Sabrina Tan

My sweet little niece was in town over the weekend. She has grown so much and is such a clever girl. Very talkative and so so adorable. Muah ! Muah !

Nasi Lemak Lunch @ My Place

Adrian, Jessica, Dottie, Bon, Clarissa & Qing Qing at the balcony

Julie, Christine, Anne, Wendy & Winnee

It was a public holiday on Thursdays and the whole Sales & Marketing team together with their family gathered at my place for Nasi Lemak lunch. Dottie cooked her signature rendang chicken and Wendy made the flavoured rice from her late mum's recipe. Hmm....yummy. Everyone pig out and we all had some fun. Also, to top it all, Jimmy was also in town.

School Holidays....

The boys having fun....

It's the school holidays again this week. Though the first term holiday is short, my sis Estee and my cute little nephew Timothy still made their way up north to my mom's place. Jordon was so excited that he couldn't sleep the night before their arrival. He keeps on waking up every 2 hours checking if it's morning already.... *roll eyes*

They stayed for 4 nights and the 2 boys, as usual, had loads of fun with Estee lining up activities for them. She even brought a paddling pool all the way from KL. Till the next school holidays.....cheers.

Retro Nite Again !!!

Another fun nite with my team. Again, we re-lived the era of the 60s & 70s and this time, it is with some of our valued corporate supporters.

Some of my Team Members

123 smile !

The Retro Set Up

Baby Olivia Cheong Part 3

It was another gathering with Sharon and Olivia on Tuesday. Olivia has grown again, I almost couldn't recognised her. Guess what ? She has also grown smarter as she does not want Auntie Soo Theng to carry her anymore. I just love to carry babies cause they smell so good.....

Mummy's Birthday Wish !!

It was 8.00 am on Sunday, 13 Jan 2008, my son Jordon sneaked into my room and slowly whisper to my ears while I was still fast asleep. "Happy Birthday, Mummy.....I've got a surprise for you" he said. I opened my eyes and saw that both his hands were behind his back. I asked "What ? Darling". Excitedly he jump and said "Ta daa...!" and handed me an envelope with a self made birthday card. So sweet and it was the best birthday present for me.

Nan's Farewell Gathering

As always, we were all very busy especially Bro Dennis and Angeline at their workplace cause it's a resort and it's year end but we managed to find some time to meet and gather on the 9th evening for another celebration. A not so happy one though...it's Nan's farewell.

She has only about a week with us before she says "tata". She will be taking up new challenges in Doha, Qatar. We went to Mizi for a sumptuous dinner and went to G Spot for some drinking after that.

Bon Voyage Nanthini !!

Christmas Present from Jordon

Jordon wanted to get me something special for Christmas this year. He was cudgeling his brain for a day and finally said " Mommy, I am going to get you a pair of earrings cause I know girls like earrings. I am also going to get one for Mama ".

So on Christmas morning, with RM17.00 in his wallet we went to Queensbay Mall, Penang. First, he picked a pair which I thought was a good choice and said " This is for Mama". He turned to see the price tag and put it back with a disappointing look on his face. I asked "What's wrong boy ?. It's a very nice earring for Mama". "But if I buy this I will not have enough money to get another earring for you. This is RM19.00" Jordon said. I felt so sad and immediately gave him RM50.00 and told him that he could buy 2 earrings with the money. His expression changed and he actually looked relief.

So, he continued looking around and found another pair for me. I love it ! My son has good taste....

Retro Party...Let's Boogie

Aren't you sometimes tired of the typical parties that you attend ? Same old themes and everything so predictable. So, we have decided on a Retro-style party this time around for our friends from the media and press.

A Retro Party definately brings back simpler times in our lives. To set the scene for the party, we first turn back the hands of time and take a look at retro chic ( really reminds me of the movie "Hairspray" that I recently watched). Decor that will create a nostalgic mood...think bright colours, disco balls, polkadots, back-combed hair & etc. Not to forget, the music. Yes, we most certainly re-lived all of those last night at Traders Hotel Penang.

Funky & Fun !

Early Christmas....

The team today had an early Christmas gift exchange as most of them will be going for their festive break soon. As always the tradition is to do the exchange at the end of our year end Sales & Marketing spring clean day. We all had some great laugh as we pre-drawed the person that we were supposed to buy the gift for. So, it was quite a surprise for everyone.

Shangri-La's Corporate Thank You Party

We hosted our annual Shangri-La's Corporate Thank You Party this year on Friday, 07 Dec 2007 at Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa. "Hollywood Night"was the theme, where men came in tuxedos and women in their long ball gown. It was a very high profile event and most of Penang's top corporate head were there.

It was indeed a night of wine and dine complimented with great entertainment. Bravo ! another successful event by the Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts Penang.

Traders Hotel Team (L-R) Ryoji, Sarah, Anne, Me, Elaine, Adrian & Alexandria

Christine & Me

Estee & Timmy in Penang

My sis and Timmy were in Penang, followed by Sg. Petani and back again to Penang last week for the school holidays. Mom, Jordon & hubby joined us too. My place were crowded for once but it was a very warm overwhelming feeling. Nice !.

Jordon and Timmy were so looking forward to see each other that they both promised that they will be good boys and will not fight at all. As usual, they hug each other and were best of pals for the first few days. Then came the confused few days where they will complain about each other to Estee and me. Well, we will then constantly remind them about their promises ( that worked for a short while). Finally, the last few days they were enemies. So, as mothers we both pretended to be busy and decided to have selective hearing. Phew...... (we managed to pull through).

The boys had great fun. They played football, Nicholas brought them fishing, we had BBQ at mom's place, they swam at my condo, went to the Kids Adventure Zone in Golden Sands Resort, we went to the movies and of course, makan-makan everyday.

It's always nice to have Estee and Timmy.

Ting in Town !!

Me, Ting, Nanthini & Dennis

The Diva was here for the weekend. We were asked to roll out the red carpets, chill the champagne and bring out the pom pom girls.....This is how dramatic Ting is all the time.

Anyway, it was nice of him to de-tour to Penang on his home leave to Singapore from Hong Kong. We had so much fun together. We had loads of Penang hawker food ( must have for Ting), went drinking at night spots and sang our hearts out at Red Box Karaoke till the wee hours of the morning. I was a little lucky because I happened to be on leave over that weekend, my sis Estee and my sweet little nephew was in town too. So, no need to wake up early in the morning to go to work *wink*.

Ting & Me

Group Pix at Red Box Karaoke

Annual Outing in Langkawi Island

We ( Traders Hotel Penang's Executive Committee) were all in Langkawi from for a short weekend on the 24 and 25 November recently. Yes, it's our annual trip. A little sightseeing, makan - makan session and a power meeting towards the end.

It has been a long time since my last trip to Langkawi ( 2-3 years ago) and there has been a lot of changes since. I had trouble trying to find my way on the island as I was leading the rest of the team. The highlight of the trip for me was the cable car ride up to Gunung Mat Cincang.. SCARY cause I am afraid of heights ( tried to act cool but can't ) he..he..he..

" Evening des Mille Visages "

It was a night of a thousand faces and Traders Hotel Penang hosted a table for a few of our corporate clients last Friday. The event was Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (MICCI) Annual Ball. Settings and Decor by the hotel's Banquet Team were excellent complimented with good food and great wine.

Taiping Zoo

Jordon & Mummy

Jordon & Rachel exchanging thoughts on a game

Last Saturday our Sales & Marketing department organised an event for our bookers club to Taiping Zoo. This is an annual event for us where we will either organised it in the hotel or take them for an outing. The response was overwhelming. We had aproximately 150 persons for this outing. Jordon joined us for this event and my boss, Elaine brought her daughter too.

Rachel was quite shy initially but before no time they were both playing together and exchanging games for their Gameboys. Nanthini was there too to assist with some photography. Thanks Nan ! *wink* (she did it for free).

Nan & me

Adrian, Dottie & me

My New Ipod Hi-Fi

Like my Ipod Nano, I have been talking about getting the Ipod Hi-Fi since I got my Nano in Aug 07. I finally got it yesterday evening at Apple Centre in Gurney Plaza. It's a present form hubby. Actually, he told me to buy it sometime back alreaby. Can't seem to find the reason why I have been procrastinating since. Anyway, "Thanks, Dear!" "muak" "muak"

Happy Birthday Christene !!

It's Christene's Birthday tomorrow and I surprised her with a Baked Cheese Cake this afternoon at her office. She was very happy and I guess the whole office was too because everyone got a share of the cake.

She later treated me to lunch at Hardwicke House (he..he..get free lunch). Christene is one of those friend of mine that was initially a client, then turned to be business friend and later, a good friend. I've known her for 7 years now. I am glad I made someone very happy today........

Skybar @ Traders Hotel KL

Estee and me decided to join Nanthini & friends at Skybar after our reunion dinner on Saturday night. I finally met Shanthini, Nanthini's sister whom she has been talking about all this while. Also, met Jegan (brother-in-law). Nice bunch of people. We had a few drinks with them before retiring for the night. Cheers !

Class of ' 89

Thanks to Soo Hui, Sharon & Alice we managed to reunite approximately 20 school mates for a reunion on Saturday night at One World Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. For most of us, we have not seen each other for almost 18 years (since form 5) and this reunion is a great platform for all of us to catch up..

Yes, I travelled all the way to KL for this event. Didn't want to in the beginning but after much thoughts, well, what the heck...So, here I was in KL and guess what....Ren Kah too came all the way from Penang. Anyway, no regrets. The trip was well worth it cause I enjoyed myself very much. Also, managed to do some shopping at KL's latest shopping address "The Pavilion"