sneak peak: dance for good health, peace & joy 2011

here's something to share to brighten-up your thursday morning peeps: flash mob— proud mary burnin' line dance, choreographed by sobrielo philip gene; in conjunction of the event dance for good health, peace & joy 2011 ❥

eventhough i was hidden behind the christmas tree (dunno whether you could see me on the right of the video), it does not matter at all i know i was... ecstatic! i was so touched to see the joy on line dancers face that evening ツ

and the thought of having fun meeting and dancing with old and new friends from everywhere.............

watch one more here~

eventually i could visibly seen in the second video. hint: second row from the front! more updates very soon, peeps. at the meantime enjoy watching us line dancing..........

the day we gotta start to do the wobble...

hey, people of the world... good morning!

it's my lansing day! let's do the wobble as your morning work-out, peeps! ツ it's so easy everyone can do it... wohooo! ♫♩♬

*the wobble is basically an absolute beginner line dance level...

the early morning breeze has a secret to tell you~

current mood: blessed

i rolled over at 4:23 am. in my mind i counted the hours of sleep. as i did the math in my head i wondered if it was enough to sustain me through out the day. however, once my mind got into motion i knew that returning to 'la-la land' would be a challenge so i got up. i opened all the room windows and smelled the fresh-air. the skies are still dark as night, the streets are quiet and i don't even hear the rumblings of my early bird neighbors. this is why i sometimes love the darkness that begins the day. i believe that it is God awakening you so that something important can be revealed to you during this time. most of us resent having our sleep disturbed when we would be better off listening to spirit and moving into action. today, i decided to be obedient so i am up.

it is october 6th and 2011 will soon be upon us. i love this time of the year. it is not because of the hoildays, but moreso because of the idea of 'new beginnings'. the new year offers us a chance to start again or at least it seems that way. even as i type this short entry i am distracted by my desire to declutter my place, reorganize things and begin writing out my goals. i want to write letters of apology, forgiveness and gratitude. while in pj recently i met the most incredible human being, a fascinating individual who has shifted my paradigm in ways that i did not expect. we had simple conversations, yet they were so impactful. i began to ask myself certain questions and as the answers came i was able to return to kualé with so much clarity. now, i need to pray for the courage to act on what i feel, what i know.

i am itching to sort laundry and unpack my bags, yes, didn't do much yesterday. but am thinking of what my angel said to me about approaching life as a pursuit of wins. i am unable to clearly articulate his point, but he used the example of how many successful comedians die sad, lonely and depressed as a way to make his point. eish! i really want to write his explanation, but it has left my head. the mind is playing tricks on me this morning. maybe it is just too early. lol. i must remember to ask him when we speak again so i can share the insight. anyway, i think this is my cue to focus on creating order in my home right now. i just got back. be well. stay warm.

yoga & me

as tweeted earlier this week, i started to follow "yoga for you" on zee tv (astro #108) from monday. its an excellent program for exercises and different ayurvedic cures. although its only 3 days now (yes, i practiced yoga 3 mornings continuosly myself) but it has helped me a lot in my daily life...

i understand that yoga is the union of body, mind, and spirit. this five-thousand-year old practice is believed to provide inner peace, increased body awareness, strength, flexibility, and other health benefits.

practitioners should have enough knowledge and understanding of the various yoga principles. they should keep in mind that yoga is a serious discipline. also considered as a philosophy in life, the goal of yoga is to achieve balance between mind and body.

yoga involves an overwhelming number of forms, styles, exercises, and poses. each has its own unique features and benefits.

gyan mundra

get relaxed with shavasana or corpse pose~

it is done at the end of all asanas, pranayama and other kriyas for 10-15 minutes daily.

explanation: 'shavam' in sanskrit means a corpse and this asana resembles the position of a dead person. this posture is basically meant for relaxation after doing any other difficult asanas.

direction: lie flat on the back with the legs straight, palms facing upwards. let the body be as comfortable as possible. the head and back should be in a straight line.

kuE' footnote: the best part about doing shavasana for the first time was when i 'accidentally' went in to a quick sleep (or nap) i guess... and when i realized it, i wondered of why i was lying straight on the exercise mat with my hands nicely placed by my side... hiks! i told this to mom later then we both laughed like 'syaitooonnnnn' ;)

tea and coffee 'protect hearts'

Tea and coffee 'protect against heart disease'

Drinking several cups of tea or coffee a day appears to protect against heart disease, a 13-year-long study from the Netherlands has found.

It adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting health benefits from the most popular hot drinks.

Those who drank more than six cups of tea a day cut their risk of heart disease by a third, the study of 40,000 people found.

Consuming between two to four coffees a day was also linked to a reduced risk.

While the protective effect ceased with more than four cups of coffee a day, even those who drank this much were no more likely to die of any cause, including stroke and cancer, than those who abstained.

The Dutch tend to drink coffee with a small amount of milk and black tea without. There have been conflicting reports as to whether milk substantially affects the polyphenols - believed to be the most beneficial substance in tea.

Coffee has properties which could in theory simultaneously increase and reduce risk - potentially raising cholesterol while battling the inflammatory damage associated with heart disease.

But the study in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds those who drank between two and four cups a day lowered the risk of the disease by 20%.

excerpts from bbc news


to a coffee lover/addict like me, this is basically a good news story. and as what prof yvonne van der schouw, the lead researcher said: these drinks appear to offer benefits for the heart without raising the risk of dying from anything else.

while ellen mason, senior cardiac nurse at the british heart foundation, said that this study adds further weight to the evidence that drinking tea and coffee in moderation is not harmful for most people, and may even lower your risk of developing, or dying, from heart disease.

hmm... happy, happy enough peeps? however we must always remember that leading a healthy overall lifestyle is the thing that really matters when it comes to keeping your heart in top condition. so if you are here in kualè, silver line studio is there for you. make sure to 'like' their facebook page to get a quick update... :)

NMEDA continues growth as mobility issues amplify

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no sweat

if you happened to be on my blog recently, you may have realized it that i am so into line dancing so much (watch it here)! line dancing for me, is part of an exercise activities; besides having fun by dancing to the good music. when we do this, we intend to sweat; just like any other exercise routine. as we could see sweat is uncountable drops of salty liquid that come out through your skin when you are hot, frightened, ill, or doing exercise.

some of us may have problems with the body odour when sweat. hey! no sweat! no problems at all when we go for this—

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talking about health...

i had to ask puteri to record this video late last night as per my lil' sis request. its for some work-related surveys that she has to do~

btw please take note that milk contains calcium and not protein as i mentioned walaweiii... i was kinda nervous i guess. also maybe cuz i knew that its for my sis' work related stuff :))

if you would like to help to answer the above questionnaires too, kindly leave your answers in the comment box. thank you so much in advance for your great help *peace*

shu la jin...

this blog post has actually been sitting in the draft folder for more than 3 weeks! *phew* and since its kinda an interesting one, i must say that its better i post this good information for everyone no matter what.

shu la jin is a form of exercise that has been founded by madam chin sau ying. eventually i knew that my line dance group has been doing it almost everyday as a form of warming up before our line dance routine. i didn't join them anyway as i normally opt and prefer for a breeze walk up and down the resident's hill near my former secondary school. then only walked down to laman budaya to join them for line dancing.

i only became more aware of this kind of exercise when madam chin dropped-by recently to introduce and promote it to kualè people.

madam chin brought a lady who looked so healthy; that no one could ever imagined she used to be a stroke victim if she didn't tell us of her past story. she practiced shu la jin and look at her...

they showed us some newspaper cut-outs written about the exercise.


rules and regulations of shu la jin exercise:

1. only madam chin sau ying, being the founder and master of shu la jin, shall have the sole right to appoint her assistant instructors.


2. appointed assistant instructors shall fully understand the objective of shu la jin.


3. learner are expected to co-operate by helping each other to enjoy good health and love and to perform charity.


4. learner shall not be selfish or greedy and shall instead devote themselves voluntarily to promote the exercise of shu la jin.


5. learner shall seek permission from madam chin sau ying prior to carrying out any plans or activities concerning shu la jin.


6. learner shall not conduct any private business or activities within the compound where shu la jin exercise is held.


7. nobody is allowed to collect money in the name of shu la jin unless the collection is meant for charity donation and such collection is approved by madam chin sau ying.

it was just so happened i brought my oly along that morning. more over i guess an introduction of this shu la jin exercise via a video that i managed to capture would be much helpful~

shu la jin from ku E on Vimeo.

if you like this blog post and are interested to know more about shu la jin, do email me or leave your comment in the comment box; and i would be much glad to get my friend to pass madam chin's contacts to you.

lantern festival celebration

according to wikipedia: the lantern festival 元宵节 is a chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the chinese calendar. it is not to be confused with the mid-autumn festival, which is also sometimes known as the "lantern festival" in locations such as singapore, malaysia. during the lantern festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns 兔子灯 and solve riddles on the lanterns 猜灯谜. it officially ends the chinese new year. read more here.

kuE' note: this blog post supposed to be posted a week already. but i don't care ler... its better late than nothing or never hor? i updated my twitter anyway :)

ever since i joined my line dance group, my life kinda hectic with other activities too. sometimes i was asked to perform with them in functions or events here. i remembered that my first experience was for a mother & father's day celebration organized by a chinese community. it has been attended by local umno leaders. so i had to do a zapin number and some other line dances to english tunes erm... layan je ler. to tell you the truth, of course i lurve english numbers more especially all those fast tracks.

then there was this function organized by umno people quite some time ago. it was radically damnnnnn delayed i tell you. i stressed out the word damn because it was really late by 2 hours!!! blerk!... pity the kids who followed us. we don't have choice but to stay as we had to do some performances. if you could see my chinese friends, they were all crazy like mad. what to do. anyhow you can view one of my performances that has been recorded by megat here.

so basically my performances last saturday was obviously my third one! it was for a lantern festival celebration held here in kualè. unfortunately i didn't manage to take lotsa pics as usual though as my oly was running out of battery huhuu... now i dunno whether to blame myself for not charging my oly's battery beforehand; or my friend-cum-translator ms tung who didn't explain to me about the function properly. never mind lor... ms tung, no sweat ok?

lesson learned: every night before bedtime, i will ensure that i fully charged my oly's battery before the next day turned up, no matter whether i have anything going on or not! ;)

the function started with everyone singing the national song; as soon as the guest of honour, minister in the prime minister's department datuk seri mohamed nazri abdul aziz arrived.

there were variety of music and drums and of course the chinese lion dances and firecrackers.

children carry their lanterns around the village and families come together to eat sweet rice balls for good fortune and family unity. chinese lanterns were traditionally made of silk, paper and even glass. although the most common is the typical red balloon lantern, nowadays chinese Lanterns come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. there are lanterns in shapes of boxes, lotus flowers, dragons, butterflies and all sorts of animals. they range from the small lanterns carried by hand made of paper by school children to gigantic floats shaped in the chinese zodiac animal for that year made by teams of craftsmen. lion dances came to the main stage then along with these group of people. i knew that they have some kind stories and meaning behind the lion dance performances.

towards the end of the performance, both "the lions" tried to peel out the mandarin oranges skin. they then presented the oranges to datuk nazri, who is also the mp of padang rengas.

i tell you what people. i could say that the function that night was really celebrated with 1malaysia spirit although it was meant for a chinese festivity. there were dance performances of all sorts of cultures like malay, chinese and indian, not forgetting shuffle dance by kualè youth itself.

my performance was the first one. i didn't get to ask anyone to capture a video of it though. none of our kids followed anyway as the function was at night, and we afraid that it would be dragged till late. i should have asked bebudak shuffle tu to record a video of mine kan kan... :)

the function wrapped up with lucky draws. looks like people were already looking forward with it from the beginning, as prizes offered were not bad i.e. hampers, bicycles, electrical items like blender, stand fans, and tvs too! but we didn't wait till the function ended though, as we knew it that there must be jammed if everyone were to go back together. from what i understood, since the function happened to be during syawal, datuk nazri also gave away raya money packets to all children who came that night.

and before i sign off this blog post, i am so glad to present you part of the performances held during that night... enjoy!

lantern festival celebration from kuE on vimeo

so how's the lantern festival at your places celebrated. care to share them with me?

see... when i blog, i really blog away *phew*

• coming up: more delayed blog post and sponsored blog post.


• coming up as well: the most bloggers' events talk of the blogosphere! can you guess of what is it? tungguuuuuuuuu... (wait) *winks*


• besides that, i am also waiting for ms tung to pass me a china press newspaper cut-out about the function. they actually have a pic of me there you know. i wonder whether any of you people realized it ;)

it's wet again here...

i didn't go for my morning walk two days in a row already — the rain is freaking heavy ler... yesterday was not this bad :(


so what do you think is best for me to do now:

1. sleep ngeh³...


2. play farmville (log-in to your farm now here)


3. update my blog :)


4. other

note: please leave your answer(s) in the comment box.

what a cool tuesday morning...

this nice cool weather always reminded me of our trip to cameron highlands about 4 years ago. it was the kids first trip there indeed. we were all especially megat was definitely damn excited, only He knew. no doubt we all lurve holidays!...

one thing that made us laughed that time was megat's bedtime incident. he was all ready to go to sleep when he wanted to pee. ok fine. then he went back to bed after he did his thing. and when he was about to close his eyes, he had to go to the washroom again! and guess what people. this happened again and again and again... i think that incident repeated maybe more than 6 to 7 times i tell you lol...

then finally when he wanted to go up again for the last time (if i'm not mistaken), he mumbled: "EEEEEEEEEE... what's this that i wanted to pee je!..." hehee... all of us laughed like hell :~)

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ahh... finally i have some space to update this blog. there's still quite a number of blog post in queue anyway:

1. most importantly: raya updates!


2. lantern festival celebration


3. and don't be stunned people cuz i still have the berbuka puasa with nuffnang post in my draft folder hiks!


4. also about pasar ramadhan in kualè, that's also is in the draft folder now :)


5. and not forgetting my project 365! its not that i do not have the materials, but its all of the matter of t.i.m.e. hah!


6. and more...

i could say that i'm always the last to update my blog about events that i attended and such. but arghhh... don't care lor... as long as i update my blog, no matter late or not, i always trust to better be late than never! *glurp*

monday morning stretch!!!...

*yawwwwwn & stretch* ;-)

let's check this "jai ho" ♫ video out for a monday morning ((stretch)) —

this video is in my favourite' list! and here's an another version to the same video.

i understand that this group of friends presented this dance during leena & karan's engagement, must be somewhere in india. i just lurve the way they were having fun and enjoyed themselves...

the morning i put on the wrong footwear...

it was only after megat got down from the car, i realized that something was not right. what's more when i wanted to move my right foot from the break to oil paddle hmm... no wonder ler... cuz i felt that both my feet were so light waakakakaaaaa... so i quickly drove back home to change my shoes from this—

to this—

grr... what's wrong with me this morning huh?!! well unless it would be a good sign then it should be ok for me hehee... :D

for those who dunno, i normally go for my physical exercises i.e. morning walk and line dance, after i send the kids to school. i believe that we don't have to come up with a big sum to exercise at the gym or something. sometimes their fees are too much! do correct me if i am wrong.

you people can just go for walking/strolling will do. for the timing, it depends on the individual. for me, i prefer to go in the morning for the cool fresh air. read on about the benefits of walking here.

of physical exercise...

i have just came back from my morning routines. normally i do that during weekends (both saturday and sunday) only. but now i decided to do it daily with effective yesterday. owh... how i feel so good and refreshing... i also joined a group of ladies for line dance at the tepi sungei, after my walks at the bukit residen. well i found out that they actually meet everyday except sunday.

when i was walking up the hills today, i walked by a nyonya (old chinese lady) with bicycle. i greeted her. the nyonya smiled and asked, "lu jalan solang saja ka? (you walked alone only?)". i nodded. doing my exercises alone is really not a big deal for me. i saw some ladies especially malays who went with friends, but they seems to gossip more than doing their exercises. what's up with that?

in some occasions, people would quoted me: "dah slim pun, nak slim lagik?". walaweiii... its not the matter of wanting to be slim or not occay?!!... i wanna lead myself to a healthy life... that's the most important thing... blerk!

i started doing this kind of exercises myself seriously on the first weekends of this year. then recently i thought its better for me to do it everyday instead. the hardest part of an exercise routine is getting started. once you've established a regular pattern of exercise, you'll find yourself following it. so, how do you get started? well, first of all, consult your doctor. your doctor can recommend the specific kinds of exercise for your own individual needs. generally, however, these guidelines should get you going. pssttt... i didn't get any advice from any doctor :)

first of all, exercise will only become a habit if it's fun! pick something you will enjoy doing. if you like being with a group of people, try a team sport like basketball or soccer. you don't have to be a super athlete. anyone can exercise. social activities like dancing and mall-walking are also good. if you're more of a loner, try bicycling or swimming.

don't kid yourself. be honest about what you realistically think you can do. if you have always hated to climb stairs, step aerobics probably isn't for you. maybe a walk around the neighborhood would be more pleasant. many people today are walking toward fitness.

consider your current state of physical fitness. if you haven't exercised in years, you'll definitely want to start with some modest activities. as you get adjusted, you can increase your activity.

consider your schedule. are you a morning person? then plan to exercise in the morning. if you're addicted to your snooze button, plan to exercise in the evening. start with just a small block of time, maybe fifteen minutes. as you get into your routine, you probably won't mind increasing to twenty, and then thirty minutes. for me, i did 6 rounds of walks up and down the bukit residen for about an hour non-stop. in order to be effective, you'll need to repeat your exercise routine 3 or 4 times per week.

will you exercise at home or at a fitness center? selecting a fitness center can be a challenge, but you may find the community support motivational. will you need any special equipment? the variety of exercise equipment available for purchase today can be overwhelming. be sure to buy the proper equipment.

finally, take it easy. make sure that you exercise intelligently and cautiously. follow some guidelines for beginners. exercise should improve your health, not risk it.

if you're still making excuses, at least try some of the tips here. these simple, realistic activities can become the first step toward a healthier tomorrow. or better still, go here to loose weight faster, god willing hehee... and now i am off for my second shower of the day *winks*

of heading a healthy lifestyle in kuale...

despite the havoc in kuale last week, i decided to still go for my normal mornings routine on that weekend, but just a lil' bit late around 7.30 am. i would normally reached 'bukit residen' (resident's hill) by 6.45 am, accompanied by megat. i could see the truth kuale people heading their healthy lifestyle as usual. we did this from the first weekends of 2009 until to-date.

so for this week, i only went this morning because megat has to go to school yesterday to replace the cny holidays. i didn't bring my oly this time. all the pics here are part of the pics that i have taken on a saturday, last two weeks instead. there's not much difference with last saturday's scenario though. so enjoy...

we started our first round walking up and down the 'bukit residen' as early as 6:55 am. we saw my auntie yan, walking so fast than anyone else...

some of the scenery that we could see along our way is my beloved high school, the one of ever famous among kuale schools other than mckk and clifford *big grin*

see how wonderful my weekend mornings routines from the following pics—

the first pic above showed the view on my 6th rounds. normally i took about an hour to complete the 6 rounds of walking up and down the hill of bukit residen. but today, i managed to made a self record of 55 minutes! then down to the 'tepi sungei' (river side) we went... can you see the poles on the third pic? that's one of the games people played during 'sukan ayor' (water sports) on the sultan's birthday every year. you could also see the sayong bridge on forth and fifth pic. on the last pic above, there's an area at the tepi sungei called 'laman budaya' where you could see a group of woman folks of kuale doing line dance, and on the left under the gazebo was another group of people doing falun dafa (falun gong).

falun gong (法輪功) is a spiritual discipline founded in china by li hongzhi (李洪志) in 1992. it has five sets of meditation exercises and teaches the principles truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance (真，善，忍), as set out in the main books falun gong and zhuan falun (轉法輪). the teachings deal with issues such as "cultivation of virtue and character", "moral standards for different levels", and "salvation of all sentient beings." the books, lectures, and exercise materials have been translated into over 40 languages and are available on the internet free of charge.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

here in kuale, you can join falun gong free-of-charge on every saturday morning from 7 to 9am. the teacher who teach falun gong in kuale, is also a teacher in smjk(c) tsung wah.

for the line dance group, they meet on saturday mornings as well. they dance to many types of tunes from cha-cha, joget, chinese songs, pocho-pocho and many more.

by the way there was another group of old folks doing an exercise (refer third pic above). but i am not sure of what is it called. they carried a small stick each. is there any of you people who can help me here?

and as usual, bloggers are ain't called bloggers if we didn't cam whore right? hehee... so here's some pics of me (trying hard to do yoga pose') —

and look who i met during my usual morning walks last two weeks— mrs wong who taught us english. she is now 70+, staying with her husband in talang. it seems her son asked mrs wong to stay with them in penang. but mrs wong and husband prefer to stay in this peaceful kuale... so her son just make do to come and visit her once in a while :)

so what do you think people? ain't life in kuale good enough? i wonder of where else you can get this type of a healthy lifestyle with very nice people around you.

salmonella dough scare of famous amos cookies

watch out our daily food intakes especially for the importance of our loved ones—

Agence France-Presse - 1/22/2009 10:19 AM GMT

Malaysia probes Famous Amos cookies over salmonella dough scare

Malaysia's health ministry Thursday said it was investigating the Famous Amos cookie chain after it withdrew dough from several of its outlets here amid fears that it was contaminated by the salmonella bacterium.

The action followed an outbreak of salmonella poisoning in the United States, which has made at least 474 people sick since September as a result of infected peanut butter and peanut paste dough, according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

read more here.

*this community service message is brought to you by kuE.

homemade breakfast is the best way to go

start your day with a good breakfast, made from simple breakfast recipes; it's your most important meal and gives your body fuel to get you started in the morning.

there are a variety of breakfast recipes to accomplish this. meat, eggs, vegetables, cheese, fruit, cereals, potatoes or all of the above can be used to create a scrumptious breakfast dish. a nice glass of juice is a pleasant opening bit, fresh or frozen.

there are a multitude of bars and snack foods that supposedly are all healthy and nutritious and extra convenient (read all the information on the bars). however, i think a good homemade breakfast is a lot more delicious.

the few minutes that it takes to prepare an easy breakfast recipe is well worth the time it takes. some can even be done the night before to make it even easier. even if all you do is place all the items within easy reach.

keep abreast of the current information on nutrition, don't be a piggy and enjoy life. also learn some new breakfast recipes. there are many ways to spice up breakfast by adding:

• fruit to cereals
  
• hot sauce and salsa to egg dishes
  
• different flavors of syrups to waffles and pancakes
  
• different flavors of coffee and teas
  
• various types of toast from apple sauce to zucchini bread

or else try this one or this from my very own kitchen ;)

experiment, try different combinations of foods and condiments, usually if you like the individual ingredients you will like the combination.

"variety is the spice of life"

kuE's note:
pic taken this morning during breakfast. can you all see of how fast my kids have grown up?

no other story meh?

i am sure some of you people would think that i do not have any other story than yut loy! lol... well, what to do... if its among the best, its sure still the best! if you would have been realized it, we just went there last friday hehe... i remember that i had mentioned before that megat's main school is very near with yut loy.

i am still not in the good mood ever since that day actually. so i am having this miserable feeling, in fact more at home, thats why i decided to just have our lunch there at yut loy, after megat finished his school. not long after that, three of my staff joined us. they are worry about me :~)

kuE's good 'ol memories

today is the last day of the petronas f1 malaysian grand prix. firstly i thought since today is sunday, i do not wanna come down here. i could have just spend times with my kids relaxing at home, watching the f1. on another thought, i was afraid that work would be a bit busy during the last day of one-week break of the school holidays. so here i am, sitting on my office chair, up-dating my blog while watching the f1 lol. it was so damn quiet people! i guess maybe people are watching the f1 too ;)

well, everytime when talking about this f1 thing, i would always remember my good old days back then in the hospitality industry. the hotel that i was working with located near shah alam, the former venue of the gp circuit. of course back then we as the hoteliers got the advantage of serving the teams that comprised of the racers, managers, engineers etc. well not just the f1 gp people, but also the motoGP! i've met and served most of them like michael schumacher, ralf schumacher, montoya, max biaggi (his gf not just a model whose beautiful but taller than him!), valentino rossi, loris capirossi, mick doohan, who else? hmm... and many many more ;)

besides, they would always make sure that we the hoteliers would always got the VIP passes specially given by them. with that passes, we could even went in the circuit until inside the track!

there were so many stories to be remembered, but here's part of them-


story 1

i was holding the position of the front office guest relations officer (fo gro). part of my job was to request a birthday cake for our very special guest including our regular and long-term guest, via room service department. one day, it was one of the racer' from the marlboro team birthday (omigosh... i can't remember who was that). that morning, a room service staff, badli (we teased him as 'baldi' lol) called me that the birthday cake was ready. then i called the racer' room to make sure that he was there. so off i went to the room with badli. he (the racer) was so surprised seeing badli and me came to the room with the birthday cake. behind us were people from his team too. we sand birthday song to him. he was shed in tears. before badli and me left him with his mate, he gave us a carton of marlboro ciggy each. wow... i wished you all could see how happy badli was. his smiles was up to his ears you! ya lor... we have just got an imported ciggy! for me, i could say that was a bit stupid (kononnya nak tunjuk baik lor). as soon as i went back to the back office, i gave a pack each to my colleagues who smoke. such a stupid gal kan? i should have sell the ciggys to them :)


story 2

there was one year, the team that won the race (can't remember which one) was so damn happy. as soon as they stepped in the lobby, they were singing happily all the way to their room on the other building. then we heard from the housekeeping dept that the winning team had damaged most of the hotel items i.e. they broke the wall glass in the lifts, they also broke the glass window, they even threw down the big vase from the upper floor etc etc etc. the best part was their manager left a signed blank cheque with me in order for them to pay for the damages! *phew*


story 3

most of us at the front office dept would go out clubbing with the racers. not one-on-one yea... we always went in groups. some of our favourite spots were boom boom room (formerly 11la), fire, dv8, voodoo etc. just imagine people most of the times, the bills would be on the racers!


now when i saw them on tv, i dunno whether they still remember me lol because we never get in touch no more. in fact they used to give me their contact numbers and address just in case if i go there for holidays auww...

kuE's update at +/- 4.40pm:
besides watching the tv, i've just received the f1 result' via the starbiz sms news alerts on my fon too. wah... they were so up-to-date one i tell you... btw here the result for the malaysian f1 gp-
1 - giancarlo fisichella (renault)
2 - fernando alonso (renault)
3 - jenson button (honda)