Sultan’s Cup (a long short story)

Posted by mkhairul - November 15, 2007 at 12:11:49 pm -

Categories: blog

Alright! A long short story of the Sultan’s Cup.

My boss told me that I’m going with him to Terengganu to do some accreditations (the card thing people wear around the neck). I’m not really into events that doesn’t involve computer or books but this is part of the job (and also in case there’s any trouble with the accreditation system that I developed).

Ok, I stayed Sutra Beach Resort (at least 2 kilometers from the event). Cozy, place. Looks like its falling apart but still nice. One of the nice thing is the infinity pool. Food is mediocre. My boss’s wife told us that its a 3 star place (I dont know how to rate this kind of places). But, its ok lah.

The day after I arrived the Concorde Hotel people starts to serve food at the event. The best foods is inside the VIP tent (which of course I have access to). The food was superb, sushi, pastries, nasi lemak and its different for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. The concorde people also does rounds and brings food to our office (we still have to go to next door to get coffee from the machine).

Accreditations

I’m the laminating and handling the forms guy. Who is suppose to be first and such, I arrange it because some people just can’t or doesn’t want to wait ( noble family members, Tan Sri, Committee Members, etc). People from Brazil, Norway, South Africa, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, France, Portugal, Spain (and much more) from different categories Grooms, Riders, Chef D’quipe, Vets, Media, VIP Guests (and many more).

More than a thousand people came to get their accreditations (or maybe it was like 800-900 but sure as hell it was a lot). And thankfully no one was upset or angry.

The Trial

This event was a trial (from what I’ve been informed) by the FEI to see whether Malaysia was up to it. In the end, it was successful and Malaysia will be hosting the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in November 2008. You can see Datuk Seri Dr Salleh celebrating the victory.

Gala Dinner

The gala dinner was fantastic. The speech was quite long because they have to address everyone on the stage. The food was too little though, it’s a 4 course meal. The annual dinner with my brother’s company had 10 course meal (accompanied by comedy performance on stage) which is better. But everyone is pretty tired anyway, 10 course meal will be too much (everyone would probably end up eating with their face on the plate).

What makes it great was Saharadja. Great music. Makes me wanna go up and break dance (probably not in this lifetime).

In the end..

All is well, good news that the event was a success and I’m not much of a "raconteur". And all I got from Sultan’s Cup is this box of hand grenades.

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