Singapore Trip

I've been very busy with work lately , that I rarely have time to update my stories.

By the time I have the time, I totally forgot what I wanna talk about.

Ok, phewhh... I just got back from a trip to Singapore for a potentially business trip. Yes, I 'carik' keje kat sana, meaning, wanna find the opportunities to do anything over there. Well, my passion is traveling, so this is part of my step to venture into travel while doing business.

I popped out the idea to my hubby and in an instant he agreed (he's the best, isn't he?) We went to Singapore on Sunday by car, and we parked our car sumwhere around Orchard Road, and breeze walking together and sometimes hop on to the MRT to go to the adjacent areas, while keeping our eyes open of the surrounding, sambil dating & macam-macam.

Here are some of the photos ;

Near Beach Road. Back view is the Eye of Singapore

Orchard Road

At the Esplanade MRT Station

Playing MRTing

We parked the car at this mall. Cathay, macam Cineleisure kat Mutiara Damansara.

Hubby sukaaaa sangat nak tengok movie kalau pergi tempat2. I was always against the idea coz bila tengok movie sure lah u dah tak jalan2 tgk scenery, unless u really have time to waste. Tapi esok nya tengok jugak, sebab at that time I was so exhausted of walking around Orchard Road, and a couple of hours of movie will refresh me a lil bit.


Oh ya, since I like to travel on budget with luxury (If you know what I mean) , Tune Hotels.com is the best choice! We spent like only RM55 per night for a double bed room and the mattress is super comfort plus the shower is so 'hujan lebat' type. Boleh bayangkan? That's all a travelers require after a long tiring day. A good sleep and a good shower. We stayed there for 2 nights while going in and out of Singapore for 2 days. I'm planning a next trip with my brothers and sisters to Universal Studios nanti :)

Tune Hotels Danga Bay

The Actual Space

Remember my entry on 'A space of my dream'? Actually, what I meant is the Studios..It's our newly opened space , my husband like to call it Studios, tapi it is more like a seminar room la..Bole la lebih kurang maksudnya I have my own space that I can create/ organize anything I want.

The new company , FIFTYone Training & Consultancy Sdn Bhd will be focused on education. Any kind of education-based events / agenda, be it Workshops, Trainings, Seminars, Forum / Talk Show. We are now extremely doing marketing to Corporate and Independent Organization on training and consultancy. Cakap je nak training ape, semua kitorg bole aturkan.

We got a place at Kota Damansara, where we transformed it into a hall-like room. It is mainly to cater the newly opened business. Max capacity is 130 pax. ( At first we thought it can fit 200 people) Nasib baik for the first event we only rent the banquet chairs, then only we know tak muat. Kalau beli 200 naya je mana nak letak semua kerusi lebih tu..dan RM RM nya...

Before

After

Before

After

(My idea on the red , my husband on black)

Decor adalah idea saya@kami berdua. Ulangan. Kami. Tiada Interior Decorator. Kitorg yang pilih kaler kapet, warna cat, nak susun bilik2 , sampaila ke tombol sink beli sendiri (ceh ceh..padehal sbb takde bajet)

In case u guys have been wondering ape bende2 rectangle merah dan hitam kat dinding tu, itu adalah Acoustic Panel. Fungsinya untuk menyerap bunyi2 an supaya tak mengganggu ketenteraman awam. In a way, die berfungsi macam decor jugak. Harga jangan tanya. Mampu mensupply shampoo Rejoice ku selama 30 tahun. Suke je nak exaggerate,padehal syampu rejoice baru RM 13.90 sebotol dan 5 bulan baru habis sebotol.

'DRUMS AND PERCUSSION WORKSHOP'

The first event is 'Drums & Percussion Workshop' , which was held on 6 & 7 Feb 2010. Well, obviously u can tell whose idea it is. Since he knows a lot of people on the line, easier for us to get all the top names in the Drums and Percussion industry.

Crew tolong pasang sarung kerusi.

We are proud to welcome TKSU of Jabatan Kebudayaan and Kesenian Negara, Dato' Mohammed b Mohd Daud, to come and officiate the Studios. We are so proud sangat2 yang tak sangka dia nak datang tempat kami yang tak seberapa ni.

In his speech, he actually praised our effort in initiating the place and the event. Kembang pungkuk sat, bila dia sebut '..saya puji usaha En Azri dan Isteri..' ceh ceh.. (tiba2 dah bayangkan laki aku jadi Dato') wah wah melayang jauh sangat ni..(ernie, u know what i mean, cita2 kita utk beli G..)

Ok, berbalik ke alam nyata. Dalam isi speech dia juga dia cakap actually kerajaan memang akan bantu pihak2 swasta macam kitorg ni yang nak venture into education, especially kebudayaan sebab kat Malaysia ni sangat kurang orang yang betul2 bergiat serius dalam bidang ni. Dan sebagainya (nak dipendekkan cite)

He's signing the plaque

Dato' Mokhzani, Dato' Mohammed & The Director

After Dato' officiates our Studios, we present the token of appreciation and the workshop started.

One of the session , 'Brazilian Percussion'

One of the hot session, Pergendangan Melayu by Kamrul Husin. Byk sgt soalan dari peserta sampai dragging gile. Lunch patut kul 1, jadi 2.30pm (dalam hati, hoi korang ni tak lapa ke? )

The attendees from MBPJ, Johor and Pahang and the crews

(me in dusty pink scarf)

As a conclusion, beside the Dato' Mohammed's attendance, our target was actually not achieved. Many participants made last minute cancellation. As a businesswoman, I always anticipate the worst. So, we kinda ok with that but will surely do a different strategy next time. But the most important is, we had fun and i bet the participants yang sporting2 itu pun juga :)

Anderson School Event

On 16th Feb Studio 51 got the opportunity to handle the Royal Centennial Dinner for Anderson School Ipoh, celebrating their 100 yrs. Anderson is among the earliest school founded before the war. If i'm not mistaken the 3rd after Penang Free School and Victoria Institution.

We went to Ipoh a day earlier to make sure everything in place. I'm participating as the event coordinator, making sure the flow of the event runs smoothly.

This is Raja Dihilir's keyboardist. Discussing the script for MC with him .

Farah and Sufiyah Noor waiting for the reherseal.

Opening dance reherseal 'Ala Donde' (Sultan Azlan loves this dance very much!)

Decor for the VVIP table . All the kayu and kain custom made and brought from KL. This costs nearly RM 10k!

Among the VVIPs. I met Normala and hubby during our coffee break, she still looking good and cun!

Andersonians ni macam VI & MCKK jugak la, menghasilkan ramai tokoh2 korporat and individu2 yang successful. So , ramai sangat VVIP tapi saya tak sempat nak capture all their pics coz damn BZ running here and there.

Sultan is not even an Andersonian, but he acted as a Royal Patron to this school. And he managed to drop by despite the issue in Perak previously. Thats so thoughtful of him.

Arrival of Sultan , belakang skali Tuanku Zara. Ive been dying to meet her in person! And I got to shake hands with her, but the pic is in my facebook. Taken by the other photographer (She is so damn cun and slim and sweet)

Farah performed Kasih, Mencintaimu and Big Spender

Abby performed Nirmala . She is juara bintang remaja Asli RTM tahun lepas. Sikit lagi je suara die nak tapau ctnurhaliza

This cake is so awesome!

the team : Dhiya, Is, Fizah & Zarina

At the stage after the event

All and all, we got thumbs up from the Anderson School committee and the feeling is so good! You know, after all the hardwork. Coz initially we heard that these people are difficult to impress. But we did it! Thanks to all the team involved. Thanks to the boss for his guidance too!

Lastly, me and the boss ;p

Although coordinating an event is such a hassle work, I realized that I enjoy doing it. I have joined several events with Studio 51 previously. And now I understand why he loves his job very very much even tho the stress in sometimes unbearable. I learned a lot from him about patience and how to handle unexpected occurences.

So, we are going to have a good rest for a few days!