Chinese New Year 'Lou Sang' Lunch Feb 6 2009

On Friday 6 February, my team and I went for a Chinese New Year 'Lou Sang' Lunch at Yu Shan Chinese Restaurant, KL Golf & Country Club, Off Jalan Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. We had a sumptuous Chinese cuisine 7-dishes set lunch, started off with Lou Sang or Yee Sang, a Malaysian Chinese traditional dish usually taken between the first to the fifteen days of Chinese New Year.

I had my Team Leads and one of my Service Advisors to organise this event as my way to foster teamwork and camaraderie within my team of forty-two people. We enjoyed the lunch with the attendance of two Senior Managers of the company I work with.

Family Karaoke at Red Box, Mid Valley 1 February 2009

Sunday 1st February, my sister-in-law's family and my family attended a wedding reception at Subang, Selangor. Thereafter, my family and one of my wife's nieces stopped at the Gardens, Mid Valley. At first we wanted to watch the movie "Sifu dan Tongga", however we changed our mind as we passed through Red Box Karaoke. All of us then spent our afternoon karaoke-ing over there.

Actually karaoke can also be a recreational event for families and friends. Apart from the normal pop songs, the Red Box Karaoke centre also offer Nasyid songs. Nonetheless, there are also Godliness, righteousness and neutral pop songs that can be chosen from the list. Among a few are "Kekasih Awal dan Akhir" by Jamal Abdillah, "Mentera Semerah Padi" by M Nasir and many others.

Please click here Nasyid "Ummi" (posted in my spiritual blog e-hasanat) for one of the songs that my family and I sang that day. We were off key, off pitch and off melody, but I still hope you will enjoy it. The song is about mother and I dedicate the song to my late mother, my late grandmothers and all mothers in the whole world. May Allah blesses them.