11th Annual Dinner 17.12.09

17th December 2009...exactly 8 days before Christmas. Here we are again for the 11th time, AAN's Annual Dinner, held in the beautiful ballroom at Tropicana Golf & Country Club with the theme, "The Masquerade Night". Enjoy the Video below (made & presented by AA's homegrown talented individual, Justin Lai).

AAN 11th Annual Dinner 2009 from Justin Lai on Vimeo.

Face Lift

As we are nearing the date to our 11th Annual Dinner this December 17th, thought we could do a little face-lift to our little blog. Hope you like it.

Oh, by the way, if you are under immense pressure from your "gaffer", you can feed the little fishes at the bottom right hand corner. Not that it would help much, but a little positive thinking & imagination wouldn't hurt ;)

See you on December 17th! Bring on your masks and put on your dancing shoes people!

Cheerio!

Happy 11th Anniversary!

A VERY SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO ASIA ASSISTANCE!

HAPPY 11TH ANNIVERSARY!

AA was incorporated on 20th October 1998. There were only 2 employees then. They were the pioneers. The masterminds. The iron LADIES.

Today, AA has 193 staff in total and it is still GROWING!

Happy Anniversary Asia Assistance. May you continue to grow in Asia and throughout the globe.

Earthquake Victims of Padang, Sumatra

Aren't we glad we are in living in Malaysia? A country protected from natural disasters coming from South China Sea or the Indian Ocean (apart from typhoon/flood) ...though we do feel some mild earthquake tremors whenever our neighbouring country has been strucked with a powerful one.

On September 30th, 2009, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck off the city of Padang off the coast of southern Sumatra at about 6.17pm on Wednesday. Tremors were felt along the west coast of Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor where people rushed out of several high-rise buildings fearing for their safety. No casualties, no damage. We are safe.

In Padang, many people were killed, injuries are mounting, houses destroyed, families with children were left stranded with no place to call home...a resemblance of the tragedy that strucked Bandar Aceh (with an exception of the tsunami) in 2004. Another sad day for our beloved neighbours.

Hospital Penawar, a reputable hospital in Johor will be conducting a mission trip to Padang. As such, AA Foundation would like to assist the people of Padang through support and contribution on daily necessities (no no we are not sending anyone to Padang!). Donations such as blankets, clothes, milk powder, shampoo, biscuits...etc are greatly appreciated. Kindly send them to:-

Collection area: 7th Floor, AA One

Time of Collection: Working Hours
Day of Collection: 19th - 21st Oct (next Monday to Wednesday)

Your generosity would bring a smile to each and everyone in Padang and to the people of Indonesia.

its WACKY BAR! WACKY BAR!

Wacky Bar PJLA Theatre (Block K), Jaya One

6 - 11 October 2009

Join us for the Wacky Bar Nights and be amongst the first to see this fantastic new production by Passionately.YOU! Your contribution to this program gives our growing community of patients a meaningful and direct opportunity to fight and survive cancer. Your generosity helps them to better cope with the challenges that come with cancer treatments.

Wacky Bar, the play, is set in a place where people meet to laugh, cry, gossip, share, pick up and break up. Filled with a multitude of oddball characters, including the host, Wacky, himself, the place is ripe for all kinds of extraordinary encounters. Whether or not you’ll be imbibing, come, sit back and enjoy the, sometimes real, sometimes crazy, but at all times funny, stories of a typically wild night out at Wacky Bar.

Starring Patrick Teoh, Rashid Salleh, Maya Tan Abdullah, Daphne Iking, Shamaine Othman, Na’a Murad, Ida Marriana, Elaine Pedley, Joanne Kam Poh Poh, Megat Sharizal, Shahredza Minhat, Gavin Yap, Junji Delfino, Iedil Putra, and our very own Passionately.You ambasadress.... Amber Chia!!

PRODUCTION:
Written by Maya Tan Abdullah
Directed by Joanna Bassey
Artistic Direction by Dato' Zahim Albakri
Produced by Teri Choong
Executive Producers include Assunta Hospital, Asia Assistance Network (M) Sdn Bhd, PJ Live Arts & Jaya One.

Get your tickets NOW!!! Call TicketCharge Hotline at 03 - 2241 9999 to get your tickets before tickets are sold out. Or purchase the tickets online at http://www.ticketcharge.com.my/events/wackybar.htm

QUACKY RUN WITH PASSIONATELY.YOU

Speed up your next Run to Fight Cervical & Breast Cancer!

Do not worry, we're not asking you to run for your life... Come run with Passionately.YOU Quacky Run on October 25th (SUNDAY) and make your running effort really count. This would be one of the biggest event that Passionately.You is bringing to you this year, an approximately 4.5km fun run and walk on a course around Jaya One, Petaling Jaya!

Make your run more meaningful, and more rewarding. It does not discriminate and can strike anyone at any age and of any race. Everyone knows someone dealing with cervical or breast cancer. We can now do our part for these strong and brave survivors or victims that we know of. Knowing that you can make a difference and actually doing it are two entirely different things. Just like saying you want to run a marathon and actually crossing that finish line are totally different. You can make a difference, and only you can seek contributions within your network.

The participation fee is charged at RM40 only, which will be contributed to Assunta Hospital and you will also be receiving a Goody Bag worth a total of RM160 which includes a fashionable yet cool t-shirt, cosmetic products, health products, merchandises, magazines and many more surprises awaiting you. That is not the end, you will also be running with several of our local celebtrities of the upcoming theatrical performance titled Wacky Bar. Do not miss this opportunity and its not a dream if you happen to be running side by side with Daphne Iking or Amber Chia. (see my upcoming post on Wacky Bar)

Registration can be performed in the following manners:-

(1) Online registration - kindly log onto our dedicated website at http://www.hooha.asia/

(2) Manual registration - kindly print out the form attached or get the forms from PJLA Theatre Box Office at Jaya One (entry beside Coffee Bean)

Do reach this message to your family members, friends, relatives or your neighbours and co-workers around you. Come and take on the challenge... see you there my quacky runners!

THE EATZ

Okayyyyy so I'm back. Back for more juicy news on the update of Asia Assistance. Can you EVER imagine - from serving people in the medical industry, to the car industry, to the tourism industry and now to the - F&B industry?? One word to describe it all - E.X.P.A.N.S.I.O.N!

The other day, i crawled back to the vicinity of the place where I used to call my second home to take a peak at the pretty-much-talk-about-eatery-cafe called THE EATZ. I was expecting some ah-mahs manning the dining place or at least some young college lads to serve me but NO! Behind the counter was Sean, Florence and Raymond, with Shereen cleaning the table...and suddenly out came Sharon calling my name out loud from the little kitchen storage hole, "Ah Wong!" Whooaaa! Did everyone change their jobs just like me?

It was good to see all of them again. I was told that this dining place gets really pack during lunch time and so, if you want to come over to dine do so by 12 cuz the food will be all sold-out once lunch time is over!

Whilst I was there amazed by the success of The EATZ, I was served with a bowl of home cooked 'hong tau sui' (red bean soup) and some nyonya kuih. Absolutely delicious! I was served pretty well by the bosses of AA (ahh yes, I'm gloating at this part as now since I'm the customer, means I'm their boss!)

The price of the food is pretty affordable too. Looking at their menu, ala-Malaysian home cooked food, their set lunch only costs not more than RM6. Not too bad especially in the up-class market in Jaya 1!

So, I'll give 2 thumbs up for The EATZ and 3 for their service! *wink*

The diners...during lunch hour

Gosh, D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S!

Some desserts during tea time. Yumm!

Pretty cosy looking dining area

If you are looking for a good, delicious and affordable meal, do come and dine at THE EATZ in Jaya One! You'll definitely come back for more!


THE EATZ (opened since 1st July 2009)
Blk E, Unit LG2-9, Phase 2
(Inside Cold-Storage)

Note: Picture courtesy from Celina's facebook.

Going Green

Hi all,

Here's a short update of what's happening in AA. (slightly back dated)

On 27th March 2009 @ 10am..

AA had our very own version of 60 Earth Hour, we did it a day earlier so that everyone in the office could participate. All non-essential lights & appliances were turned off for an hour from 10am to 11am.

To make the day even more special, AA staffs were encouraged to come in GREEN!!

Let's see how AA looked like during that hour =)

(everyone working hard as usual when the lights were out)

The hour has came and gone. Cheers to all who participated!!

For more info on Earth Hour click here.

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In April 2009

AA Foundation came up with the idea of a pledge tree as Earth Day was on 22th of April.

The idea was to encourage people to write down their personal pledges on how to make earth a better place. The tree & it's leaves were made out of recycled paper (so no worries about paper wastage). The tree was finally up on 4th May 2009, outside Level 3. It is so huge now you wouldn't miss it.

A peek of our little tree before it blossomed.

The top 10 most creative pledges will be announced soon!!

Update: on our tree



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Badminton Tournament 2009

Its bright early Monday morning and before the Monday blue mood sets in, let us divert our charity focus into racquets and shuttle-cocks for now yes? Malaysia may have the 2nd world best badminton player but Asia Assistance (AA) is prolly running closely behind. Yesterday, 12th April 2009, AA held its 2nd Badminton tournament. The 1st was in 2007 where yours truly here was the 1st Runner Up (ahem! Nose up in the air for a second) and this time around, AA's Badminton tourney found its new champions!!

I arrived at about close to 2.30pm at the Badminton stadium, Jln 222 and by then everyone was drenched in sweat. The ladies played menacingly in their game (Sophie, Janice, Vivien, Aishah were amongst the powderful ones) but the focus was more on the men's double match. I will post more later once I get hold of the photos from Sharon's camera.

For now, a big congratulations to Sophie + Janice (women's double) and Boon Jin + Lai Sin (whom put up a good fight with Andy and Taren) in their men's double match. To all the finalist, you were fantastic! Malaysian Badminton Association will be in contact with you soon!

New Cabinet Post 2009

Gooooodd Evening Asia Assistance! AA Foundation is turning 1 year old!! Before yours truly here relinquished her post as the Foundation President (yes, yes, thank you, big pat on my back... I wanna thank my mama, my papa, my 2008 committees... without all of you, there wouldn't be me (and the foundation) genetically), we marked our first Annual General Meeting with a brand new cabinet post in early February 2009.

As we welcome our new Foundation President Ms Pearl Law, just as we welcome our brand new Prime Minister of Malaysia - the 6th, allow me to feather out a sneak preview of what's coming up in 2009 for this foundation extraordinare....

Following my earlier broadcast from my previous post, Passionately Pink is back! Back with vengence, back with style, back with a swanky groove to serve the community at large. What so different you may ask (yes, Cindy what's the difference???) is this: Picture fashion, picture marathon, picture sweaty hot pants with hairy legs on 2 wheels (I can imagine Tammy rolling her eyes at me somewhere in her room when she reads this), but yeah, this year, Passionately Pink is going to be awesome! So awesome that your body will be intoxicated with excitement when the Pink days draws nearer.

So, as I take my new role as the Foundation advisor (cum blogger - more on this role I would expect), I would like to say....support our cause, support the cause that would bring greatness to the people in need, not just for this country, but for the world at large wherever you are. AA Foundation will bring changes to the people closest to its heart.

Before ESPN airs my Red Devil's match, its time now for yours truly to sign off. Tootleloo! Goodnight!