Facility Link Chinese New Year Dinner 2012

Event: Facility Link Chinese New Year Dinner 2012

Date: January 2012

Venue: Seafood International (East Coast Big Splash)

The evening started with everyone at Facility Link nominating the most good-looking colleague that they have. It was just so much fun when people started nominating whom they thought was the most handsome among them!

The dinner commenced with the Chinese "Lo Hei", a custom practised by every company as part of the Chinese New Year celebration. The tossing and churning of the ingredients by everyone with their chopsticks and words of blessings that accompanied certainly added to the atmosphere. Among different races, nationalities, culture and background, everyone enjoyed this particular dish.

I rolled off the first game looking for the God of Fortune among the audience and yes, we found him - with a EZ-link card, some dollar bills among a variety of items! We all had a good laugh to see the lucky person to be the God of Fortune for the company!

More games went on and the participation from the audience was both intense and pulse-racing. The best moment that ended the night on a high - was a great sexy hip dance by the staff and management!

Thanks everyone from Facility Link!

Have a blessed year of the Dragon. Huat ah!

Colgate Palmolive Dinner 2012

Event: Colgate Palmolive Dinner 2012

Date: January 2012

Venue: Park Royal Hotel

The event was organized as a highlight to a 1-day meeting for the staff of Colgate as well as the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The evening began with an introduction and light-hearted jokes to warm everyone up after a full day of meeting. It was especially nice, since everyone knew each other and felt a lot more like a family gathering than a corporate function. Through my interactions with some, it lightened up the evening and got everything started on the right foot.

The Chinese "Yu Shen" or "Lo Hei" is customarily the first course as Chinese New Year is round the corner. In any restaurant. the waiter would garnish the dish with various ingredients, each representing a different blessing in the Chinese language. As I went through the list of blessings, the waiters poured the ingredients, and everyone was ready to tuck in and toss for better luck and blessings in the new year.

"Huat ah... Huat ah... Huat ah... "

The evening continued on with fun and games. There were mass games, table games and stage games and everyone participated happily, brightening the ballroom even further with laughter and applause. Thanks to one of the guest, Kelvin, who happened to be my classmate from secondary school, here are the photos that he took. I made it into a collage!

A big thank you to all the staff. You guys were great and I had a good time!

Happy New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai! May peace, prosperity, good health and happiness be yours throughout the new year!!

Check out Colgate Singapore here!

Courts Clementi Chinese New Year Special Roadshow

Event: Courts Clementi Chinese New Year Special Roadshow

Date: January 2012

Venue: Courts Clementi

"Did you hear that? Courts has a brand new branch at Clementi central!"

As the Chinese New Year is around the corner, most Chinese families in Singapore starts preparing for the brand new year - Year of the Dragon. Spring cleaning is always the time to get rid of old stuff to make way for new items, from clothings to furnitures and electronic appliances.

Courts launched a 2 days Chinese New Year Special at their spanking new branch at Clementi central. I was arranged to be the emcee for the roadshow and had a great time interacting with the shoppers and enticed them with BIG discounts!!

Below are some photos of me "selling" in action...

Photos

Abbott Sales Kickoff cum X-Factor Talent Search 2012

Event: Abbott Laboratories Sales Kickoff cum X-Factor Talent Search 2012

Date: January 2012

Venue: Rasa Sentosa Resort

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDxUJwvE9QU

This is one of my all-time favourite hotels in Singapore! The swimming pool, the sea breeze, the outdoor dinner and the excellent view from the hotel – all these make it a great staycation getaway!

One of the key highlight of the 2-day Sales Kickoff is our very own Abbott X-factor Talent Search! All 5 participating teams spent hours choreographing and practising their performance, all ready for a showdown and walk away with the grand prize worth more than $2000!

Here's the line-up of all 5 teams:

1. The A Team
2. Fab 5
3. Sassy Six
4. Esprit de Corps
5. Prestique

Apart from judging criteria such as Entertainment and Creativity, all 5 teams had to showcase the company's values – Pioneering, Achieving, Caring and Enduring - through their performance. There were song and dance, skit, musicals, and Abbott's very own midget show! From their performances, dance routines, costumes, props and music arrangement, we could see all 5 teams contributed significant hours after work to put everything together, over and above their work and sales commitments! IMPRESSIVE!

Apart from the talent search performances, we had lots of good fun in the games segments. It was very heartwarming as an emcee to see everyone contributing in and giving suggestions and encouragement. Excellent teamwork and great spirit was displayed by every member of the company.

Another highlight of the event was the awards and prize presentation. The company recognized the hardwork and contribution by the awardees and presented awards and prizes to these deserving individuals.

"And this year 2012 X-Factor Talent Search champion goes to ... ... Prestique!"

Requests were made for the champion and first runner-up to perform once more and the crowd went wild! Well guess what happened after the 2 performances? We had our very own impromptu Indian Dance Superstar!

Finally to round up the event, we had a special guest whom were specially invited and all the staff participated in making a gift for this special guest! 

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A big thank you to everyone at Abbott! All the best for 2012 and looking forward to being part of your future events!

Char Yong (Dabu) Association 2012 Countdown Party

Event: Char Yong (Dabu) Association 2012 Countdown Party 新加坡茶阳(大埔)会馆迎新年晚会

Date: 31 December 2011

Time: 7.30pm - 1.00am

Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hWn0KxNx90

Style! Emcee:

Happy New Year Everyone!! 祝大家新年快乐，青春美丽，笑口常开！


In my opinion, this is certainly the best countdown party to be at this year. Why? For 2 good reasons:

• My dialect group is Hakka and the home town where my grandparents were from Dapu County
• The crowd was awesome, from 8 - 80 years old, they laughed together, played games on stage, and best of all? They were going around the ballroom with my countdown choo-choo train too!

The theme for the evening was "Movies Night". The decor was beautifully done up, with posters decorating the foyer, kacang putih (white sugar coated peanuts) seller and a olden days ticket booth. Best of all, the organizers replicated the old movie stubs. For those who were born 1980s and before, the old movie stubs were nothing more than a flimsy piece of paper and the seat numbers were scribbled using colored pencil. Ushers would use a torch and usher you to your seat. (If you recall, sitting at the last few rows, you could hear the projector and the reel rolling sound coming out of the projection room above!)

The event started with a spoof version of pre-event movie trailers. It was hilarious as many were dubbed in Hakka language. The audience had a good laughed (even I was chuckling away)! It was nostalgic, especially for many of the folks among the audience. The president of the association delivered the opening and dinner commenced. Oh gosh, we were all famished!

Moments later, Captain Jack Sparrow (which was the character I took on), jumped onto the stage and kick started our fun and entertainment with simple light-hearted ice-breakers to get everyone warmed up. It was so fun when everyone, of all ages, put their heads together, to solve the Hakka Challenge!!

As an entertainer, I would always use games to encourage participation, regardless of race, language, age, nationality, or corporate hierarchy. To me, games and entertainment bring people together and spice up our daily lives.

As the evening went on, we had more fun and entertainment. We had a lovely showcase of wonderful singers, from mandarin pop songs to hakka hits. And we even had our very own Hakka Rapper! The final game that we played before the countdown was to select couples (dressed to the theme) on stage and re-enact the movie scenes. It was simply hilarious!!

With fun and laughter, good company, food and drinks, time flew so quickly that it was time to start our countdown. Everyone was distributed party hats, poppers, confetti guns and various party props to get ready for 2012.

10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1


Happy New Year!!
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The human choo choo train has started. C'mon, join in the train right now!


A BIG thank you to my audience. 谢谢大家！