Let me recount my weekend.

On Friday, I was in Penang as i was invited by my girlfriend to attend “Altera Family Day”–the place where she works. I have lots of fun where i was given a girlfriend-guided tour of the facilities.

It was my first time chilling in her cubicle…

Check it out. She has dual monitor for her to do her job.

I rock out at the game room..

The game room is equipped with a digital electronic drum set, a keyboard, and a mic for employees to sing the work blues away.

I showed off my button-mashing skills to a bunch of seven year olds…

“Now press this button to run away from my combos…”

I checked out the skills of other employees at pool and air hockey…

and i checked out my girlfriend’s flirting skill…

She still has it!

and had lunch like a king at the cafeteria….

*droooolllll*

It was a great Family Day organized by Altera. With soaring spirit, i head back to KL in preparation for the great outing i have been waiting for–fulfilling Izzul’s wish to ride the cable car at Genting Highlands.

Thanks Altera!

With less than five hours of sleep, i woke up feeling energized and ready for a full day of fun with the most cheerful boy I have ever met. Encik Azam gave my friends a tour of the orphanage and i was glad to know that children are very well taken care of.

30 children! A glance on Rumah Aman website shows that the kids aspires to be teacher, firemen, and mostly (you guessed it WRONG!) army and navy.

Are you ready Izzul? Urfah (in black) is the guardian and makes sure that there is nothing wrong going on in this trip.

At 10 am, we head out to One Utama to buy tickets to the cable car ride and to have lunch as we were all famished. “Prince for the day” Izzul chose MacDonald’s.

Izzul ordered Ayam Goreng MacD. The good boy only ate one and kept another piece for dinner. He even threw away his empty coke cup and fries box. According to Urfah, the boys are thought to not over eat and clean up after themselves. The boys are independent from a very young age. I think it is a valuable lifelong lesson and character building in the world of naughty brats!

After lunch, we decided to take a little “detour” and test out Daytona first.

“I just overtook you dude…”

We arrived at the Sky Park lower station around 1pm. Because it was a weekend AND a school holiday, the cable car queue was out of this world. It was pure madness.

We waited for over 45 minutes….

Izzul’s wish: FULFILLED!

I wanted Izzul to feel the blast of cold fog and enjoyed the view. We were at 6,000 feet above sea level! It was a moment Izzul would cherish as we sit and have a nice cup of hot cocoa with a slice of strawberry pie while enjoying the view and feel the cold almost winter-like breeze.

Izzul also had the fun of his young life–going for thrilling rides. We’re talking crazy swings and pirate ships!

But it was a shame that we could not ride the roller coaster as Izzul wanted to ride it, but it was already closed. Nevertheless, Izzul head home safe and sound. Oh did i mention that Izzul vomited on the way down from Genting because of the steep road? We stopped by a gas station to buy some minyak angin and a piece of sandwich to hold the stomach, and for Izzul to clean up. Such a brave independent Navy-to-be!

After excluding the expenses for the trip, we managed to make a donation of RM358.00 (out of RM470.00) to Rumah Aman.

I then rushed off to an event at Sunway Giza. At 11.45pm, off i went to Sri Pentas to host 8TV Nite Live from12:45am to 1:45am.

It was a long, long weekend. But i was happy that i get to go beyond Izzul’s  innocent wish of soaring 6,000 feet above sea level. To see his face lights up when he rode the cable car for the first time was totally priceless. To this day, i still recounts his expression as we had our hot cocoa and light refreshment and gazed at the  magnificent mountainview and the rainforest scenery. And how about seeing Izzul’s face flushed with happiness after riding the rides at Genting Theme Park? Unforgettable.

A heap of thanks to my manager Julian Lee, my PA Cheryl, and my friends Emily, Alex, Elaine, Danyal, and Ben for your support and time to make the Genting trip more exciting. Thank you TLC for the opportunity to get to know the staffs and children at Rumah Aman, Izzul, and this wonderful life changing experience. With God’s blessing, i hope to continue on this selfless journey.

This was probably the hardest and most audacious pledge – to fulfill Hospis Malaysia’s 15 wishes for medical equipment to ease the suffering of their patients. Our journey wasn’t easy as we quickly found out that fulfilling many of their patient’s wishes is both difficult and intangible. It breaks our heart when some of the wishes were for the patients wishing to be in less pain or a father wishing to live a little longer so that he would be able to see his daughter attend her first day of school.

There was also the fact that it would be irresponsible of us to expose youths to bereavement during this campaign. After much brainstorming,  we arrived at a solution where we replaced the 15 wishes of individuals to become 15 pieces of medical equipment which Hospis Malaysia needed. As a charity which provides palliative care, Hospis Malaysia also loans medical equipment without charge to their poorer patients. Unfortunately there is a constant shortage and a long waiting list for items such as nebulizers and oxygen concentrators.

We felt that this was the most appropriate action that would benefit Hospis Malaysia but were equally shocked by the amount we need to raise – RM34,400! It looked like a very long road for us, especially when this campaign was the first-of-its-kind and we had to find a way (or many) to deliver on our pledge!

That was when we had to spread the Hospis Malaysia pledge to just about everybody we knew and ask them to help us fulfill it. It was a nerve-racking journey and at the end of the day, everybody pulled together to make it possible and we actually overdelivered on our initial pledge! Can’t believe it till this day!!!

Making it possible were the kind folks from Bald4Good (by Wit Ink Creative), AIESEC Malaysia, Bernama TV and TLC’s own Wonderladies. Their individual stories can be found throughout the website and it serves as an inspiration to the dreams and wishes we can achieve together in helping the less fortunate!

Work can get a bit dull? Not at M Moser Kuala Lumpur!

We had great fun and learnt so much in this journey of discovery. Thank you TLC for this opportunity. We look forward to the next cycle of TLC Promise Me!