Shell's Pump & Stand to Win RM500,000 contest.

Last Thursday on the 6th October 2011, I was the emcee for the prize giving ceremony for Shell's "Pump and Stand to win RM500,000, which was held at a Shell's petrol station in Petra Jaya. The Shell's gas station located on the left right after you crossed the Satok bridge, before the first round about.
I've done a few emceeing there before, mostly for Shell and also once for the owner itself.
Thanks to Artiste Colony Sdn Bhd, the Selangor based agency company which engaged yours truly to be the emcee for this event.

The program begins when a convoy lead by a big bikes club in Kuching arrived at the venue together with the grand prize winner in a blue SUV and later joined by the Shell's team and the Shell's contractors assuring the winner of the second week, RM20,000 weekly's winner towards the canopy area.

I started the show with a brief information about the Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE), one of the thing I must do in any Shell's events because their policy is safety first. After introducing the invited guests and explaining why the event was held that day, I invited Mr Leslie Ng, the Shell's Retail National Sales and Operation Manager to say a few words and later presented the prizes. I also invited Encik Jasme Mohd Johan, the new Retail Regional Manager to accompany Leslie on the stage. I am glad we did the dry run twice, it's because not everyone are tune in during the 1st one and having the second will make it clearer to everyone involved, especially the timing, the sound crew is in-tuned and the guests are aware. I find this beneficial to an emcee in any function involving a professional company at any level of capacity.

The weekly winner is a degree holder in Mechanical Engineering, Fredrick Aidan John won RM20,000, according to him, he received the call from Shell's team while shopping with his parents, who was there to witness his his graduation day in Johor a day before. Sweet luck my dear friends. All the weekly grand prize winners will have the prospect to win the half a million ringgit, which will be known after the 10 weeks contest is over.
I hope I have the same luck like him one day, soon. 

I only managed to take a few pictures from the event but none of mine. Have a look.

The stage

The view from an angle near the petrol station

The sitting area in site the canopy

The crew from Artiste Colony Sdn Bhd doing the final touch up of the area

The ethnic dancer group "Kulung Punai" during the rehearsal

The winners. From left is Encik Jasme Mohd Johan, Mr Goh Hin Hin the RM2000 winner, Mr Fredrik Aidan John the RM20,000 winner and Mr Leslie Ng.

My friends the media seen here taking pictures.

The guests mingling and chatting. Sometime this is the only time for old friends to meet and updating one another.

The men and women in red are the Shell station owners and operators. They are the most sporting people I've seen every time they get together.

Makan time, right after the event finished. Everyone was happy because the foods and drinks were a plenty.

The Kulung Punai dancers and the crew from Artiste Colony Sdn Bhd.

All done, seen here the crew from Artiste Colony Sdn Bhd and Alex Tan the photographer having a break and making report to HQ.

I did not managed to get anyone to help me take my picture this time but in a local newspaper you can see my hand during the prize giving ceremony. I hope Alex Tan,  the photographer took some nice pictures with me in it. See me in the next event.

My updated motto is this Chinese proverb saying

" If you want happiness for an hour; take a nap.   If you want happiness for a day; go fishing.   If you want happiness for a month; get married.   If you want happiness for a year; inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime; help someone else.