truc's sister), Charles, Mike, Boris, Maria, Lorn, Nikhil, Mike Jones and Mike (Mike and Mike), Ralph (the donut guy), Saleem, Lynda, Henry Chen, colleagues like Wesley, Harry Go and also the coffee machine, the snack machine (had my last Cliff bar... they're out of my favs: Banana nut), our cubicle #12093, Charles's Jeep (that we are so familiar with already), our hotel room in Homestead and our little kitchen area in the room. It just breaks your heart to think that you will never see them anymore... I wonder if they will remember us.

A lot of things have changed after we got back. It's been more than a year now... Maria has gone back to Germany/Russia, Trung and Truc is going to have a baby boy soon, Mike has got himself a steady girlfriend :p and the King Kong attraction in Universal Studios was burnt down... hehe... Not sure what went wrong exactly, maybe it's just me but... we don't even chat with each other anymore. I had a great time hanging out with Punitha when we were there -- cooking, shopping, laundry, working... we did a lot of things together. Although we sometimes don't see eye-to-eye but things do worked out well, in the end.

Oh well... 2 months and things are back to where we left off. By the way, did I mentioned I got to watch Ironman with no subtitles? Hehe...

 
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I am a honey bee...
I am a honey bee, shun out from the colony and they won't let me in...
That's what has been playing in my head for a couple of weeks now. Together with songs that goes like *ahem*.... "You were sitting at the coffee table where you're reading Kierkegaard... Minutes later, you proceeded to say something that almost broke my heart..."

For those who doesn't know, the singer is non other than Malaysia's very own Zee Avi. Her music is simple mixture of jazz and ukulele melodies with simple straightforward lyrics. It's pretty down to earth and are easy on the ears.


You can see her poster outside of Speedy Music Store in Mahkota Parade with the captions "And she's Malaysian!". Truthfully, that was what had caught my eye in the first place. Interested, I went home and googled about her. How Zee Avi came to record her debut album in LA was quite a story. Born Izyan Alirahman in Miri, Sarawak which all of you would know it's in Malaysia (haha... mat saleh website put "...on the island of Borneo" which is also true but that made it sound like it's not from Malaysia... hehe), Zee Avi became famous when she uploaded a video recording a song she wrote on youtube for a friend to comment. Earlier she had wanted to remove it once he has seen it but her friend advised her to leave it up for a while and soon it began to gather some fans.

According to her official webpage, the day before her 22nd birthday, she posted what she intended to be her last video called, "No Christmas for Me" which was later included in "A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1 - This Warm December".



By the time she checked her e-mail, Zee Avi had almost 3,000 messages including a slew of label offers. One email came from Ian Montone, who had been shown the YouTube clip by Raconteurs' drummer, Patrick Keeler, prompting Montone to get in touch and offer to release her music on the Monotone Label. Soon enough, she's off to LA to record her first album.

Her music has a very unique feel to it especially when it comes to the ukulele part. I'm always a fan of ukulele music. First heard it from an episode of Scrubs, "My Lawyer's in Love" where a cute ukulele girl caught Ted's attention.

Zee Avi with her ukulele

Zee Avi (2009), her debut album, hit #130 US Billboard Hot 200 Chart and #2 US Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart, and sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first 2 weeks of release(as of June 9, 2009) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her first single, "Bitter Heart" spent 3 weeks on Japan's Top 100 Singles chart. It entered the chart at #82 and peaked at #63, where it stayed for 2 weeks. She even had a song, "Monte", featured in the second season finale of Private Practice.


This is the cover of her self titled album with tracks like Bitter heart, Poppy, Honey Bee, Just You and Me and Kantoi.

To most Malaysian, the moment you hear the word Kantoi, you'd be like, "Hey I know what it means...". To those who doesn't, it means "Busted". Something different about "Kantoi" is that it is sung in Manglish - our very own Malaysian-English. Proud or not? Hehe... It's a mixture of the modern Malay language with English which is how it is spoken today. The song talks about a girl finding out that her boyfriend is cheating on her but in the end we know that she's cheating too.... kantoi la...

To listen to more of her music, you can go to http://www.zeeavi.com/music/

Hmm.. all this talk about ukulele, maybe I should go get myself one too... *ponders*
 
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Just kidding, it's just me... But I was pretty shocked this morning when I saw all my photos and layout has been set to inactivity by Photobucket. I had to relogin which luckily I could still remember my password and reupload a picture to reactivate the account.
Yeah... inactivity from March 2008 to October 2009... it's no surprise they've thought I've abandoned it all. So much for my promise to keep updating since the last post... bleh... I'm so in/undisciplined (couldn't decide which is the correct one to use :p)

Anywho, I've been here and there and back again. Still here in Old Malacca Town, still working in the same company, same dept, still driving the same car, still dating the same guy :p, still look the same (minus and plus kilos)... same old... same old... Hehe...

Was wondering, should I do a recap again or shall I post what had happened in the past year as I go along? Hmm.... so tempted to just dump everything in but that'll give me a reason not to update anything in the future. Oh, by the way, thanks to a friend, Jason Tan that I've decided to do an entry today. He's a frequent blogger now. You can visit his blogs at:

Badmintonfreak.com and Kampung Investor

I think I'll update as I go along. Hope this strategy will keep me blogging.... again.
 
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Ba *tut* dai hui jia...

Talk about brain dead! Been squeezing my brain power to the max since yesterday! Guess what time I got home from work yesterday? 1 in the morning???!!! Arrgghh so stress... so many things to do in so little time!!! Haven’t got time to go shopping for the cruise… still need to get sandals and sun block… Darn! Hope to finish everything and leave work early tomorrow to go shopping. Oh yeah, I haven’t allocate time to pack! Nooooo…..


Found this in my office mailbox the other day. Don’t know whether anyone has blogged about it before. Whoever can resist???!!! Googled it up and true enough… Kenny Sia has done it. Well since I was so looking forward to post it, I think he won’t mind me putting this picture up for the enjoyment of those who missed the post earlier. This is really hilarious!


Picture courtesy of Kenny Cheah

I guess the picture says it all… little did this kawaii piggie knows what Shanghai Bank did to its repo. Definitely won’t be getting a job in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines :p It’s just soooooooo wrong. And guess what, they’ve even got a song for it…

Oh god, what have all the pigs becoming to these days~

*thought to self* if the piggie is called PUKI, wonder what do you call the mum? :p

 
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Recap of 2007...

Yooohooo… I’m back… Bet you don’t think I will… hehe… To everyone who has stopped by since the past 2 days, thank you. Sim Yian, we should really go out. Miss hanging out with you girls. Sue, will let you in on the details when we go yum char :p and Ant, thanks. I guess I’ll really keep this up this time. Plus, it helps to improve my English. It’s been going down-the-Melaka-river ever since I started working. Not that I don’t use it everyday, I do but no idea why.

Here’s something that I’ve found online today. I know it’s a tad too late to be posting this but who cares… hehehe it’s MY blog :p

So here goes nothing…

1) Was 2007 a good year for you?
Yeah, it was. My life took a different direction, be it for my career or my life. I've learnt to see things in a different angle and I kinda enjoyed it.

2) What was your favorite moment of the year?
When I decided to buy my first ever figurine with my first paycheck – I got myself the Kingdom Hearts, set of 6 character figurines. Really love it! And I guess when I started dating *teehee* Oh yeah, can't forget my convocation too!

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
The fact that I was not able to go on any vacation at all. I didn’t get to go anywhere after graduation. Missed 2 opportunities to go to Langkawi and Cameron Highlands because I couldn’t get any leaves. Bleh~

4) Where were you when 2007 began?
Partying at Geographers in Jonker… spraying tin foams at my friends and having a great time!

5) Who were you with?
Let’s see (hope I don’t miss anyone out)… Sb, Fx, Chin, Jeremy, Kh, and Tim.

6) Where were you when 2007 ends?
At my friend’s apartment in KL, hanging out with a bunch of friends, chatting and streaming funny videos from YouTube. Here’s some links I think you’d enjoy:

David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition!

Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Hehehe… Silence! I kill you! :p So darn cute!

7) Did you keep your new year’s resolution of 2007?
Hmm… come to think of it, I’ve never had any resolution for 2007, wonder why. Maybe some random goals that I wanted to achieve but that’s another story for another day… hehe

8) Do you have a new year’s resolution for 2008?
Visit more places, meet more people, brush up on my technical skills, get a new PC system, save more money, lost more weight, watch more anime, do more model customizations…

9) Did you fall in love in 2007?
Hehe…

10) Did you break up with anyone in 2007?
Nah…

11) Did you make any new friends in 2007?
Yep, I sure did. In fact, there are quite a number of them.

12) Who are your new friends?
My new colleagues, Tim’s friends and Paik Lyn’s colleagues from Accenture Japan and Korea.

13) What was your favorite month of 2007?
February, March, April, June, August, November

14) Did you travel outside of Malaysia in 2007?
Nope. No vacation since graduation *sobs*

15) How many different countries did you travel to in 2007?
Zero different countries. (Oit these questions are getting on my nerves… Grrr…)

16) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2007?
Yes. A very good friend of mine who passed away due to lung cancer.

17) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yup. There’s Fifi (Q16), Kak Asma from my ex-company (She’s the cook there and I missed her cooking), my ex-colleagues (Carmen, CK, Alan, Yussuf, Gin, Rosa, Kelly, etc) and my Ah kor who's doing his Masters in UK right now (hehe... but he's back for the next few weeks though)

18) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2007?
TRANSFORMERS!!! Best movie ever! Watched it like more than 2 times in cinema and 3 times on DVD when it came out. Yeah, I got the 2-disc DVD special.

19) What was your favorite song you heard in 2007?
Bubbly by Colbie Calliat. Still is. Listens to it nearly everyday, even tried to play it on my guitar (Bad attempt, broke the strings :p)


20) What was your favorite record from 2007?
I guess that would be Hairspray soundtrack. I listened to it the most. And not to forget, Jay Chou’s On The Run album.

21) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2007?
Hehe... Yeah, I guess it’s the most I had in my life :p

22) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2007?
Hell no!

23) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Does an accident count? Well, slipped and fell from a chair in a bar. Malu suit. Thank goodness no one saw. But now everyone knows…

24) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2007?
Not that I have heard of, but then again I’ll never know *ponder*

25) Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?
Have had arguments with my mum. Really sorry :(

26) Did somebody treat you badly in 2007?
Yup, there’s “that somebody”.

27) How much money did you spend in 2007?
I guess a lot coz I’ve got a collection of figurines now.

28) What was your proudest moment of 2007?
Big scale: When my parents watched me go up the stage during my convocation.
Small scale: Winning best dressed during my dept’s Year End Party :p

29) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2007 and change something, what would it be?
I guess 2007 has been a great year for me and I wouldn’t want to change anything about it. Well maybe, just maybe, there’s “that somebody” that I wished I didn’t meet and the holidays that I wished I could’ve gone to. Hehe

30) What are your plans for 2008?
Live my life to the fullest, smile more, have fun and take one day at a time. Still has that resolutions thingy to fulfill :p

 
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Sunday, March 09, 2008
427 days ago...
Hmm… Let’s see, where have I left off? Oh yeah, January 2007. *teehee*

A lot of things had happened since my last update which was like centuries ago. And guess what? I actually forgot my password to access blogger.com. Yep, it’s been THAT long. Now, let’s start with a proper reintroduction. I am the sole owner of .:::bLuePiG:::. It’s true that I’ve been MIA for the past 427 days. Been here and there but still here, rest assured. So, how’s everyone? Hope things are going great. Here’s a list of things that had happened to me for the past 427 days :p

April 2007

  • Quitted my job in KL
  • Left my so-called “KL life” and moved back to Old Malacca town.
  • Got a job at a multinational company in Malacca, doing what I think I should be doing – an IT job (do note that I’ve mentioned the words “what I think I should” >_<)
  • Found someone special :p Happy-ness… nyaaa~

May 2007

  • Still under training at work.
  • Routine has gone back to hanging out with friends on weekends and some weekdays.

June 2007

  • Got myself a new car. Goodbye my beloved White SLK (small little Kancil) and hello Kuroi Myvi.
  • Celebrated sayang’s birthday at Rock & Roll cafe
  • Found out that one of my friends has lung-cancer and he only has 9 months to live.
  • 19 June 2007 – Wafiyuddin aka Fifi (that’s what I used to call him) passed away at 11 in the morning due to lung cancer. Mourned for the lost of a good friend. Was going through my blog and I found a message that he’d left for me when I posted “Back with a huge emo”. He said: (he used to call me cinlin)
Cinlin ..im also coming off a bad weekend masked by some happy activities that i did. Still.. i remember days like these, the neverending rainy days[its still raining here!], but sooner or later u gonna feel good again.
Carpe Diem – it’s Latin for Enjoy life, seize the moment. Life is meant to be awesome :) – Wafi


Yes Fifi. I felt better. Thank you and I've missed you.

  • Released of the long awaited movie – Transformers 2007
  • KL Toy Hunt


July 2007

  • Went ga-ga over Transformers figurines
  • Bought my 1st transformers figure - Ironhide

August 2007

  • Officially graduated from MMU!!! Woohoo…. Had my graduation in Cyberjaya but too bad it rained heavily

Jo, Jon, me and Am after our convocation in Cyberjaya

  • Still going ga-ga over Transformers figurines.
  • Pentium 4 PC went kaput - Now running on Pentium III. Must get a newer and more canggih PC soon!

October 2007

  1. Went to Yong Peng for the weekend. Had barbecue and tanii session.
  2. Released of The Orange Box
  3. My first customization project - Scorponok

Repainted Scorponok (Dry-brushed in silver and copper)

November 2007

  • Celebrated my birthday with sayang at Raffles
  • Completed my Transformers figurine collection

December 2007

  • Organized a Year-End Party celebration with my colleagues themed “Hawaiian Luau” which I won best-dressed :p
  • Had pot-luck party on Christmas eve at Kiwi’s place

January 2008

  • Went to Munich and Klagenfurt for a week on a business trip

City Hall at Marienplatz, Munich

  • Chinese New Year 2008!!!

March 2008

  • GACC 2008!!!
  • Malaysia’s 12th General Election 2008 – BN won federal government but lost 5 states to the oppositions. Malaysia Kini webpage is still down. By the way, congratulations to Jeff Ooi, a fellow blogger who’ll be on his way to Parliament
  • Coming soon – Cruise to Penang, Krabi, Phuket and Langkawi for a whole week!


So there you have it! A summary of what has been happening in my life so far. I bet, you can more or less guess what my next post will be about, if I’m not too lazy. If not, you’ll be hearing about it in the next 427 days to come :p

 
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Sunday, January 07, 2007
Let it show, let it show, let it show....
My company held a Christmas Charity Get-Together Party last 15th of December 2006 (Friday). The purpose is to have fun while collecting donations for the disabled children of Taman Megah, Cheras. The preparation for the event started in early November and went on throughout the whole month into December. Few days before the event, everyone in the office helped out in decorating the whole office with beautiful ornaments and cute Christmas decorations. Our pantry was transformed into a stage with all the band equipments and not to forget, tents were set-up in the backyard filled with dinner tables and chairs.

On the day of the party, everyone was busy finishing up their work and getting ready for the guests to arrive. The food division started their preparation earlier, making lots and lots of sushi, toasting garlic bread and helping the cook (Kak Asma) with the dishes for the buffet. We had quite a menu, from chicken lasagnas to chicken chop, to potato salad, spaghetti and down right to our very own Blue Karipaps.


Sushi anyone?


Cracking ice... Gakkoi~~~ hehe



Setting up the screen in the backyard...


The guests started pouring in at about 7pm. They comprises of people from other agencies, production houses, audio houses, celebrities and friends and families of the staff. Yeah… you heard me… Celebrities~~~



Rubbing shoulders with Ariana Teoh *teehee*


and Alex Yoong.... Cute~


There were lots of events lined up for the night such as Art Auction (artwork from some of the staff and they’re really good), music from live band and Christmas songs sung by choir, performances by our boss and other producers. There were even songs auction going on. (Songs auction is when a person is requested to perform a song; in this case a Christmas carol, and everyone will keep auctioning for the person to sing and in the end, the person with the highest bid gets the song. In other words, the person who were required to sing earlier will have to sing no matter what-la… Un?) Hehe…







Sing choirs of angels... *psst... check out da girl in a middle... ain't she cute? ^o^





Wishing on a wish tree~~~


The party went on till the wee hours in the morning. All of the hard work put in to make this event a success finally paid off when our accountant who had spent the last few hours counting out the collection announced that we’ve collected over RM 25,000 worth of donations! Woohoo~~~



Finale... Yuuuuuuuuummmmm Seeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnng!!!!!!!!
 
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