The One with the Many 'First'

I'm so behind in my blog posts that it's so not funny. It's been more than 2 months since my last post and how true the maxim "Where Did The Time Go?". Oh well, it's also true what they say - time flies when you're having fun and it certainly has been an eventful past couple of months here at RedRibbon Days.

Before that, hope everyone had a JOLLY GOOD MERRY CHRISTMAS! Here's to the new year and a new beginning and a much more eventful year. I have a good feeling that 2011 will be an awesome year. So here's wishing everyone an awesome HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Anyway, back to this post, since I'm way behind and a lot has happened in the past couple of months, I'd like to share with you the many 'firsts' here at RedRibbon Days. In no particular order, here goes. This may be quite a long post, but it's to make up for all the lost time. hehe.

First Dragon Boat Race
I never thought I would witness, what more be a part of a race like this. So when one of our clients actually agreed on our idea and proposal of running a Dragon Boat race as part of their weekend event, I was like..No way! Awesome! This was held a couple of weeks ago in Putrajaya and the objective was to have a fun-filled, yet healthy weekend getaway for our client's client and family members. Because there were not enough participants on one of the boats, we were invited to join in the fun. I've always been a fan of watersports (considering I don't know how to swim - ironic isn't it? haha) so I was ecstatic to be a part of the race. What's so cool about this race is that all boats have a 'drummer' who sits in the front of boat, guiding the rest to paddle according to the beat. So the faster the beat, the faster we have to paddle. It creates a sense of unison and the beating of the drum makes it more exciting. So I was on the same team wth a few other clients and Ming Ne but we only managed to get 4th place. haha! It really didn't matter to me, because the experience alone was awesome.

The cool looking Dragon Boat!

Our team ready to go. See, we're all kind of 'small size' so maybe that's why we got 4th place. *Sore Loser*

That's us...trying to figure out whether the race has started. haha

On your mark, get set, go!

First Torn Among the Roses @ RedRibbon Days
We recently hired our first male staff here at RedRibbon Days! Hehe, Lawrence Chong joined us on December 13th 2010 as an intern. He'll be with us for the next 3 months and so far, we are glad to have him on board. Despite being the only guy in the office, he seems to be fitting in pretty well. Plus, it's always handly to have a guy around the office to help carry stuff and all. Haha. Lawrence is currently studying at Sunway University and he's also a part time ice skating instructor @ Sunway Pyramid! For those of you who wants to get to know him better, you may call him at 0121234567 haha just joking, I think he's taken. :P Welcome on board Lawrence! Hope you get to contribute and learn as much as possible during your short time here. Don't forget to enjoy yourself while you're at it!

erm ok, this picture does not do him justice. hahaha

First RedRibbon Days Christmas Tree
Hard to believe that last year, we had no space at all for a Christmas tree. Now that we've moved to a bigger office, there's no excuse to not have one! Our Christmas tree is soo pwetty. If you're wondering what the pieces of papers are doing hanging on the tree, do read on :)

First Experience Based 'Kris Kringle'

We decided to give a twist to our normal secret santa ritual. Instead of spending money on a gift, we got everyone to give a 'priceless' experience to their Kris Kringle partner. It can be anything from becoming a coffee maker for a week, office maid for a week to driver..u get the drift. I must say it was kind of fun thinking of personal priceless experiences to provide! It brought out the creativity in everyone and the experiences were really priceless! hehe. I'm kind of excited with mine, as I got a "Private Ice Skating Lesson" from who else, the ice skater himself, Mr. Lawrence Chong! I'm gonna grab these girls out to come skate with me. hehe. Oh ya, we even did our very own vouchers and Lawrence drew his own:

cool eh?

And this is what I gave my Kris Kringle partner, Shiva! ...hmm now where did I put that Chakra For Dummies book? hehehe.

Anyway, Lawrence and Theing 'redeemed' their Kris Kringle experiences already. Lawrence got a ride in an Aston Martin to our Annual Dinner given by Ming Ne and Theing got chauffered driven in a Bentley! They sure looked like they had fun. But I'm sure Shiva can't wait for her Chakra Therapy too! heheheheh. The others were interesting too...Shiva gave Penny some "personal guide to South Indian food" and Theing got Sherin "personal guide to Bak Kut Teh in Klang"....obvious that we love to eat eh. But the winning prize goes to Penny who gave Ming Ne a "Justin Bieber Experience". No, she didn't dress up as JB, just that she's suppose to play that oh-so-annoying song - Baby Baby Ooh for like 10 times or something. oh what joy!Oh by the way, Penny's our new addition to the Pleasure Team! Welcome onboard!

First RedRibbon Days Karaoke Outing...and the first ever karaoke for Shiva!

Can't believe that Shiva has never been karaoke-ing. haha! This year's annual dinner we decided to go for a karaoke session since we have a few singers in the house..being Theing and of course Ming Ne! hehe. Well, Shiva here is a karaoke virgin and what more appropriate first song than Madonna's 'Like a Virgin!'...and oh boy can Theing really sing or what?! She really can. Belting Alicia Key's song so effortlessly. Funny thing is, myself and Sherin kept singing oldies songs like Bonnie Raits' Total Eclipse of the Heart, Summer Nights and many more la, while the rest where singing Linkin Park, Alicia Keys etc. Geez, kinda obvious eh Sherin?..such a dead giveaway. Gotta watch more MTV now.

Anyway, it seems like yesterday we were telling ourselves during last year's dinner that next year, there will be more team members - and we already have with the addition of Penny and Lawrence. So we're really looking forward to 2011 where the team will definitely double if not triple!

Lawrence and Penny singing none other than Justin Bieber's Baby Baby, specially dedicate to Ming Ne.

Sorry I just realised I didn't take that many pictures. I think I was busy attacking the buffet.

Okay I think those are the our many 'first' that I can think of now. Here's signing out from 2010...bye bye 2010! you've been good but 2011 is gonna be even better!

To Sherin and Ming Ne, thanks for a spectacular year, for all your support and I can't imagine any other partners to work with. Here's to 2011 ;)