Wednesday, 24th November 2010
22 children from Kapar accompanied by their 3 minders were special guests to The Hard Rock Hotel Penang for 3 days 2 nights. The long awaited trip was organized by Music Legend & Philantrophy Zainalabidin and his his lovely wife Angelina Asmawi.
22 children - 11 boys and 11 girls were chosen based on their performance, progress, attendance as well as positive attitude towards their peers at The CNC. It was a very difficult choice to make as we wanted to reward the "right" children. The list was drawn and ammended many, many times before a decision was made.
Infact, organization of this trip took as long as 6 months before it all came togather. Angelina Asmawi singlehandedly organized this wonderful event.
The Penang Trip started from The CNC at 8am on Monday, 22nd November 2010. The children were transported to Penang on a Rapid KL bus. Their tranportation from the sector Kapar-Penang-Kapar was fully sponsored by Rapid KL.
The children congregated at The CNC as early as 7am. Some of them could not sleep the night before as they were very, very excited at the prospect of going on a trip. For all of them that trip was their very first trip out of Kapar and staying in a 5 star hotel!
There were a lot of excitement when the children boarded the bus. They could not stop talking and laughing throughout the journey. They arrived in Penang at 3pm. Upon arrival, they were warmly welcomed by Zainalabidin & Angelina as well as by the Staffs at HRH Penang. They were served with teatime treats at The Starz Diner. The children wolfed down plates of fried rice, fried noodles, fried chicken and sandwiches.
After food, they were taken into their rooms. They were delighted as all the rooms had seaviews! After resting and changing into their shorts, t-shirts & sandals - they were taken to the pool. A game of water volleyball was arranged for them. Both Zainalabidin & Angelina gamely participated in the game. There were hoots of laughter shooting out from the pool, all the time. The children went swimming in the pool after the game.
After the beach game , they went back into their rooms to change for dinner. Dinner was served at 7:30pm at The Pizzaria. The chidren were served with pizzas and pastas. There was a demo at pizza making for them. Thank you Chef Joe & Team for those delicious pizzas & pastas!
After dinner, the children performed for the hotel guests at The Lobby. The crowd went wild when Thison - Michael Jackson of Kapar strutted his stuff! The cheers were louder when The Gelek Galz Group performed their belly dancing routine! The children were amazing!
The children were treated to a supper of the famous Penang Nasi Kandar! Shah & I bought packets of Nasi Kandar for them. They ate hungrily.
On Tuesday, 23rd November - the day started very early for the children. There were down for breakfast at 7am. After sampling the lovely breakfast spread, they went for a walk at the beach. At 9am they were made to practice their dance movement, as they were required to perform that night for a crowd of 500 audience! At 10:15am - they went back to their room to change into shorts, t-shirts & sandals for pool & beach activities. Thank you, Naps, Vivian & Melvis from The Teen Club for taking The Kapar Kidz under their wings.
They had a nice surprise as they were joined by Zainalabidin & Angelina as well as by Dato Sheila Majid & her family at the beach games. After an hour of games, they went back to their rooms to change and were taken to lunch at The Pizzaria. They were served with pizzas & pastas. During lunch time, they were accompanied by a clown sculpting balloons for each of them.
After lunch, at 1:30pm, they were treated to an entertaining Magic Show at The Teen Club. At 2:30pm, The Kapar Kidz were taken around Penang Island in a fleet of vintage cars. This event was sponsored by Heritage Garage. There was a surprise stopover at The Butterfly Farm and this trip was kindly sponsored too.
The children were sent back to their rooms to rest. At 5:30pm - they were dressed and made up for The Concert. A concert by Music Legends - Zainalabidin, Dato Sheila Majid & Amy Search was held for purposes of raising funds for The Kapar Kidz. The Concert was mind blowing. It was amazing to see the support for FRIENDS OF KAPAR that night. Each superstar crooned their famous signature songs.
The Concert started with a performance by our very own Kapar Kidz. They performed a Bollywood dance in all their splendour. The Concert also ended with The Kapar Kidz singing "Ikhlas tapi Jauh" togather with the 3 superstars.
At 10:30pm - the children were treated to a supper of Penang Nasi Kandar which Shah bought. They were so hungry that they polished off everything in a jiffy! After supper they hit the sack.
On Wednesday, 24th November - they had a a bit of a lie in, as they had a late night, the night before. At 8:30am - they came down for breakfast all dressed and packed ready to go home. Right after breakfast, they had sessions of photo taking and after fond goodbyes to Zainalabidin & Angelina - they hopped on the bus for their trip back home to Kapar. They left HRH Penang on the bus at 10am.
They arrived in Kapar at 6pm. By 6:30pm, they were all safely home. No doubt they were exhausted from the trip but they were very happy and grateful for the opportunity to see Penang and sample a life away from Kapar.
Thank You, Zainalabidin, Angelina, Hard Rock Hotel Penang, Rapid KL, Heritage Garage, Dato Sheila Majid, Amy Search as well as corporate sponsors - TV3, Red FM, Iktikadraya, Alstars Production, Rainbow Enterprise - who had supported the concert in aid of the Kapar Kidz @ FRIENDS OF KAPAR. You have touched the children's lives! Thank you for making a difference!
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