Panasonic KWN 2006
07/12/06 20:04 Filed in: Work
Super
slack.
Woke up at 5am today, stuffed my bag with the barest minimum for the flight to KL.
Took a cab and reached Chong Peng's place at 615am. We then headed for terminal 2, reached there about 635am.
Got a message from Yvonne saying she can't go with us. In her stead will be Clarice, her boss.
Met up with Wen Jun's parents, and later Benjamin's parents. They looked very happy, and a bit sleepy. Well I was.
Clarice arrived about 10 minutes before seven. She gave us our flight tickets.
We then headed for check in counter for flight SQ106.
After checking in and gone through the immigration checks, we headed to get coffee. I haven't had anything for breakfast and I am damn hungry.
So Chong Peng and I settled for tea/coffee and polar puffs.
Got the window seat. Well actually it's Clarice's but she's ok with me seating there.
We touched down at Sepang Airport at about 930 am. We took the shuttle train to ferry us from the airport to the immigration. That's the only way to reach the immigration side really.
We then took the van to reach Boulevard Hotel in Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur.
Nice place. 5 star hotel I think. We checked in to our hotel room. The boys' on the 11th floor, mine and Chong Peng's on the 19th floor room 5. Clarice's on the 10th.
While Clarice settled our hotel checking-in, we got to know our Indonesian counterparts in this competition. The girls were from an elementary school in Jakarta.
By this time its about 12 noon. We headed for the 9th floor where Wild Rice is. This is where we had a really sumptuous lunch!
I've never had so much for lunch. Good buffet spread, ice cream, pastries and all the works. Never felt so satisfied during lunch before.
The boys reported to me they "broke" the ironing board. Great. "What next?" I thought.
After lunch we headed to the lobby where we were lead to the cinema area which is on the 3rd floor of the Mid Valley Mega Mall. This is where we were all seated and waited for the awards ceremony to start.
There were 6 other countries participating; Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam. This is the first time Vietnam is participating in this competition.
All the delegates from the different countries were present except Thailand, which came in the middle of the speech made by the Panasonic Asia Pacific region's boss.
Every team from each participating country were requested to make a introductory speech regarding their work and also a bit on the process of the project. Benjamin, Sherman, Wen jun went down to the front and presented. They did a wonderful job.
Very steady and confident.
All the videos from the different countries were projected on to the huge silver screen. Benjamin seated next to me commented that the feeling is "different" viewing their work on the big cinema screen. I agree. It felt good.
After we watched all the videos, I strongly felt Indonesia deserved to win. Their anchorwoman is really good. She really captured the attention of the viewer. The editing and soundtrack is also superb. A close second is New Zealand. I really like the video from the Vietnamese team which I felt deserve to win 3rd after New Zealand.
The moment came and the awards were announced. The Singapore team was called out first. The boys won the award for best script. Ben said the award goes to Timothy. He was the one who wrote the entire script. Well done.
And the winner was no surprise to me. Indonesia! And runner up is New Zealand.
After the award ceremony, we went back to the hotel and decided to go to the gym and have a swim in the pool. But turns out me and Chong Peng didn't go for a swim.
The boys couldn't go to the gym because they are underaged. So they had to settle for a swim. That's just too bad.
After the gym we had dinner at Wild Rice again. It was an appreciation dinner with performances to entertain us.
After dinner we went shopping at the Mid Valley Mega Mall. Got a good deal at the Royal Sporting House. A yellow Dry-Fit Addidas T-shirt was on sale for like 12SGD only!
Good thing I got it. The stores here close at 10pm. I got it just when the store's about to close. I am a happy man.
By the time I reached back to the hotel room, I was dead tired.
Woke up at 5am today, stuffed my bag with the barest minimum for the flight to KL.
Took a cab and reached Chong Peng's place at 615am. We then headed for terminal 2, reached there about 635am.
Got a message from Yvonne saying she can't go with us. In her stead will be Clarice, her boss.
Met up with Wen Jun's parents, and later Benjamin's parents. They looked very happy, and a bit sleepy. Well I was.
Clarice arrived about 10 minutes before seven. She gave us our flight tickets.
We then headed for check in counter for flight SQ106.
After checking in and gone through the immigration checks, we headed to get coffee. I haven't had anything for breakfast and I am damn hungry.
So Chong Peng and I settled for tea/coffee and polar puffs.
Got the window seat. Well actually it's Clarice's but she's ok with me seating there.
We touched down at Sepang Airport at about 930 am. We took the shuttle train to ferry us from the airport to the immigration. That's the only way to reach the immigration side really.
We then took the van to reach Boulevard Hotel in Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur.
Nice place. 5 star hotel I think. We checked in to our hotel room. The boys' on the 11th floor, mine and Chong Peng's on the 19th floor room 5. Clarice's on the 10th.
While Clarice settled our hotel checking-in, we got to know our Indonesian counterparts in this competition. The girls were from an elementary school in Jakarta.
By this time its about 12 noon. We headed for the 9th floor where Wild Rice is. This is where we had a really sumptuous lunch!
I've never had so much for lunch. Good buffet spread, ice cream, pastries and all the works. Never felt so satisfied during lunch before.
The boys reported to me they "broke" the ironing board. Great. "What next?" I thought.
After lunch we headed to the lobby where we were lead to the cinema area which is on the 3rd floor of the Mid Valley Mega Mall. This is where we were all seated and waited for the awards ceremony to start.
There were 6 other countries participating; Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam. This is the first time Vietnam is participating in this competition.
All the delegates from the different countries were present except Thailand, which came in the middle of the speech made by the Panasonic Asia Pacific region's boss.
Every team from each participating country were requested to make a introductory speech regarding their work and also a bit on the process of the project. Benjamin, Sherman, Wen jun went down to the front and presented. They did a wonderful job.
Very steady and confident.
All the videos from the different countries were projected on to the huge silver screen. Benjamin seated next to me commented that the feeling is "different" viewing their work on the big cinema screen. I agree. It felt good.
After we watched all the videos, I strongly felt Indonesia deserved to win. Their anchorwoman is really good. She really captured the attention of the viewer. The editing and soundtrack is also superb. A close second is New Zealand. I really like the video from the Vietnamese team which I felt deserve to win 3rd after New Zealand.
The moment came and the awards were announced. The Singapore team was called out first. The boys won the award for best script. Ben said the award goes to Timothy. He was the one who wrote the entire script. Well done.
And the winner was no surprise to me. Indonesia! And runner up is New Zealand.
After the award ceremony, we went back to the hotel and decided to go to the gym and have a swim in the pool. But turns out me and Chong Peng didn't go for a swim.
The boys couldn't go to the gym because they are underaged. So they had to settle for a swim. That's just too bad.
After the gym we had dinner at Wild Rice again. It was an appreciation dinner with performances to entertain us.
After dinner we went shopping at the Mid Valley Mega Mall. Got a good deal at the Royal Sporting House. A yellow Dry-Fit Addidas T-shirt was on sale for like 12SGD only!
Good thing I got it. The stores here close at 10pm. I got it just when the store's about to close. I am a happy man.
By the time I reached back to the hotel room, I was dead tired.
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