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

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

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

Traderians Nite !!!

Traders Hotel Penang celebrated it's staff party last night. Everyone have loads of laughs and fun. I must say that it is one of the best staff party I have ever attended. Thanks to Nanthini and her team for organising the event !!

Four Days of Activities - ISO WEEK

Launch - "Cycle to Recycle"

Me and the Water Mascot

Recyclables Collection Day in Front of the Hotel

We at Traders Hotel Penang had a collaborative effort last week on one of today's most talked about issues "Saving our Environment". We have decided to have a week's long campaign to do our part and also to increase public awareness. Guess what?... we also managed to get some very good media coverage *wink*.

It was a lot of hard work for a lot of people but it was well worth the effort as you feel good after contributing. So, everyone..let us all do our part. We can make a difference !!

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..

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...................