Saturday, December 27, 2014

pls help the flood victims

hi,

would like to urge our beloved Vista residents to give generously to the flood victims, for at the moment our nation are going the worst flood crisis in history.

for us in Penang, we are so fortunate for not experiencing those suffering the flood victims are going through right now, but from the news & photos we have seen in the media, all of us see how bad is the situation....

just quote some of the unthinkable situations which we have received from some friends from those badly affected area, run out of clean water so forced to use rain water to make milk for infants, hospital emergency ward electrical power cut but patients need oxygen tank & it can't function due to no power, many areas have no water & food supply but there's no sign of rescuer reaching them, some areas even though need help urgently but helicopter can't land there due to the flood....

believe that there are still many more other things which are worse than that... :(

after reading this, can you pls check around for those relief collection center, at the moment items like instant noodle, diaper, panadol, milk powder....etc are badly needed, but if you can't find any relief collection center then do kindly check with Malaysiakini website, they do compile a list of organization with necessary info for the relief works for the flood victims.

thanks.

Friday, December 19, 2014

some brief outlook on next year high priority project

we are in the last phase of finalizing next year's budget, committee do decided only in January 2015 for setting the time line for those project we plan to carry out next year.

some of bigger will be as follow,

1) Bomba under ground piping, we have found out awhile ago that the underground conceal piping for supplying water from Bomba pump to blk k have been leaking, at the area near the swimming pool foyer, few months ago we received the quotation from vendor for replacing the pipe, but couldn't go ahead as we haven't fully recovered financially speaking, after spent on some other big project earlier on, especially IWK matter & main pipe for blk j, for info the bomba pipe replacement project will cost abt 16K, but we in the committee have agree that should give this project highest priority in 2015, so it should be done in first quarter of 2015.

2) Switch room calibration, we also give this project high priority, and target at first quarter of 2015, beside the safety concern, we also hope through this exercise, we will be able to find out why the TNB bill of blk j is double of blk k consumption, as both meter are supporting the same facilities of each sides, namely lifts, pumps, common lights, etc, so it's hard to accept the huge gap of the bills. In the past we did approach TNB & other technical ppl help to rectify but none of them can tell the reason of this big gap, but during the calibration, as we are going to switch off all the supply & check all the component one by one, we should be able to rectify that.

3) Lift T&G system, from the feedback, found most of our residents prefer to have the system to be installed in all our lifts, security is the main reason, besides that, it should be able to help to get those hardcore defaulters to pay, especially those who thought can escape by parking their vehicles but happily using Vista facilities, for by implementing this system, they either pay the outstanding or climb staircase to go home, of course we understand those stay at lower floor still can be stubborn, but let their kids asking their parents why can't use lift...... ;)

Pray & hope that God will enable us to complete all these in the first quarter of 2015 :)




Saturday, December 13, 2014

no posting this week, school holiday :)

hi,

no posting this week, busy bringing family for holiday :P

wish everyone, especially kids in Vista Condo happy school holidays :)

will be back next week.

best regards.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Report on Meeting with EXCO

some brief report the mentioned meeting...

on Thursday, 3 MC members went to Komtar 53rd floor, to attend the meeting called by EXCO office, on the various projects (on water tanks & lifts only) presented by some apartments in Penang, the meeting was attended by 3 EXCO members, 4 YBs, COB, UPEN and representatives from abt 8 different flats and apartments, included Vista Condo.

some apartments do have their requests on water tank & lifts be granted financial aids, where some were told to furnish more detail to the gov't for further consideration, also some were told to put on hold.

we took the opportunity to present the our request to replace all the roof top water tank lining, total in 8 number (4 big tank & 4 small tank), we show them the photos of our tanks, together with the quotation/proposal by the contractor, and we tried our best to let them know that our water tank lining are indeed at the end of their life span, and should be replaced as soon as possible.

to our pleasant surprise, after the EXCO member saw the photos we presented to them, the advice is to replace the water tank lining is not the best option, as they also notice that the outer layer of the tank, the metal panels are not in very good condition too. so the EXCO YB was graciously suggesting to us to consider to replace all the tank with new tanks, he even mentioned the fiberglass type.

what he suggested, is really beyond our expectation, because we thought to request for the help (on the 80% cost shouldered by gov't) is something big, but he even thought of something bigger than that! so now we are busy checking around for the quotation of the fiberglass tanks to replace the existing tanks at the roof top, so far few vendors did mention they are able to do this job, but still waiting for their official quotation.

of course, just in case the EXCO agree to extend financial help for all the tank replacement, this will pose another financial challenge to us, as the rough estimation of 8 fiberglass tank is amounting to RM400K, for 20% of the total cost need to be absorbed by Vista Condo, or RM80K in this case :P

but let's not to worry abt this 80K now, we got to try our best to get their approval for this project first, once got the approval then let's find way to raise the fund.

thanks.


Friday, November 28, 2014

new development on gov't fund application & blk j theft case

there are some new development on the gov't fund & blk j theft case which we have mentioned in our last posting...

we have submitted our appeal for financial aid on both water tank lining & building repainting projects to the state EXCO office on 21/11/14, and were told by the special assistant of the YB that they will soon contact us for meeting on the mentioned projects, we read it as a positive sign.

but anyhow we have waited anxiously for their official letter to invite us for the meeting, then after 1 week, exactly 1 week, on the following Friday (28/11/14), we got the letter from the EXCO office that a meeting will be arranged on 4/12/14 (Thursday) morning, this meeting will be attended by committee members or their representatives from few housing project in Penang Island (where they have also submitted similar appeal of fund), respective state assemblymen from their area (according to the list abt 6 YB are invited), together with COB and EXCO member Jagdeep Singh, is a big meeting indeed.

we are not sure what will be the outcome of this meeting, of course we pray hard that they will grant us our wish that both projects will be funded by them :)

or if not, then at least one project will be approved, to be carried out this year, even though in that case we still need to forge out the 20% of the total cost, but we really wish it will happen this time.

concerning the blk j theft case, after the viewing of CCTV recording in blk j ground floor, lift & main entrance, we have now manage to see the 3 thieves' face clearly, all at their early 20's, came in abt 4am, cheated the new guard that they are residents here, but went to the bike parking area of blk j stealing parts from those old or abandoned bikes, and left at abt 4.45am.

They knew that there's a camera which covering the area they plan to steal, so that climbed up to turn the camera upward, without knowing all their action have been watched & recorded by other cameras, so now our cctv vendor have helped us to copy the files, compiled into video clips, saved into CD. we have viewed the CD, and passed a copy to the bike owner, which he will turn it over to the police station where he has lodged the report, we also passed those video clips to few voluntary patrolling body to locate the thieves, and tonight we will send another copy to the guard boss when he come over for meeting with the committee, we believe that soon these mentioned parties will nab the culprits soon.

will continue to update residents on these matters, thanks.



Friday, November 21, 2014

general updates as at 22/11/14

few matters to update our beloved Vista residents,

1) lift T&G system, so far the feedback from the blog readers is generally positive, we did also check with some of our residents personally, they too feel OK with the proposal, well, we will wait for more green light then if all condition are right, we should get something going at the beginning of yr2015.

2) blk j lift rope, the faulty lift rope was replaced awhile ago, performed some test run, then contacted the lift inspector to inspect the new rope (according to the requirement) & he too ok with the rope,so now at blk J, both lifts are running, but we are also budget for new rope for other lift in yr2015, and we asked the lift vendor to monitor the condition of the other ropes, and should not wait for the sudden breakdown case like this.

3) theft at blk j, few days ago we received a report that someone force-opened the seat of a bike & stole some parts of the bike at blk j ground bike parking area, we advised the owner of the bike to make police report & we did check the CCTV the next day. We found out the camera which suppose to cover the bike where the bike part was stolen, someone has purpose turned the camera faced the ceiling but not the bikes, so now we have contacted the CCTV vendor to use other cameras at blk j to check who's the person turned the camera, and bring him to police for further investigation, will update residents on this once more info available.

4) building repainting matter, someone asked in the last posting any news on the repainting, well, as we have said earlier, we were advised by YB to apply next year, but anyhow, few days ago we brought the documents for fund application for both water tank & repainting to EXCO office for them to consider, and to our pleasant surprise we were told one meeting will be set in 2 weeks' time for the YBs in charge to have further discussion with us on the matter, we hope to hear some good news from them :)

but if (just in case) they agree to our request for the building repainting (abt 450K) or water tank lining (abt 220K for 8 tanks), then we need to contribute 20% of the total cost as soon as possible, so guys, any idea how to get the money ready :P

thanks.






Friday, November 14, 2014

are we ready for lift T&G?

as we are still finalizing the budget for yr2015, the lift T&G system was brought up again in the committee meeting, generally we feel that we are now more ready for it's implementation.

so decided to get residents feedback here, if our residents also give positive response then we are looking at early yr2015 to install the system at both blk j & k lifts.

we did bring up the same matter abt 2 years ago, those days even though the feedback was ok, but we felt that our blk k lifts were in bad shape, to install the T&G system may cause more problem to blk k residents, so we decided to put in on hold, until the lifts condition improved, so with God's help, we managed to upgrade the blk k lifts, so with 2 good condition lifts in blk k, and 2 reasonable condition lifts in blk j, perhaps now is the better time (can be the right time too) to install the T&G system in our 4 lifts.

some of the reasons we have cited in our previous meeting for this system are, first is for the security reason, this system will help to discourage the outsider with bad intention to try their nonsense in our place, shall they manage to get past the security guard post.

other important reason include to get hardcore defaulters to pay their SC (service charge), especially those stay at the higher floor, accordingly our record, quite a number of them rather to park their vehicles outside but still choosing not to pay the outstanding SC, well, this system will help to get them to pay.

we also can use lift T&G system to make sure the renovators to behave better, at the moment we still notice some renovators are not observing our house rules such as worked outside the time which they are allowed to do their renovation works, messed up the common areas, carry too much things in the lifts, etc, so with the T&G system, we can bar the access card until they behave well.

we also feel that the lift T&G system may able to help to reduce the number of foreigners hostel in Vista Condo, we actually can set in our house rules that the lift access card is not for foreigner hostel (for security reason), so by not issuing the card to these units, will force them to use the staircase for their in & out, this may produce a result which many vista condo residents like to see, control the number of the foreigner hostel to the lowest one!

someone also mention to us that the same access card can be used for swimming pool, we actually like the idea too :)

so pls give us your feedback, thanks.






Saturday, November 8, 2014

sorry, water is not money :)

for some Chinese like to jokingly say, water is money, but for us once heard there's big water in our place, it's definitely not bring in money, but likely need to burn (spend) money :(

the two big source of water, namely rain water & water tank leaking water, have indeed cost us big fortune, just for the past few weeks, nearly 30K have been allocated or spent for the water related damages.

the rain water gutter at blk K can't stand the big volume of rain flowing through it & strong wind blowing against it, then it broke at the upper part, as we see that the whole gutter will fall at anytime, we have no choice but to remove the broken pipe & replace with new one, it was a high risk work, the project cost us 8K, we have seek claim from insurance company & hope that there will be good news soon.

the block J lift rope, according to vendor, also have been damaged by rain water, this really burn a big hole in our pocket,14K! we have already paid the robe supplier 7K so that the new part can be brought in, now the lift vendor have completed 80% of the work, hopefully another few more days we will see the lift running again, now the challenging part is how to convince the insurance company that the reason of the breakdown is due to rain water.....the adjuster have came in 3 times & called us many many times but still can't see the relation of lift rope damage & rain water :(

another headache of rain water is it took advantage of those crack at the wall & roof top, sip into residents house, in some cases, it is so serious until you can see water mark at the wall during the heavy rain! from our record, at least 10 unit reported this kind our water leaking problem, each case take abt 1k to 3k to patch the crack (by applying water proofing material at the affected area), so for total will amounting to abt 20K, the worst thing is, unlike the water gutter & the lift robe case, insurance company will not consider the claim for this, headache.....!!!

early on we wish for raining season so that Penang will not lack water, but now as the rain comes, we have new worries.... :P

sigh! life..... :)







Friday, October 31, 2014

defaulters issue :(

we have no choice but to put up the defaulters list at the notice board, we would not like to do it if our finance is always at the comfortable level.

there are few major expenses recently which is abt to dry up our building maintenance fund, namely blk j lift rope (14k), swimming pool pump & domestic water pump (total abt 8K), blk k rain gutter (7k), even though these items can be likely claim from insurance as the damage are due to weather & power surge, but it will take at least few months to see the money paid from insurance company, but right now we have to start paying the contractors in installment manner, easily 3k per month, besides the 7K we have already paid to lift contractor as the down payment to purchase the rope, so that blk j lift will be again be running, hopefully early next week.

normally we will keep abt 10K in the bank account as buffer, for real emergency use, but this time it has dropped to 5k due to blk j rope replacement, and we hope to build it up (to 10K) again as soon as possible, because we don't know when another urgent need will come, but it's very hard to archive that as we need to pay those installment as mentioned earlier, so right now we are facing a mini crisis :(

it's also quite shocking to learn that actually the outstanding by the defaulters is quite a big sum of money, total for blk j is abt RM54K, and for blk k is 87K, which means there's more than 140k owned by the defaulters, and we badly need them to pay now for the above mentioned repair cost, and for the upkeep (even to upgrade) our aging facilities, especially the water tanks.....

it's not fair if we just rely on the good pay masters to contribute for the maintenance & management of common facility of Vista Condo, we hope that the defaulters will come to their right senses to understand that it needs everyone's cooperation (especially in the finance area) to help to keep Vista Condo's facilities in good shape, for the defaulters too are using the lifts, corridors lights, rubbish room, etc.....

if you are reading this, and you have chance to talk some of the names in the defaulters list, perhaps you can help to encourage them to pay, we hope we don't have to send them legal notice of demand, and even drag them to court for the repayment.

thanks.





Monday, October 20, 2014

last post temporary suspended

hi guys,

we need to temporary suspend the last post as both sides started to exchange strong words, and not so appropriate one too, we just worry the matter will get out of hand & become big problem.

pls use the proper words when give comment so that it will bring constructive action, we know that everyone who give their comment here are with the good intention, but just need to polish the words a bit.

for those who give their comment in last post, we would like to meet up with you guys to clarify the issue, pls do email us at vistacondo.relau@gmail.com, so that we can explain further on the matter.

thanks..., happy Deepavali.



Friday, October 10, 2014

some proposals for budget 2015

Najib has just done his budget 2015 presentation in parliament, perhaps it's also right time for us to look at how will be our financial outlook next year.

in fact we will spend some time to look at it in the coming committee meeting....

at the moment our monthly income based on the collectible:

service charge RM27500 from 275 unit, and RM2000 from car park rental, total is RM29500, with the condition that most of the residents willing to pay promptly.

regular expenses will be 6200 (TNB), security (4300), management (3300), cleaner (2100), lift (1400), pool (850), PBA (800), 500 (Genset/Electrical contract), 175 (pest control), 240 (phones for office & MC), 2500 (maintenance & parts), for which the total will come up to RM22365.

monthly surplus, RM29500 - RM22365, will be RM7135, or RM85620 per annul.

the surplus will be used to fund some of the project which we have mentioned in previous postings...

assuming, by God's grace, next year we will get gov't financial aid to paint the building, RM350k total cost, which for that we will need to pay 20%, or 70K, so we will take from the above surplus of 85620, to pay this, then another 7 should be used for water tank lining replacement, where 20% need to be paid by us from the total cost of RM35k for 2 tanks. Then the balance of another 7K will used for other upgrading project.

thanks.





Friday, October 3, 2014

challenges ahead (part 3)

(side track a bit, if u are reading this, pls pray for Ms Ang our management lady boss, her husband admitted to hospital due to main blood vessel burst, now doctor is doing an emergency operation on him, condition consider as critical, pls pray that he will be able to pull through this stage, thanks!)

last week we mentioned much on the water tank & strategy to counter it's challenges, this week will shift our focus to the more visible, the condition of the paint on the outer wall of both blk J & K, even the corridor wall as well.

in fact even though it's not as urgent as the water tank lining, but the priority will still be given to it, as the old paint will give a very bad impression to those peoples (especially visitors) on our place, and it affects our property value as well.

at the moment Vista Condo apartment worth 280k to 310k depending on the condition of the unit, but if we put a new layer of new paint on the outer wall, one can expect increase of abt 50k immediately :)

sinking fund still no news...., so again we are hoping state gov't will extend help on this, on the 80% - 20% arrangement, one good thing is in the past they didn't even want to consider our appeal on this as we are a private project, but lately they have changed their policy, private project is within the scope of their consideration as long as we can show them that we a low medium cost apartment, for which we have done our part & they will consider our application on this.

the latest development on the application is, we have spoken to both the EXCO & the YB in our area, advice were given that pls submit the application next year because this year they have already given us more than 150k for the lifts upgrade, so, let's try in year2015 :)

thanks.

Friday, September 26, 2014

challenges ahead (part 2)

continue from the previous posting....

well, base on our current collection rate, barring office staffs are too fearful to block defaulters access cards, our regular collection should hit 85% to 90%, which is good enough to pay those regular expenses such as utility bills, management service, lift vendor, guard, pool...., even to cover for general maintenance item like pipe or tap burst, light bulb blow, electrical components replacement.

but the real headache is those major items, the 3 items mentioned in the previous posting, lift, water tank, repainting.

in fact out of the 4 lifts in Vista Condo, 2 at blk k have been upgraded recently, with the help of state gov't. Another 2 lifts at blk j still in reasonable condition, which may only need gov't financial aid after 3 to 5 years' time.

this week let's talk more abt the water tanks.....

the 8 water tanks at the rooftop of blk j & k (4 each), immediate attention needed for at least 2 tanks, the rest also can't wait too long, in fact we should complete the changing of the water tank lining for all these tanks in the coming 3 years in order to make them serving Vista Condo residents well.

for these tanks, the outer layer, or the stainless steel panel still in good condition, but should put the new paint to make it lasting, but some of the top cover will need to be replaced not more than 2 years from now. and painting of panel & top cover replacement are still bearable as far as our management fund is concern.

but water tank lining replacement pose a great financial challenge for us, each tank will need 40k to 50k to have it's water tank lining replacement, together with those supporting structure attached to the lining, as said earlier, time is not at our side as we need to replace all of the water tank lining in this coming 3 years :(

so our plan is, run to state gov't for help, and in fact we have just got first approval from fund requisition from them recently, so very soon the first new lining is within sight, but let's pray that we will continue to receive kindness from them for the future requisition.

God, pls help us....

Friday, September 19, 2014

Challenges ahead (part 1)

one may wonder, what is the life span of the vehicle he/she is owning now, and all of us may know, there's no standard answer, your expensive imported car may only in good condition for abt 10 years if you don't maintain it well, but even the local assembled cars can last for more than 30 years if you do the regular service & necessary repair on time, many cars we see on the roads are actually hitting 35 years, which is much longer than the life span set by the car manufacturers.

well, come back to our Vista Condo, sometimes we do ask ourselves, how many years more this condo can be in the reasonably liveable condition? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? 40 years?

according to our record, Vista Condo exist since yr 1993, which means it has reached 21 years of its age, younger than those in Rifle Range or Kampong Melayu, same era with Villa Condo, slightly older than Taman Desa 2, and consider as veteran if compare with those newly built & nice looking apartment in this area.

to maintain this apartments & it's facilities posed a big challenge for us in the MC, the building structure should be no problem for another 20 years or more, but the aging facilities are the one needed a lot of finance & effort to maintain/replace/upgrade, and if we do it right then Vista Condo should have many many good years ahead.

3 important facilities will critically define & decide how is the condition of Vista Condo, the lifts, the water tank, the outlook appearance (or the condition of the paint at the common wall), other facilities like car barriers, gutters, car parking lots, lights, etc, are also important but just not as critical as these.

share with our beloved residents in next posting (part 2) for more strategies & plans to prolong Vista Condo's good condition to make it a really liveable apartments for many many more years to come :)





Friday, September 12, 2014

water supply interruption & pump maintenance

some report on the water supply interruption incident & immediate measure to counter it.....

we were alerted by residents from blk k on Wednesday afternoon abt the low water pressure, and subsequently no supply at all at abt 6.45pm.

2 MC members went to the blk k roof top to checked on the water tanks, to their shocking, all the 4 water tanks were without any water, so they went on to check the main tank at the ground floor, the main tank is where the PBA supplied water be stored, before be sent to the 4 water tanks at roof top.

They found the water level at the main tank is full, which means the pumps didn't do the job of pumping the water to refill the roof top tank, and this condition should be at least 2 days already because it will take more than 2 days for blk k residents to use up all the water in the roof top water tank.

and it's true enough that, it was short circuit & the trip caused no electrical supply to the control panel which resulted pump not running, so we quickly reset the MCB at the switch room, and the pumps run immediately, water supply back to normal at 7.20pm, a bit yellowish, but quality of water improved over times & it's good at midnight hours.

in order to prevent the same thing happen in the future, we called few pumps experts to come in on 13/9/14 (Saturday) morning to check, assess all the water pumps, control panels, float sensors, valves and other related essential components, to produce a report to us which component need to replace or repair now, and even a long term maintenance contract to check & service the mentioned equipment on the regular basis, we hope can finalize the matter in the MC meeting this week & seal the deal, so that the pump vendor can start help to monitor & service our pumps & it's related equipment as early as this month.

thanks.



Friday, September 5, 2014

general updates as at 6/9/14

after all the excitement of the Residents' gathering, now got to shift our focus to the management & maintenance of the common facilities in Vista Condo our beloved homes...

here are some updates for our residents,

1) building supervisor, the new building supervisor has just reported to work 2 days ago, his name is Richard, a veteran with more than 10 years supervisory experience in this line, hope he will do well & enjoy his works in Vista Condo, he is to replace Ah Khye the former supervisor, we want to thank Ah Khye for his various contribution (especially the car park matter), as now he wish to change the working environment & the company granted him his wish & transferred him to another project, we wish him all the best in the new place.

2) we were shocked with another big PBA bill for blk j domestic use, RM8000 plus for abt 6 month usage, but after we check all the related facility and found there's no major leak (for info, only major leak will cause big volume & big money), so we contacted the PBA & asked them to check, and as they also found no major leak here, they went back & check their part, seems it's their meter recording system problem, so now the bill reduced to RM2000 plus, like to share this matter here to ensure our residents that we do check our facility regularly to make sure we can arrest the problem before it become big which will cost us big money :)

3) building repainting, we are at the moment calling those shortlisted vendors for interview, to negotiate further on the quotations sent by them earlier, besides asking them to reduce (if possible) the quoted price, also checking if they have done any projects in Penang, for even though we wish can submit the 3 quotations to the state gov't (as requirement) as soon as possible, we also want to make sure these companies have credibility to do the job, hope by end of September we are able to finalize the 3 quotations & send to state gov't for their consideration.


thanks.





Friday, August 22, 2014

indeed biggest gathering ever :)

it was truly an overwhelming response on 16/8/14, our record shows total abt 230 residents turned up in the residents' gathering, the biggest gathering we have ever seen in the vista condo.

but we were a bit nervous too, in the afternoon especially, when sky full of thick & dark cloud, coupled with some strong wind, it was sign that heavy rain may on it's way :(

in fact abt 4pm when we collected those hampers from Sunshine Farlim, it was raining in the area of Paya Terubong & Farlim, then 5pm when we started to arrange the chairs & tables, our hearts pumping fast when we look at the sky.....

thank God, somehow the cloud just decided to go other places to have their round :) the weather was fantastic throughout the event, we really see how God is good to Vista Condo again :P

we do have another scare at 7.30pm, when we saw our residents just starting to come to the foyer to register their names & collecting sticker for the lucky draw, suddenly we notice the service team of YB Yeoh & personal assistant of YB Jagdeep Singh around in the parking area, and according to them the two YB already somewhere nearby, but our residents presented there not even 100, malulah if YB already here but just a few residents....

but again, thank God, by the time YB Yeoh & YB Jagdeep Singh arrived, we have abt 90% of participants waiting for them, it's was quite nice to see a big crowd welcoming them, in fact they both were quite impressed by Vista Condo residents' appreciative attitude, especially one of the service team member told us that YB has helped in many projects in this area but our apartment is the only one who regularly organizing appreciation for his help.... :)

food was good, satay was fantastic, ice kacang not bad too...., for kids, they are biggest winners of the night as they have clown to entertain & also special kids food to enjoy, it was truly a marvelous night!!!

what next....? right, we will forward few building repainting quotation for the EXCO member Jagdeep Singh to consider, for this one of the reason to organize this event, hopefully through God's help, we will have good news by the end of this year.

again, want to thank all the residents who have made this event a great success, u guys are fantastic!!!






Friday, August 15, 2014

see u all at tonight's gathering....

the registration until this already already hit 200!!! it's truly an overwhelming response from our beloved residents :)

we want to thank those residents who took the trouble to register with the office for this event because will help us to have a better estimation for the quantity of food we need to prepare, earlier on we have ordered for 200 pax, but as the registered number already hit 200, now we have ask the food vendor to increase for another 30 pax, based on our experience, it's always 20 to 30 residents who will drop by & register during the event because they only can decide to attend due to busy schedule, anyway we always welcome everyone who would like to come, the more the merrier :P

2 YB have confirmed their attendance for the gathering, YB Yeoh Soon Hin & state EXCO YB Yagdeep Singh Deo, we want to thank them for making themselves available for our gathering because at the moment all the YB are extreme busy for attending the poh-tor dinners, as now is the Lunar Calender 7th month, yesterday I spoke to YB Yeoh, he said average 3 to 4 dinners he was attending almost every night, the same frequency applied all his colleague, really not easy to be YB in Penang....

and now we are praying hard for the good weather, also we pray & hope that Almighty God will bless this event & make it a successful & memorable one for all who attend this event.

see u all, thanks.


Friday, August 8, 2014

perhaps biggest gathering this time :)

quite possible this gathering will be the biggest gathering we have ever organised so far...

up to 12pm today, the registration already reached 104 residents, among them 70+ are adults and 30+ are children, we are so encouraged & want to say "THANKS" to those who signed up early for the gathering, this will help us greatly to do the right estimation of food stuffs we need to prepare.

according to our past experience, more than 50% of ppl will sign up on the same week where the event is held, so if we follow the trend, maybe this time the number will hit 200, which is highest for the event we have organised all these years, excellent!!!

we will hope to see as many residents as possible to turn up for the gathering, besides building better relationship with each other & appreciate what the state gov't have done for us, we also want present our requests together as united group to the gov't, especially building repainting & sinking fund.

we still waiting confirmation from few YB, by the way YB Yeoh Soon Hin has confirmed to attend & even to contribute some items for lucky draw :)

(YB Wong Hon Wei said he will try to come, YB Jagdeep Singh's PA said should be OK, he also has helped us to invited Ramkarpal Singh our MP)

so if you haven't sign up (or know of anyone hasn't done so), pls do contact the office at 019-5730637 to register, we will do our best to make sure the food is more than enough for all who come, and program will be according to the plan, ie Clown to entertain Vista Kids, Satay, Ice Kacang,lucky draw, delicious dinner....

God, pls give us a nice weather & successful event :)