malaysia day office decoration

If there's one memorable way to celebrate Malaysia Day, it's to have it in the office and get everybody involved in it! This year, each floor of my office were to compete to decorate and reflect the true meaning of Malaysia Day, with a recycling theme. 

At our customer service level

 Work on my floor began couple of weeks earlier, supervised by a bunch of my colleagues who i think, had really creative ideas to begin with. For one, i really liked the idea of hanging sarees on the ceiling to brighten up the entire work space.

 Thanks to Aruna who brought her mom's entire collection of (old) sarees to be hung. ><

 So, so many details on almost every corner of my floor, here are just a few of the decor....Love the kolam and hibiscus flag.

 Managed to busy-bodied to other floors to gawk at their decor and here are just some of the shots i took...

Never felt so damn patriotic in an office...

 ..and for some reason, the 'Oppa Malaysia Style' parody kept playing in my head that entire day..wtf..

 The wonderful thing about our country is the numerous races and ethnicities, each one unique on its own and yet all united under one sovereign. So you can imagine the burst of colours and vibrant atmosphere at my office when the day of judging finally came. There were specially decorated corners to signify the Chinese,

Malays...

..and Indian community living amongst us.

While we made used of sarees in our effort, others pinned up their home-brought traditional wear in their cubicles. Pretty much looked like they were attire up for sale.

One of my favourites has got to be this cheeky-looking home made television (black and white somemore, mind you)! And the picture with Tunku in it is just perfect! Too bad they used an actual radio to go with it. hehe.

Another funky creation is the papier mache durian and mangosteen. Cute.

Enough of the decorative items around the office - let's look at how my colleagues and i 'decorated' ourselves for the occasion. OK la, not much of a dress-up for me, just a matter of stuffing myself into my wedding, PRE-pregnancy white lacy cheongsam.

me, jin and yin (before dressing up) and yin (after dressing up)

(R) : me and Tris (leaving soon..gonna miss you!)

Danny and Moon looking goooooood in their baju Melayu

Photos with Wai Cheng who just left AXA. All the best in life girl!

A va-va-voom Fong in a stunning red and gold saree.

(R) : With Mr Jega, our recently retired CEO

The moment of truth came with the arrival of the judges, who were of course, a few pre-selected colleagues.
Derek (with the videocam) impressively pulls off the 'UNCLE' look...belly and all. lol.

My entire floor stood in line, eagerly waiting for the judges to stroll in...

Choy Phyll (one of the judges, lucky us!) is beaming from ear to ear as she leads the pack of judges. Doesn't she look ravishing in a blue saree...?

We all sang the 'Satu Malaysia' song with Danny as usual, stealing the show from everyone. Patriotik betol! haha...

Some group photos...

And now, with everyone on the 3rd floor...

When the results were out, i think we came out 4th out of an overall 11 floors.
Kudos to everyone, i think we were all winners in our own way! Moreso, to Dr Parveen (the cute chick in a light blue Punjabi suit, kneeling down in front) who was the floor leader.

I truly never felt this much closeness and togetherness among all races. =D