Wendy to Mumbai & Delhi !

Aida Rashid, my colleague who is also a Sales Manager incharged of India Market was scheduled to go for a roadshow to India in August 2006. When she found out that she was pregnant, my former DOSM, Ms Julie Jackson asked me to go instead.

Here I am, never been to India was so excited ... don't know what to expect ... all geared up ... The day arrived and I flew off to India.

Finally, arrived into New Delhi at approximately 10pm ... airport was so packed with Indians ... the airport was so horrible, dirty and dusty. Not only that, all the roads in India are also dirty and dusty as well ... Ahyo .... what an ugly sight compared to all the other countries that I have been !

Arrived into Shangri-La New Delhi ... very impressive and service was excellent ! Told by the GSE and GSM not to consume any water from the tap ... otherwise food poisoning. The following morning, two other colleagues from Shangri-La KL, Mr Allan Khoo and Island Shangri-La, Mr Larry Chan joined me. This roadshow is lead by Ms Nancy Lee and Ms Wendy Siah from Regional Sales Office Singapore.

Two days on sales calls and on the final day, we were in the hotel for a table-top presentation and dinner with selected agents and corporates. When we were on the road during sales calls, we witnessed their miserable lifestyle... lots of street beggars both young and old and some of them are without their limbs !!! While your taxi is waiting for the traffic light to turn green, many children and beggars will come to your car to either to sell their novels or motivational books or just to beg for money.

From New Delhi, we all flew together to Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. Here, also no different than New Delhi, dirty, dusty and lots of street beggars. We stayed in a beach front boutique hotel known as Inter-Continental Mumbai with only 80 rooms. All rooms come with a personalised butler and my female butler's name is Ms Pooja.

Same arrangement as in New Delhi, we were on sales calls for two days and on the third day, we had our table-top session followed by dinner in our hotel. The RSVP for the table-top session and dinner was much better than in New Delhi. The audiences were much more serious and they have shown more interest in our properties.

My experience in both New Delhi and Mumbai have actually changed my perception in our lifestyle ... comparing India and Malaysia, we are far more developed, better infrastructure and better quality in terms of our standard of living !!! Thank God, we are Malaysians !!!!

Wendy to DOEM Workshop

Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa has kindly sent me to Beijing for 3 days/2 nights in July 2006 for a Director of Events Management Workshop held in China World Hotel. I must say that the workshop was very interesting and informative and from there, I have met all my counterparts from all over Shangri-La.

Not to forget, shopping was great there ... especially in the silk market and the electronics departmental store ... we were all so excited and happy because we have managed to buy a MP4 for only RM90 ... what a bargain !!! However, when we came back to Malaysia, the MP4 is so lousy that it cannot be played ! What a rip-off !

Other than that, we have bought plenty of silk stuff such as cushion covers, tissue box holders, table runners and many others. My other friends have bought many handbags ... from Gucci to Prada and from LV to Coach ....

Wendy & Soo Theng to Magical Kingdom !

In February 2006, Soo Theng had to attend a Shangri-La event in Hong Kong and she has kindly invited me to tag along with her. We were there for a 3N/4D in Island Shangri-La before we end our Hong Kong trip in Disneyland Hong Kong for a 1N/2D vacation.

While Soo Theng was busy in her Shangri-La event, I went on shopping spree .... bought 7 bottles of perfumes, a set of pendant and earrings from Agatha, an Aldo working shoes and a lot of other small stuffs. On the 4th day, we took a train to the Magical Kingdom ... guess what ? the train that we ride to Disneyland has many Mickey's heads ... from window frame to the passengers' handrail, to seats, etc.

It was really magical and Disneyland's Kingdom has always been well liked by everyone ... from young to old. We both went on many different rides and had good fun till went up to the "Space Mountain", an indoor roller coaster ride which actually scared the hell out of me !!! At the end of the ride, I could not walk properly ... my whole body was shaking so badly that I almost threw out.

The afternoon was not to be missed .... we actually saw their parade with all their Disney's characters showing off their skills ! Many different characters were there in full costumes ... Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Snow While and Seven Dwarfs, Toy Story and many others.

We end the evening with a big bang ... witnessing their spectacular Fire Works display !!! Wow, it was an amazing experience !!!!