De-Stressing Session at Red Box Penang

Me singing my hearts out.......

Friends

Who needs spa, therapy and shrink when you can sing your hearts out..... I remember reading an article once saying that singing is apparently very good for de-stress. It has got something to do with our breathing. Since, then I have always been giving myself an excuse to go to Karaoke he...he...
Yesterday was a very stressfull day for me at work. I spontaneously organised a karaoke session with my friends by skype-ing them late in the afternoon. To my surprised everyone said Yes !!. We were in Reb Box by 9.30 pm singing and entertaining ourselselves. A huge stone lifted of my shoulders after that. Why bother explaining to people my "stressfullness". Who cares after the very therapeutic session.......

Beach Volleyball

Me in action....

Nanthini's department (Human Resources) in the hotel organised Beach Volleyball at Tanjung Bungah Beach area on Tuesday. It was a within hotel friendly match between 8 teams pre-arranged randomly( 3 men & 3 women) and the theme for team names were Disney. My secretary Dottie enrolled me when the memo was first circulated a few weeks ago. I thought what the heck...let's join the fun.
I played quite badly cause the last I played was almost 18 years ( hmm...hmm.. I was the school player when I was in secondary school) . None of my team members could play accept for one guy from Engineering department, Saravanan and me. We lost but we had loads of fun !! I went home in the evening with painfull arms and it was "blue black" all over the very next day. Still is now.... he..he..

Collectible Barbies

My favourite....

Barbie Dolls have been the fascination of little girls and their moms alike from day one they were introduced way back in the 50s. I still remember that I had to share mine with my sis Estee when we were small. Probably, through great marketing and I believe so coming from marketing myself that it played a big role for its success today with its wide range of Collectible Barbies that are available everywhere around the world. For both collectors and enthusiasts, finding new and rare Barbie Dolls is a great passion.

I now feel a little of that passion because I was at Voon Chong and Dennis's place at Ratu Mutiara last night and they showed me their collection of toys displayed in glass cabinets. Of course, my favourite is their "Limited Edition Barbie Dolls". They are so fine and pretty. All still in their original packings, never been unwrapped. I finally understand that Collectible Barbie Dolls have that little something extra outstanding clothing, makeup, elaborate hair, facial expression, remarkable gowns and a variety of themes. Amazing........

We spent several hours taking pictures and editing all their Barbie Doll Collection and Nanthini assisted with this picture.

Baby Olivia Cheong

Baby Olivia Cheong & Me

Sharon ( a good friend of mine) gave birth to Baby Olivia on 27 June 2007. When I first held Olivia in the hospital she sort of looked at me with dreamy eyes and went back to sleep. She is so cute and tiny.......

I still remember 3 weeks back, I was so excited for Sharon when she called me that morning and told me that it was time. I waited anxiously the whole day and finally received a call from proud daddy Stanley that Olivia came to this world at approximately 10.00 pm. Sharon was crying and laughing simultaneously on the phone. I guess it was tears of joy. She told me the ordeal she had to go through....labour pain and my heart went all out for her. Tears rolled out from my eys as well. I knew exactly what she had just gone through.

Congratulations Sharon & Stanley !!!

What an Eventful Weekend !!

I was on duty over the weekend at the hotel. So, basically the hotel was home for me for two nights. Normally, whenever I am on duty the weekend is rather smooth and quiet. Little did I know that I was expecting the unexpected........

As it almost came to an end on Sunday evening, I received an emergency page via the pager. It wrote "gst drowning" and it went on nonstop. I was sitting in CHA the tea bistro with Voon Chong and we have just ordered dinner. We immediately rushed to the scene and there was already a small crowd. All I could see was the girl's legs and she was lying next to the pool area motionless...... I calmly walk over and saw that there were two ladies helping the girl by tilting her head to the side so that the water will not choke her. They were drenched and were dressed in jeans and t-shirt. Voon Chong was already helping the them.

At that very moment, I was thinking to myself "please, please don't die on me". I quickly regain my posture, asked one of the ladies if the victim was breathing and she said "yes". There was a sigh of relief from all of us. The hotel's Emergency Response Team arrived after me and I gave instruction to call for ambulance immediately. Thereafter, the girl regain consciousness but was very weak, she could hardly talk. She later whispered that "kaki sakit tadi" and we all knew that she had a leg cramp. The ambulance arrived 15 minutes later and she was admitted for observation.

Further investigation reveals that the two ladies were related to the victim. One was a senior purser with CX and the other was her older sister from Penang visiting her. The victim was actually the sister's maid. She was playing with the children in the pool whilst the two sisters were chit chatting.

Phew...I was glad when it was all over. It was definately the most eventful moment for me and I will remember this incident for a long, long time...................