Happy Chinese New Year AA!!

The Chinese New Year celebration is Malaysia's second largest most celebrated festival and AA makes it BIG this year round!

With more than 300 over guests flocked in to AA's home ground right as the clock striked 6pm on 22nd February 2010, us at AA began to mingle around from the basement (where the main event was held) to the ground floor (where more tables were set to cater for the massive turn out).

Everyone at AA had a role to play, from posing as photographers, to being the entertainers, to food & beverage managers, to registrars, ushers, to drinkers, and even to becoming the God of Prosperity!

Well, enough said from Yours Truly here...I have a better way in describing how the whole event turned out! Are you ready? Lets roll the camera people!

Special plate with AA's design

All on standby - AA party committees had their final briefings...

The AA party registrars put on their biggest smile all night long

as they welcomed the guests

Despite the hot weather, the guests arrived right on time!

 

AA staff began entertaining the guests...

from one table to another (non-stop)!

There came 2 lion dancers, opening the dinner party,

surprising the guests with loud

drum music orchestrating the lions dancers

The lion dancers had to dance round the "offerings" prepared by AA

as a symbol of us thanking them for blessing the party

(we fed the lions with food - that's the way to 'thank' them)!

The Rhumba Band put on a great show entertaining us
with great music from beginning till the end

830pm - We got a surprise visit by the God of Prosperity!

(personated by AA's staff Teik Beng)!

Everyone wants a gift from the God of Prosperity as the saying goes:

"You'll get richer if the God of Prosperity comes to you!"

Andy & Sharon got a special hug from the God of Prosperity!

How lucky!

Pictures courtesy from Benny Ng & Connie Ngoi's facebook.

Stay tune for more pictures from AA's official photographers Justin, Paul & Sunny.

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!