My Cozy Corner !

Well, two-third of our time are spent in the office and I always believed that we must take every effort in making our working place and environment to be conducive, comfortable and cozy for a healthier working ambience. My offices have always been my "Nerve Centre" ... it's the place where I have the most pleasures and pressures at the same time !

My Team at Gurney !

Some of my saint and angels at The Gurney Resort Hotel & Residences !

My Team at Northam !

My angels at The Northam, All Suite ....

Puffy & Me !

Man's best friend has always been a dog ... but for me, my best friend is a cat ... My brother and I adopted a "Himalayan Persian" cat three years ago .... Puffy is her name because of her fur which looks so fluffy !

My God Sons !

I became a god mum when my friend, Linda Lee @ Nur Dini Lee binti Abdullah gave birth to her elder son, Mohd Aiman bin Saiful Anuar.

Then, I became god mum for the 2nd time when Linda had Mohd Affiq bin Saiful Anuar. It's so nice to hear both of them calling me MiMi which actually means "God Mother" !!!!

My Friends !

The heading says it all .... my friends whom I hang-out with almost every day.. From playing badminton to movies ... kopi sessions to drinking sessions .... from karaoke to never-ending makan-makan ...

Thank you for accepting me in your circle of FRIENDS !!!

Wendy to Barcelona & Cannes !

When my ex-boss, Ms Julie Jackson, DOSM first told me that she is sending me to Spain and Cannes for EIBTM and ILTM, I was so thrilled ... A week prior to travelling, I could not sleep and kept thinking of both countries (Spain and France) because I have not been there before.

Well, finally, I made it on mid November 2007 ... I must say that the place is really WOW ! Managed to learnt a few spanish words, the popular one is "mucho gracias", means thank you. The hotel that I have stayed together with all the other friends from other Shangri-Las is called Hotel Arts Barcelona, a 5-star hotel, located next to their Barcelona Casino. Guess what, the darling of every women, Anthonio Banderas walked into the hotel one evening with his bodyguards. All our jaws dropped as he entered into the hotel. Matured, manly and charming !

After taking Tapas for almost a week, I have finally, decided to just go for simple food, guess what ? It's McDonalds .... located just right in front of their square. Went for heavy shopping around Catalunya place ... and their main shopping store called En Cote Iglacias... Bought a total of 7 bottles of perfumes from Zara ... really good bargain I must say.

Well from there, I travelled to Cannes ... The ILTM Tradeshow was held in Palais de France, an exhibition hall where the yearly famous Film Festival is held. Stayed in Martinez Hotel which is also belonging to Ritz Carlton group, the hotel is beautiful with excellent service and overlooking the ocean. Cannes is really a place for all the rich and famous to be ... movie stars, singers and many tycoons are always there with their pets to walk along the beach ...

Above all, I have trully enjoyed my trip there and have made many new friends with the Shangri-La family members.

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 !!!!