Saturday, December 01, 2007
Conciege Get-together...
Last night was the first Les Clefs d'Or meeting in months since I left Shang. It was my first meeting since I left the 'desk' to take this post as a duty manager. Unfortunately, due to my shift, I was unable to attend the actual sit-in meeting at 5pm, but managed to catch up with the guys for dinner. The venue for the meeting-cum gathering was at the Palace of the Golden Horses.
As soon as my shift ended at 7pm, I zoomed off (or rather, crawled, bumper to bumper) after a brief handover to my night shift manager and arrived at the Palace at around 8.30pm. The traffic was so bad, and I was so afraid that I might have been too late to attend the function. It seemed like forever to get there, and when I finally saw the huge illuminated, Vegas-styled signage saying "Welcome to the Palace of the Golden Horses", I sighed a sigh of relief.
As I entered the lobby, I was met up by Nanda, the current Head of Concierge for the host hotel (Michael Lee, the previous Chef Concierge had left earlier this year to join a hotel in the ever-blooming Macau, the Vegas strip of Asia). Together with Evelyn, the new Concierge Manager of the Sheraton Imperial, we were ushered to the lake jetty where we were taken on a brief round the lake tour.
That was where I met my so-called predecessor, Adi, the new Concierge Manager for my old hotel, Shangri-la. It was kind of an odd moment for I guess both of us, as it seemed as if we were both trying to impress each other, but in a very subtle manner. There was not much to say but to exchange our view of the Limousine supplier for Shangri-la, and whether the Resident Manager there was still breathing down the necks of the Concierges.
The dinner was held in the hotel's Indian restaurant, SAGAR, and as usual, the whole gang will immediately grab a seat and chow down. It was buffet style, o imagine having Northern indian cuisine in an all you can eat manner! Unfortunately I was unable to sit the same table with Lim and Adi, but I managed to sit at the so-called main table, with most of the Excom members. Although personally I felt out of place (due to me not being a full time Concierge any more) everyone was warm and as ever welcoming towards my presence. That felt good. In fact, it made me miss being a Concierge even more!
I realised too that there were quite a number of new faces. Some came all the way from Awana Genting. And there was also some new guys from Sunway. It's good to se some new blood in the society. Hopefully they're not the type who just show up for one or two meetings, and then disappear!
According to Ragu, (CC of Prince Hotel/Acting President of the Society) there'll be a meeting next month, probably the AGM. I'll try my best to be there!!
As soon as my shift ended at 7pm, I zoomed off (or rather, crawled, bumper to bumper) after a brief handover to my night shift manager and arrived at the Palace at around 8.30pm. The traffic was so bad, and I was so afraid that I might have been too late to attend the function. It seemed like forever to get there, and when I finally saw the huge illuminated, Vegas-styled signage saying "Welcome to the Palace of the Golden Horses", I sighed a sigh of relief.
As I entered the lobby, I was met up by Nanda, the current Head of Concierge for the host hotel (Michael Lee, the previous Chef Concierge had left earlier this year to join a hotel in the ever-blooming Macau, the Vegas strip of Asia). Together with Evelyn, the new Concierge Manager of the Sheraton Imperial, we were ushered to the lake jetty where we were taken on a brief round the lake tour.
That was where I met my so-called predecessor, Adi, the new Concierge Manager for my old hotel, Shangri-la. It was kind of an odd moment for I guess both of us, as it seemed as if we were both trying to impress each other, but in a very subtle manner. There was not much to say but to exchange our view of the Limousine supplier for Shangri-la, and whether the Resident Manager there was still breathing down the necks of the Concierges.
The dinner was held in the hotel's Indian restaurant, SAGAR, and as usual, the whole gang will immediately grab a seat and chow down. It was buffet style, o imagine having Northern indian cuisine in an all you can eat manner! Unfortunately I was unable to sit the same table with Lim and Adi, but I managed to sit at the so-called main table, with most of the Excom members. Although personally I felt out of place (due to me not being a full time Concierge any more) everyone was warm and as ever welcoming towards my presence. That felt good. In fact, it made me miss being a Concierge even more!
I realised too that there were quite a number of new faces. Some came all the way from Awana Genting. And there was also some new guys from Sunway. It's good to se some new blood in the society. Hopefully they're not the type who just show up for one or two meetings, and then disappear!
According to Ragu, (CC of Prince Hotel/Acting President of the Society) there'll be a meeting next month, probably the AGM. I'll try my best to be there!!
