Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Journey - Kembara TV3 and JOM Heboh 2009!


Activities in month of July , was absolutely packed!!!
From the 20th of July till 25th of July, I worked for basically 14 hours a day. I was having flu and slight fever(Thank God is not H1N1) But I must say, it's an amazing journey of my life. Discovering love and friendships and new experience in life.

From 20th July till 22nd July
I had to conduct extensive training for sales promoters for the 3 major events happens the same weekend! It's absolutely ridiculous for the local councils to approve and demanded that these events to happens almost simultaneously, and my company (telecomunication Maxis) is the major sponsors for all these 3 events, means that with limited work force , all of us in the region has to multi task. I had very less rest, lunch was a quickie, sleeps only for 3-4 hours. I was every much restless but I'm having good time, the companion of the people I worked with just make it up to these crazy and hectic time. I'm lucky to work under an amazing boss, who appreciates and recognize our hard work well. Aside, I consider my training was succesful as I have created a new bench mark in our promoters , all of them have been groomed to perfection, this is something I know much and I know I wont settle for anything less than that.

23rd July - Kembara TV3 day 1- Serian
I never really fancy the life in a celebrity lane , main because I am not one to start with . The local celebrities are not fanciful bunch of boobs( I said these with much love) The Kembara TV3 is a reality TV show that visits rural areas with the significant convoys of big red buses(a corporate Maxis color) , the marketing hype to introduce this local and most succesful private TV station . Media Prima joint ventured with Maxis/Hotlink, together they bring everyone from rural area closer to them. Media Prima celebrities caught me by surprised, this amazing talented artistes and TV personalities are well poise and fun to be hang out with, no aura of -DIVA-nabe exist in any of them. I must say, I feel like one of them. We reached Serian town( 45 minutes driving from Kuching) It was thursday afternoon, the turn out was a bit disappointing but we make sure it's fun for everyone, the best part was the event was delayed due to heavy rain for 2 hours. Me and my collegue sneaked out to grab ourselves a late lunch at infamous seafood restaurant in Tebekang that serves GIANT fresh water prawns(it was huge and deliciously cooked in a sweet n soure creamy gravy..yummmm-Ooooo!)
The event continues and end with poco-poco(line dancing) it was fun indeed, to see the familiar faces and the unfamiliar faces gather around and enjoy ourselves to the max.

24th July - Kembara TV3 Continues- Sri Aman

I'm 31 and I'm not ashamed to admit , being a local Sarawakian. I never been to Sri Aman. It was a road trip opportunity for me:! This time the journey was quite tiring and it was a long long journey (3 hours to be exact!) It was all worth the trip when the we see exciting massive crowds gather at the open stadium arena. This time, my boss wants me to show my talent as an emcee and presenter. I managed to pull the crowd and we were so lucky to have this talented local pop/rock group SOFAZ to grace our stage and perform their hits!
It was really fun to see this local faces enjoying themself despite the afternoon heat.


25th July - Jom Heboh , Kuching
I woke up at 6am , mind you I reached home last nite at 11.30pm and went out to meet my friends and came home and sleep at about 2am. I was at the venue Stadium Negeri Kuching public carpark(where the event will be held) , we were doing the last dry run at our gigantic HOTLINK tent(consist of several booth, a lounge area, air conditioned room and mini stage) my job today will be co-hosting HOTLINK concerts from 10 am till 10 pm. I was so excited to finally meet Kish (a talented TV presenter and actor from KL) we did this before in Miri a year ago, we had an amazing chemistry on stage , it was all drama and fun!
Yes I am an emcee too ...ahaks my close friend Jacob came in the afternoon to give me his support and stayed till finished, so glad that he was there to assist me, he was like my manager and my bodyguard.. The Jom Heboh crowd was crazier than we ever expected, it was big turn up for the first day and continously till the event end at 10pm. Funny part was, I never considered myself as a famous celebrity, but I was that day, strangers approached me and even take pictures with me... to the point Jacob had to request for a way for me to move as I swamp by crowds. CRAZY TIME!

26th July - Jom Heboh

Finale, the crowds are even bigger this time, it was sunday, stage activities was packed with exciting events, it was more challenging as we have big celebrities performing on stage. The dry and hot sunday afternoon was never dampened, crowds gather more and more. It's fun and also physically challenging for me to jump, to scream to dance and to act out like I'm having so much fun or like I just had a superficial drugs to get me hyper. Jacob accompanied by Wilfred this time making a duo team to be my own entourage. In return, I bring them exclusively for a backstage passes for the night major concert marking the finale of the event.
My family came and gave me their supports and stayed till the concert. It was too good to be true, no words can express my experience tonight

xoxo

On Pillow Talk and musing with true angels

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Usually, pillow talk are meant to be ..Urkk... in the bedroom at night.
Remember those night, loads of junk foods, bad movies on TV and you gather with your girl friends talks your hearts out- anything from beauty, love, relationships and of course the latest gossips. But, this time with a lil' twist and creativity splashing here and there .
I now unconventionally(conventional are for bunch of pussies!) slot in pillow talk in every session of my current Creative Sales Training. The last time I had the chance to do such massive sales training for an event was in 2007 for Maxis Hotlink Jom Heboh Miri , Sarawak. It was indeed a fun and fulfilling one week sales boot camp.

This time I don't have the same luxury in terms of time: Only 3 days, with 2 different sessions to be conducted, and each sessions last about 6 hours and to put icing on top of the layered cake(mind the local pun) each sessions are attended by two very unique and much different groups. The training was especially designed for Hotlink promoters, my boss has given me the freedom to conduct these sessions and to take up this sales course ,of course I'm most glad to accept this offer by him.

The sales training starts with basic training style- ice breaking, product exposure and creative sales guide for promoters.

The 3 days training was attended by about 40 pax, consisting of young boys and girls who either eager to be a Hotlink promoters or just here to get free events access. These group of 'younger generation" has somehow blend in with me so easily.

The session that they awaits the most would be the "Pillow Talk"
Here we would share our intimate feelings on the current events and training that they have attended, their fears and concerns or anything that they want to share. We would work around with all these and create solutions and seek opportunities and rooms to fill up the obvious gap, improving for the better.

Most trainer will never want to show their flaws and for me, it's full of bulshits! A trainer is a human being that far from perfect, I myself admit to my audience that . We are only here to educate and improve our self, mistakes are meant to be made, and is not an excuse to not work hard or change for the better....I showed them how to admit mistakes and resolve issues and make decisions firmly, i showed them how to be more human and emphasize on the basic rules of emotional intelligence- empathy and human touch

The pillow talk even makes me realize that each individual are more powerful as a self even more dynamic if it's in a group. Working as a team needs strong (emotionally and physically) individuals to build a firm foundation of a successful team.

It was indeed an amazing 3 days of my training career here in the region
The beautiful faces of these 'angels' just warm my heart, they are crazy and fun, they've work hard and play hard...thank you guys
this blog is dedicated to all my Hotlink Promoters (Jom Heboh 2009, Kuching, AF Reunion Concert and Kembara TV3)or my Fabulous Hotlink Crewz

much love!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Hey There Beautiful

Hey Beautiful !

I've been so busy the past few months and blogging is no longer my leisure luxury. Ramadhan Al Mubaraq is coming up in a few days, work load will be less and I promise to update all my pending entries(End of June, July and August)



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Happy Fasting everyone and much love!

Neyna
xoxo