Back from Genting- 5th Global Chinese Music Awards Promo Event at Genting
Hey Hey I’m back~
A reeaal tiring trip.. Arrived at Genting after a short flight and long bus transfer. And it was off to a welcome dinner with radio reps and artistes from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the host, Malaysia.. The 8 course dinner began after some very long (and boring) speeches.
It evolved into a confusing translation session at my table.. The Malaysian reps spoke mainly English and Cantonese- some couldn’t speak Mandarin, the China and Taiwan reps spoke mostly Mandarin, very little English.. I spoke English, Mandarin, and a few Cantonese words like “Hai ya!/ Duo Jie Sai/ Lei Ho/ and Ngoh Mm Sek Tang.” Hahaha.
Then the toasting orgy began at the main table where the Station Heads (including Veron, my boss) were seated. In the blink of an eye, she was calling for my help! After gluping down several glasses of red wine on her behalf (plus my own share), I realised I had to abort my plans to visit the casino.. ZzZZzzz …
It was mainly work the following day- meeting, PR lunch, press conference, gala concert, post reception.. Artistes from Malaysia, Hong Kong and China were present. Met up with Hins Cheung and Anson, who greeted me with a “Hao Jiu Bu Jian”. Hey, they remember me!
Then there were artistes like Hacken Lee and Joey Yung, whom I was meeting for the first time. And a couple of Malaysian artistes I barely knew.. Sweat was trickling down my back when I was asked to interview them.. “Huh? Who are they man?!?!” I actually managed a 4-5mins interview with each of the artistes whom I have zero knowledge about. *Whoa*
At the post reception, I convinced the Stations Heads not to drink with me cos I had the mission to recover the losses incurred when I sneaked into the casino in between events..
And now to report my P&L status… Lost almost RM700 by 2am, Sat morning.. Wanted to give up cos was pretty hungry.. Bought a drink and tuna sandwich to gobble in my room.. Then I stumbled upon this very “attractive” jackpot machine.. The computer graphics, the sounds lured me to sit down again.. Slowly won the 1st RM100, RM200.. Part of me wanted to pack up and go… cos my eyes were closing.. and I was hungry.. and my back was beginning to ache.. As I began to eat my sandwich, some icons appeared and in 2 mins, i won RM800.
Yeah. I won for the 1st time. Woohoo. Not big money, but I guess not losing = winning!!
By the time that happened, it was about 4am. So by the time I trekked back to my room and washed up, it was nearly 5am~ A few hours later, I was whisked to KL Airport. Arrived at 2pm for a 5pm flight.. Thanks huh.
Despite half opened eyes and a strong desire to collapse onto my bed, I was out of the house after a quick shower…. Jolin’s concert!
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