Did you know it was World Environment Day on 5 June 2011?

Warning : This may be a longer than usual post, compared to my normal standards. Hehe. And yes, I know I've been slacking big time. Sudah kena 'sound' so I'm trying to make up for it. hehe. Sorry!

Thanks to RedRibbon Days, I now know that every 5th June of every year is World Environment Day (WED)! Yes, I was that ignorant. I think more people should create more awareness about this day because it's not only about conserving energy like the popular 'Earth Hour', but WED is about anything and everything that we can do to save our environment.

We were honoured to be given the opportunity to organise and execute events on behalf of our client to commemorate this day. We were not only excited and but also ecstatic that our client is supporting this day and engaged RedRibbon Days to help them spread the word to the public.

Theme of this year's WED is 'Forests : Nature at Your Service' so naturally, the main event we organised for our client was a tree planting initiative. To help us spread the word on a much bigger scale, not only were the staff invited to join in, but also local celebritiess and personalities such as Daphne Iking, Dato' Yasmin Yusuff, Lina Teoh, Jojo Struys, Hansen Lee, Amber Chia, Carmen Soo, Dennis Lau, Freda Liu and many more.

BUT, it was not only about the tree planting event on the 5th that we were excited about, but also about the pre-event initiative which we hoped will create more buzz and hype leading up to the actual day. RedRibbon Days came up with the idea of also creating awareness that everyone can play their part in helping the environment by Reducing Their Carbon Footprint.

OK, I have to admit, when I first heard that term brought up by Ming Ne and Sherin, I went like..'huh?'..then after they explained what it was all about...I was like...man..that's genius! Everyone should be aware of this and talk about it! So yeah...in my very own layman terms; Reducing Your Carbon Footprint is about things that you can do to reduce your Carbon Dioxide emissions, which we all know is BAD for the environment right? OK, even I knew that. So, i.e. instead of driving, ride a bicycle. But of course, we can't possibly revert back to our primitive ways right..so, what we can do is be a bit smart in our current lifestyle choices which is practical but at the same time help reduce our carbon footprint.

SO, the pre-event theme revolved around the concept of "Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - Experience It Locally" - meaning, you don't have to travel overseas to experience something amazing and unique because it's all here in our very own backyard. I bet you can ask any of your friends whether they are aware that you can actually be a Pilot for a Day, ride an ATV in a jungle, Bungy Jump, Paraglide, Segway Ride etc all here in our beautiful country - I can bet that most of them would say they would probably have to fly to some other country to experience it. So obviously, having to travel overseas would create a whole lot of carbon emissions like no one's business.

This is where we got the help of these celebrities to spread the word. Each of them did an amazing experience that they've never done before or weren't even aware that it was available here in our country, what more here in KL. It took us a whole month to gather and organise these experiences for everyone, but the outcome was just sooo satisfying that you just have to view the video clips to know what I mean.

Please do check out our YouTube page here to view each celebrities' experience. They're all funny and entertaining in their own way so it's really fun to watch!

Sooo..once the pre-event was over, then came the main event on the 5th. EVERYONE was chartered in what we call a 'Green Bus' with all the celebrities faces designed on the bus. How cool is that. Some of them were saying they felt like SJP in SATC's opening theme song. hehe. I thought the bus looked pretty cool, but what made it way cooler were the outriders escorting the bus all the way from our client's office to the tree planting venue at Taman Botani Shah Alam! I'm sure everyone felt like royalty being able to have outriders 'shoo' every vehicle in your way. hahaha.

Checkout the Green Bus!

Upon arrival, it was just plain fun all the way! Despite the slight rain drizzle scare early morning to the sudden scorching hot sun; everyone was such as good sport and looked like they had fun planting trees and plants for a good cause. It definitely was not your typical tree planting event where everyone plants a tree then goes home. I think each activity and detail played a significant part in the success of the event.

We had so many more highlights that I just have to list it out in point form here:

- an opening performance by No Noise Percussion; a group that performs using recycled items like pots, pans, rubbish bins etc
- After the tree planting session, the management and celebs got to have their hand print in cement at their plot of land
- A time capsule which we proposed to our client, where messages written by the management and celebrities were sealed in a time capsulee; and then there was a time capsule burying session at the end of the tree planting initiative
- a lovely lovely lunch
- photoboard signing session
- AND the GRAND FINALE - hop on back to the green bus to Fahrenheit 88 and Lot 10 for a Shout Out session! Everyone who joined held up banners spreading the word that it's WED and tips and environmental messages while the No Noise Percussion performed.

I have to say this was probably the first time I was shouting like a madwomn to a big crowd in the middle of KL city, prancing and dancing without any shame. I don't mind doing it again. haha

phew. all that in half a day. From 5am to 2pm. Kudos Sherin, Ming Ne and of course, the whole RedRibbon Days team - Shiva, Reza, Penny and Sophia. Best teamwork ever! So proud of everyone.

OK tired of typing. A picture says a thousand words, so technically, below are a few more thousand words. hehe :) But please do visit our Facebook Fan Page here to view the whole event! Enjoy!

Mother's Day is Coming!!!

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The Day I Fell Flat on My Bum Trying to Roller Disco

Yes, you read right. I attempted to Roller Disco. And I fell flat on my a**. And it hurt for days. :(

BUT...it was fun! Me and my oldest friends (as in 'old' we've been friends since primary school, definitely not old in age..ahah!) decided to dress up ala Roller Boogie (yes, we don't dress up like this everyday and you have GOT to watch this ol skool movie) and this day was organised in lieu of Amy's birthday who turned, ehem 21 this year..like 9 times already.

Soon, you and your friends will be able to enjoy this experience and buy it for YOUR friend as a gift and organise a Roller Disco day for you and your friends via RedRibbon Days! So stay tuned as we'll have it on our website real soon!!

In the meantime, have a look at how silly we looked. hehe. But hands down to the best dressed 'roller' of the day, none other than Mr. Hubby, Azlan Ibrahim. Doesn't he look so KEWL?
ahahaha.

Mr. Hubby looking dashing. But I think the shorts aren't short enough

The Birthday Girl - Ms. Amy!

Lan and his pose 'maut'


ok, i don't know what tuty is doing. haha

2011 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Yes I know...it's already 2nd Feb 2011! It's not THAT late to wish everyone a new year what. hehe. OK it is, but better late than never. Hope 2011 been's treating everyone good so far. It's already Feb 2011 and we at RedRibbon Days have already had a quite eventful Jan 2011 with a major client event all the way in Tawau, Sabah.

It was my first time stepping foot in Sabah. Tawau is a quaint little town. Very green, popular for its seafood (I had ikan ayam, praying mantis, siput sedut etc) and Nasi Kuning apparently. But we didn't get to spend much time going around as we were busy preparing for the event. Suffice to say, all the hard work and stress was well worth it as the client was very happy, saying that it was their best annual dinner ever. Kudos to Sherin and Ming Ne! Months of preparation and those occasional travels to Tawau paid off eh. Anyway, I would probably step foot in Tawau again, only because you'd have to take a boat from Tawau to get to Sipadan. So yeah, Sipadan is on the list of must visit places.

Speaking of must visit, I'm revisiting my must-do list which I did back in Jan 2010. I failed miserably. Only manage to do 4 out of 10! I only did the first 3 and the last one! hehe. Okay so this year, I shall not make any to do lists or even resolutions. Going to take 2011 as it comes with always keeping in mind the notion of "Just Do It!" 2011 is going to be the year of opportunities so just grab whatever comes your way and keep on searching for more.

Coming to the second month, Feb 2011 is just as eventful as we also have another big event coming soon after the Chinese New Year holidays. Speaking of which, Happy Chinese New Year! See, I'm right on time based on the Chinese calendar. Haha. It's a beautiful day today. The sun is shining, there's a bit of a cool breeze, birds are chirping and best of all, the roads are soooo clear. If only everyday was like this. hehe.

Ok I'm just rambling on here. To close this post, please enjoy this video clip which is sort of my theme song for this year :)

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 ;)

Mandi Bunga Part II

Hari Raya has officially ended last weekend. Thank god. Now it's back to the stationary bike which was used as an official handbag hanger. Really really need to lose those extra kilos in time for the year end.

On a separate note, I think I need another round of a 'Mandi Bunga' session. The last time I had one was last year, December 2009. So I guess I need to do it at least once a year. Reason? Well, today has not been a good day...a really bad day in fact. When you think things can't get any worse, it just did. And when people say, oh well, 'sh*it happens', well today it was more like 'diarrohea happens'..to the point that i can't wait for the day to end, hoping tomorrow will be a new day.

So what's the worse thing that could happen you say? Well, I may be blowing it out of proportion, but when you're in the industry of pleasing people and making people happy, the smallest dissapointment or dissatisfaction expressed by just one person - is enough to break your heart into pieces. And the worse part, it is something out of your control. I know we can't satisfy and please everyone, but when it happens to the wrong person, it just kills. On top of that, you are then bombarded with bad news on after the other. Gah! Okay, I'm just babbling on here but my point is, it's been a bad day. :P

So here's to picking ourselves up, learn the lesson, remember to not repeat it again and strive on. Oh yeah, and a 'mandi bunga' session this Saturday. Batai flower shop, here I come! This time I need to double the amount of petals. :)

Selamat Hari Raya!

I hope it's not too late to wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya! Raya celebrations are throughout the whole month anyway..hehe.

Hope everyone had a great, fun, joyous and mouth stuffing raya! I celebrated mine with in-laws here in KL and I must say this year, KL turned into a cowboy town due to the long weekend hols. But good thing Lan's family and relatives were all based here in KL so celebrations went on as usual and it felt like every bit like raya.

Mum and dad left for Johor last Thursday and only returned on Sunday. So I celebrated with them on Monday. By the time they got back to KL, they were pretty tired from all the raya-ing back in JB, my mum's hometown. So for them, it was quite a relief to come home to KL.

This year raya felt a bit different though. You see, me and my husband - we're raya grinches. In fact, Lan has turned into a raya scrooge as well..haha. Those who know me, are accustomed to my feelings and thoughts about raya. To me, I love it because it's another holiday and it's a celebration to mark the end of a whole month of fasting, but at the same time it gets quite tiring sitting around the house the whole day entertaining relatives or going from house to house meeting relatives. And seeing that holidays are quite precious for me, sad to say, it's a part that I kind of loathe. I know, I know, I shouldn't feel this way. I can't help it :(

But like I said, this year felt a teeny bit different. On raya eve night, I actually had this sudden urge to play bunga api. For some reason I reminisced about the good old days when we were young and all cousins would gather around and play 'bunga api' and all sorts of illegal mercun or small fireworks on raya eve..hehe. Then I realised kids nowadays in the city hardly do that anymore. My little niece who I think would enjoy it, has probably never experienced it before. They just stayed in, watch TV and went to bed - on raya eve! So boring.

So yeah, that's when I thought maybe I've started to soften up a bit to the thought of really celebrating raya, maybe because it's so different from the old days or maybe because I've outgrown the novelty and maybeeee also because I don't have kids of my own yet. But I truly did feel the raya spirit (just a tad bit!) and did not moan and groan too much compared to last year. haha. Anyway, I know it's a bit too soon, but here's to hoping I won't turn into a raya grinch again next year! Hehe Selamat Hari Raya!


Here's to a month long of lontong, rendang, ketupat, laksa and lemang! I owe the girls at RedRibbon Days a taste of raya food. Haha. Sorry girls, since last Friday, food ration has run out. Gotta wait for the next batch this weekend. :)