year-end fun ...jlt annual dinner

A month after joining my new company, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Insurance Broker, i had the opportunity to attend their annual dinner at Doubletree Hilton, KL. 

Pre dinner drinks

 Lucky me as the door gift was too good to miss out - a powerbank (the basic 'made in China' kind, but still something-lah!), 2 bars of Toblerone chocolate and RM 100 AEON voucher! Ok la, not that of a biggie but still the best door gift i've ever gotten my entire working life. Even better, every staff was allowed to bring a partner to the dinner, be it your spouse/ bf/ gf/ family member/ best friend or even a neighbour(?).

The theme for the night was 'Oscar' hence lots of glamorous gowns and tuxedos were paraded throughout the night.

As you can see from my stacked up plate here, dinner was buffet style.

As you see the quality of photos here will clearly distinguish which ones were taken with my hp from those of the professional photographer. ^^

with Hasni and Alicia from my dept

Photo with our ever-smiling Michael Leong, our CEO and his wife.

With my dept SVP Mr Vincent Anthony. Jacket and pants looking a bit loose there, boss. =>

 The 'macho' side of JLT..

With Mr Organiser of the dinner aka Vice President of Sports Club aka Alvin.

With the Claims team and my trusty assistant, Fara looking ever so sweet in pink.

Finally, highlights of the night ....

Power-packed 'feathery' hired dancers for the event!
(and omg, the guy even did a split!)

 I won a lucky draw prize of another RM 150 worth of AEON vouchers! And even THAT's the second lowest prize leh. The grand prize being an iPhone 5C. oooomph, better luck in 2014!

Our emcee of the night ...NOT. Do not know his name but remember this cute babyface and NOT to ever hire him as any event emcee. It would have been a perfect night if not for his lousy emcee skills, pathetic energy on stage, and the way he fumbled at the lucky draw numbers. It was so bad, towards the end of the draw, there were no more numbers to draw but many more prizes remaining! Really felt like kicking his backside off the stage. (_._)

It was most fun watching this crowd-favourite performance from the newbies of JLT. (I managed to escape, phew!) If you know your MTVs well, you'll definitely recognise this dance move from MJ's 'Thriller'. It was ultra fun and crazy to watch, they really deserved the win! Kudos, guys!

Overall, it was a simple yet grand dinner that i am grateful i was able to attend. Since we are a company with less than 100 employees, it was delightful that we could all come together for a group photo on stage.
Let's just say we may be small in numbers, but we're certainly big in talent! (grin)

(Can you spot me?)