The Black Man and The Red Lady...

Last Saturday (24/2/2007), I've attended my hubby's company annual dinner. This is hubby's first annual dinner sebab dia pun tak sampai setahun join this company. The theme was "Men in Black, Ladies in Red". So this hot gucci mama pun bersemangatlah carik baju merah untuk pakai for the dinner. Thank God, ada red attire dalam simpanan, so tak payahlah nak membazir duit yang tak banyak mana untuk beli baju merah. Actually I've got a few since my office dulu pun ada use "Red" as its theme, but that was when I was anak dara...I tried hard to squeeze into the same old attire tapi dah sempit yang teramat, sampai nak nafas pun susah, so lupakan saja (kurusnye aku masa anak dara dulu!). Thus, I kena opt for a simpler red blouse, paired it with a red pants (yang ni kena beli baru). No "berkelip sana sini"...But what's important is I got to wear it comfortably without having to spend money. Macam tahun-tahun sudah, kasut and beg tangan merah mak jadi sasaran...Hubby pulak nak tak nak kena jugak beli shirt hitam sebab dia memang takde...

Ok, enough of 'baju' talk. Now on the event itself. The annual dinner was held at KL Hilton (just in case if you don't know where it is, it's somewhere near KL Sentral. No! Yang dekat city centre tu is no longer called KL Hilton. That is Mutiara Hotel. I know a lot of people got confused with the one yang kat Jln Sultan Ismail tu). The emcee for the night is our own penyanyi kecil molek, Ezlynn. I have to tell you that she's damn good as an emcee! So the next time around, kalau your office nak buat annual dinner, do suggest Ezlynn...

Nice black and red door gift

Now on food. I've attended few annual dinners since I stepped my feet in this corporate world, but this is the first time the foods served are Western Foods. The normal foods people served selalunya Chinese or Malay. But this is Western, man! Mahal tu! I chose chicken as the main course, and hubby fish. Memang lazat yang teramat sampai lupa nak ambil gambar...

During the dinner, we were entertained by a guest artist - V1nce from AF1. His voice is good. And I have to tell you he looks better live than on the TV Screen.

Then, ada Best Dressed Theme Awardslah, Long Service Awards lah (LSA) etc. I really like the presentation of the LSA, coz the recipients could bring along their spouses up the stage, and the slides shows the recipients' biodata plus their driving force i.e. their families. I pun startlah berangan-angan, kalau hubby lama kat company ni and received his LSA, Ashraff dah 12 tahun and Aliff pulak 10 tahun...and ntah berapa lagi 'pertambahan' dalam family at that time. As for me, lagi 3 tahun nak received LSA for the company I worked with. Tiba-tiba terasa tua...

After dah selesai awards-giving ceremony (which by then is 11 pm), we were entertained by another guest artist, yang memang ditunggu-tunggu sejak sebulan yang lepas. She's no other than Malaysia's No 1 Singer - D@tuK S1t1 Nurh@l1z@!!! Ok, don't get me wrong. I'm not a fan of her, but to be able to meet her and hear her sing live (for free lagi!) is such an honour for me. Bila S1t1 keluar je, apa lagi masyarakat se-company pun (termasuklah my hubby), berpusu-pusu dan berasak-asaklah nak tangkap gambar penyanyi kita ni, sampai we all yang meja terdepan sekali ni pun kena block. But S1t1 then politely asked the audience to sit. Oh, dapatlah i tengok dia dengan sebegitu clear sekali. Memang tergamam sesangat tengok dia! Her skin is flawless, comel dan petite je orangnye (kalau tengok dalam TV macam berisi sesangat!). Baju dia not bad (way better than the one she's wearing masa Grammy's). And his voice, tak payah cakaplah. Frankly speaking, sapa yang tak minat dia pun, akan turut terpegun tengok kecomelan dan kemantapan vokal D@tuk S1t1 kita ni. Sampai at the end of the show, hubby dok tanya kawan-kawan dia "Kau ada poster S1t1 tak?" Hampehhh betul...

Well, that's not the highlight of the event. The climax was when hubby won the top 10 lucky draw. He got a voucher from JJ amounting to RM500!! Wah! This is better than winning an LCD TV, yang kalau dapat tak tahu kat mana nak letak...or the Selberan jewellery bernilai ribu2 ringgit coz I'm not a bling-bling fan thus don't really know how to appreciate it. But winning something liquid, something yang boleh diguna di waktu kesempitan, something yang boleh dijadikan excuse to shop, memang makcik suka...*grinning from ear to ear*

All in all, it was such a memorable night, and the best annual dinner so far (marah company aku kalau aku cakap macam ni). I asked hubby to stay at this company as long as he could sebab bolehlah nak attend dinner macam ni tiap-tiap tahun. Then again, it all depends on the performance of the company. During the lucrative years, memang we got to enjoy the benefits but during the downturn, duduk termenung sahajalah...