Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

Dear all,

It's the Christmas season!

It's the season for gifts, candies, and most importantly it's the season of sharing.

SO share all your money to me people. Haha, just kidding.

Let me share some information on Christmas and its celebration.

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

Although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is also widely celebrated by many non-Christians. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly.



In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.
Christmas has for many centuries been a time for the giving and exchanging of gifts, particularly between friends and family members.




Christmas Eve is a day that is as much anticipated as the big day itself. Traditionally, it is a time for families and loved ones to gather; marked by the Christmas dinner which is usually a noisy affair.




Then it's time for prayer and thankgiving as families congregate in churches for midnight mass or Christmas service. A Nativity play (or Christmas pageant) is usually held before service begins.

In Malaysia, it is common to see people from different beliefs (among the non-Muslims) attending these church gatherings, to observe if not to soak in the festive spirit. These midnight services are characteristically very lively; people of different backgrounds and ethnicity (both locals and foreigners), all decked in their best, could be seen singing hymns and carols with much enthusiasm, led by a spirited choir.

The celebration then continues till the wee hours of the morning. Typically, families would have late meals (known here as supper) at home, during which the colourful Christmas lights would be blinking, Jim Reeves would be singing in the background, the kids would be running around excited, and gifts would change hands.



I'll stop here for this post as I'm anticipating my company's Christmas lunch which will be held at Bora Asmara, Kg. Pencala. So, my next update will be on our event for today so I'll post up lots of pictures on what we will be doing today.

Before I end this, Labquip would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to everyone and best wishes from all of us in Labquip.




Until next time~

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

LABQUIP'S CAPTION CONTEST WINNER

Dear all,

Sorry for being so quiet on the winner of this contest.

Waiting to get a good picture on the presentation of award to the winner which is.....

*Drum rolls*

Jennifer from Labquip Singapore!


Presenting the RM50 to Jennifer, on the left is Mahendran (LQM)

Congratulations to Jennifer from all of us from Labquip Group.

*Throws confetti*

Guess it is easy to win from this blog's competition. I think I must make a harder contest then to encourage healthy competition amongst contestants.

Signing out for now.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Meeting with Dynamax

It's December, time of celebrations and most importantly, holidays!!

Anyway, just want to update on the meeting with Dynamax in Singapore recently.

Forgive me for being so excited because this is the first time I step into Singapore soil after more than 10 years. Well, my memory is a bit fuzzy on how Singapore was 10 years ago but yeap definitely lots of changes.

After Mahendran and I reached the airport, we took a cab to Labquip (S) Pte. Ltd. which was during rush hour. Predictably, we were stuck in traffic jam for nearly 1 hour.

After we reach office, we had a little breakfast ala Singapore at a nearby canteen. At 10am, Mr. Claudio Lopez came to the office and hence the meeting commence. People who have attended are, Mr. Claudio, Arjan, Mahendran, Roland, Jennifer, Jothy, Pye Soe, and me.



We talked about the sales report these past year and the potential in Vietnam market.
And also the potential in Malaysia market but because of the unawareness of Dynamax products and what they can do in majority of the plant physiology researchers, a workshop was planned out for next year.



We had a lunch break after that and Roland and Jennifer took us to have some briyani rice along with some Indian dishes. We had fun eating outside where due to the rain, it was quite cold outside.

After lunch, Mr. Claudio explained more in detail on the products and how it can be used. After cramping as much as possible information on the equipments, it was time for Mr. Claudio to leave.


However due to another event in the city, there wasn't any taxi available. Maybe its due to the US President Barrack Obama's presence that all taxi was booked that day or maybe it was because of that day being a Black Friday. Enough of the conspiracy theory, luckily Roland was free to take Mr. Claudio to his hotel.



We would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Claudio Lopez for taking his time to come over to Singapore to meet up with us. We hope that Dynamax and Labquip will continue to have successful partnership in the future.

Author signing out.