Then at the end of March, which was just last week, our general manager - Roop, left Hong Kong to join her husband and baby girl in Singapore. She grew the company over the last couple of years and it was like another baby to her.

We have all grown to know her and love her spirit and commitment to the company and all of us. As a farewell gift, we made a scrap book for her and hosted a farewell cocktail for her.

Unfortunately, I lapsed in documenting all of that, click to enlarge photo on the right: I bought vegetable - watercress, spinach, and others that I don't know the name of and submerged them in vases filled with water - less expensive than flowers and more refreshing to look at.

For the cocktail, we had champagne, cheeses (Brie, Gorgonzola, cheddar), antipasto (pastrami, honey ham, salami, smoked salmon), a crispy shrimp appetizer (I made!), tiramisu (I made!), Chinese roasted pork and chicken (supposedly a must in Chinese work culture), baguette and water crackers, cut fruits, and lots of pastries and tarts.

The main thing that I wanted to tell her through the scrap book and the cocktail, was that we really appreciate what she did and that we will never forget her and to always work hard and stay in touch.

I put this quote on the cover of her scrap book:

"I am a part of all that I have met." Alfred Lord Tennyson

Which is so true, each and everyone of us are a part of all the people that we meet. The way we treat others, the words we say, the way they feel will always remain with both persons.

Two months late...

This post comes two months too late... sorry! Just been so busy with life and work in general that I haven't had time to really sit down to read my emails, let alone write a blog...

But I was just looking at how I shared christmas decoration ideas and well, thought that I should be documenting all my event coordination a bit better. I'm thinking of starting either a blog or simple website for my own event coordination purpose, just so that potential clients can focus on my work rather than have to sift through my random thoughts and words. :)

What do you think? Should I start a blog on event coordination? Or a website that is more like an online portfolio (and words are kept to a bare minimum)?

Ok, so in February... yes I think this year's Chinese New Year (CNY) was in Feb... anyways I decorated the office a bit, something simple, but just wanted to share with you. To be truthful, it's quite difficult to not go overboard and just do everything in RED AND GOLD! I think in some cases it would be absolutely wonderful to just go all out and test the extent of what I can cover in red and gold, but this being a professional office environment I wanted to bring the celebratory atmosphere and blessing of Chinese New Year whilst keeping it still a non-distracting environment from normal work.

This is actually the first year that I've ever decorate for CNY. In the past, I was never in HK during CNY (either at uni or else we would travel during the CNY holidays), so the most we did during CNY was to visit relatives for red pockets, and most families only stick up a couple of "Fai Chun" (Well wishes, such as 'Good business in the new year', 'safe travels', 'good grades' etc.)

I found a whole bunch of knick knacks that I thought were really nice for decorating, but didn't really have a good idea of how to put them all together to make it look modern and professional.

Also, I really wanted to get a real cherry blossom tree, but unfortunately, we didn't have the space for it in the office.... so I made do with silk flowers.

While researching for CNY symbols and

decoration ideas, I found out that a lot of the decorations have specific meanings. You will see a lot of reds used and knots, these knots used to be hand-made and supposedly while you were making these knots, you would pray/make benevolent wishes and these are a symbol of the giver's benevolent wishes for you for the new year.

Two months late...

Wishing you and your family happiness and health in the Year of the Rabbit!