BAH 2nd Charity Gala Dinner 7th Nov 2009

BAH's 2nd Charity Gala Dinner took off smoothly last night at The Empire Theatre. A $10,000 donation was handed over to Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hajjah Maryam as part of BAH's social responsibility to help the less priviledged. This event would not have been possible without the support of various organisations, namely, The Empire Hotel & Country Club (who sponsored the fantastic premises and staff), CityNeon Advertising, Brunei Press, Kristal FM, Superwater Marketing (sponsor of RainFresh "oxygenated water" for the event) to name just a few and not forgetting all the volunteers from BAH's Sports & Social Club. Many thanks to all the guests who took the time to attend this function and for their generosity. BAH has pull it off once again! Congratulations!

BIBD's Customer's Appreciation Day

Yesterday, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) held its "Customer's Appreciation Day" at The Jerudong Park Polo Club. The event was from 2.00pm to 5.00pm and guests were treated to high tea and there was also a lucky draw with some fantastic prizes such as laptop, iPod, LCD TV, etc. given away to some lucky customers. As usual, I do not have any luck with this lucky draw!

AMEX Charter Member Card

Finally, my AMEX Gold Charter Member card has arrived! AMEX has changed my account numbers so I will have to update my PayPal account, my Network Solutions account, RBA's card verification waiver and others which I can't think of right now. The other difference in the card is the words "Charter Member" on the front of the card. For security reasons, I've erased and substituted all the numbers with "threes" (for good luck! initially, I replaced the numbers with "zeros"), so nobody can use it for online purchases! The 4 digit security numbers has been erased as well. I make sure that the new card works by swiping it at my workplace's card terminal before destroying the old card. I will probably have to destroy a few more Malaysian-issued cards before the RM50 service charge per card kicks in next year!

Indu's Birthday

Last night, we celebrated Indu's birthday at the "Happy Union Restaurant" together with her parents. Indu is Salina's classmate at Seri Mulia Saujana International School (ex-PDS International School). She is from Kerala, South India and when her father, Prakash, mentioned Kerala; my mind flashed back to an "Onam" Festival which I attended years ago with some Indian friends from Galfar. "Onam" is the harvest festival in Kerala which usually falls on August or September each year (wonder when I would be invited to the next one?). Anyway, Happy Birthday, Indu!

Boustead Family Day

Boustead Sdn Bhd held a family day at its Beribi showroom today from 9.00am to 9.00pm. Various stalls were set up and the highlights of the day were two separate Lucky Draws for Nissan and Suzuki customers who purchased their vehicles between 21/8/2009 to 31/10/2009. I almost got a consolation prize when the winning number was called, it's 2275 and my number is 2274! I never had any luck with lucky draws anyway. Nevetheless, congratulations to the winners of the grand prizes! (B$20,000-00 for Nissan lucky draw and B$10,000-00 for Suzuki lucky draw).