25/9 (friday)

ok...ready for more amway stuff? dun worry, i am not a member but the conference quincy was here for was amway's right? and i had been invited to go....so there was nothing to lose. it would be interesting....and it was...sort of.

we left kl at 11a.m. i drove all the way to genting highlands and parked at first world's car park. with me were quincy and andy (the sifu). i guess i should be really honoured. andy could have someone to ferry him in a chauffeur-driven benz. instead, he went into the back seat of my poorly-maintained and slightly dirty vios. malunya.
ok, to know how important andy is...he is already at diamond level and different countries. he was one of the speakers at the conference too. he was revered at every corner he turned at the conference hall. they even assigned special assistant to follow him in genting. i am so lucky huh?

so i have to take a photo of where i parked my car. you would not wanna lose your car here. it would be impossible to search through every level. you can die!!!

once i had parked my car, i headed straight to gicc (genting international convention centre) next to first world hotel's lobby. the crowd was massive. more than 3000 amway members from 10 countries (e.g. china, taiwan, singapore, vietnam, indonesia, malaysia, thailand, etc). so it was kinda daunting and stiffening for me an outsider who is sceptical of this multi-level marketing company. they paid rm350 for this 3 days 2 nights conference cum retreat.

it was rather chaotic with groups dealing with registration and stuff. we couldn't check into our rooms yet as it was only 1 plus then. so i followed quincy around.

and gosh, she is also another popular figure there with the youngsters. ppl actually asked her to pose for them in photographs. she introduced me to all those teachers from taiwan..... all ladies this time, successful ones. i had a great time feasting my eyes on bags. haha....most popular choices: louis vuitton, gucci and chanel. but it got kinda boring when almost everyone had gucci with the logo on canvas and the easily recognisable lv. chanel was harder to spot.

one of the teachers even lived on the apartment above wang lee hom's and quincy had actually met her idol at the lobby of the apartment. nope, she din stalk him all the way there.

ok, so you need to have a tag to go into the conference and since i could not register myself, i was given a special tag. andy lao shi got it for me.....

taaddaaa.....err...i only saw one tag like this...and it was on me. waaa....ppl also gave me one kind of look. the group from taiwan was actually vip taiwan group....so they got their seats reserved at the front middle section of the hall. it was a privilege joining them. oh, the dubai thingy there....i think that is where one of the global conferences will be held next year.

and so, we went in for the first welcome session at around 2.30p.m.

the emcee was a young lad. so young but the pocket is so full. haha..only 22, still in uni and rm150 000 a year.

the speaker was a malaysian lady. should be the top one lah....like with diamond crown or something. but i just dun like those malaysian speakers compared to taiwanese ones. ours were not as charismatic. they kept repeating themselves and felt kinda uneasy in front although they were trying to work the crowd. i felt bored.

the first session ended at around 4p.m. and groups had to organise themselves to get their room keys. but before that, most of the overseas groups got together in their own small groups and shared what they had learnt from the session. urgghh....they even pulled me in. well, since i followed one of their leaders, i could not escape lah. just rambled some intro in chinese and said i was looking forward to joining the sessions. blah. the tongue got all tied up having to speak in chinese in the group. tongue can get tied speaking in english, chinese also tie. such a bad orator.

the feeling you get here compared to whatever preconceived perception i had of amway was totally different. those few that i knew from amway, will go straight to tell you about their business plans. this group here, they have changed the strategy. they dun harp about business, instead they are more like motivator; encouraging you to take steps to change your life. but then, think again....when you change your life, directly you are also changing the life of the upline. so there is nothing to lose in spending extra effort on others when it benefits you as well. of course they din say they would get the benefit. it was always you you you and not i i i.

and so, this was one small group which extended their sharing session outside the conference hall. andy is the one in black shirt, quincy is the one in white coat. those listening, some were from china, singapore, taiwan and malaysia. those from china were sooo young.....like they are still in high school. but everyone was showing so much enthusiasm that i could drown. in the bottom left picture, you can see quincy sharing her tales and she could really speak. how could those who came with so much hope not get convinced? i mean, look at her! her stylish and glamorous appearance already won them over.

so they checked in at around 6 plus but quincy din get her room yet. we had to borrow someone's room to change and freshen up. they had the night event which required all to dress formally because there would be performances and speeches. i had to borrow heels from cousin in kl because i left all of mine in bidor. luckily i still had something to wear.

this sushi box was courtesy of the malaysian organiser....one of the teachers. she prepared a box for every participant. how generous of her. it was very filling accompanied by a cup of caffe latte from starbucks (own money lah). oh, andy was with us too and the person being sent to assist him was sent away while we had dinner.

and so with my vip tag, i followed the taiwan group and entered the hall at aroun 8p.m. our seats? on the fifth row. all those sitting in front of us, well, go earn your diamond pin before you take those seats. another feast for the eyes. there were lawyers, doctors, rich tai-tais, accountants, chefs, hawkers, etc who were on those seats. is amway that good or is the lure of money too tempting? but you also have to work your way up no doubt.

when you are working in a company, you have to listen to your boss. when you work with amway, you listen to your teacher. at the office, you can get fired if you do wrong and there goes your salary. with amway, you can work as much as you like and once you have reached a certain level that you are satisfied with, you can slow down and still enjoy the fruits you have reaped earlier. right?? or.....??

i hope some amway die hard won't shoot me for what i am saying here. it is my own opinion remember. those in the hall were really all charged up. amway is no 1. amway is their life saver. amway makes things possible for them. it is really their religion.

i also listened to their rewarding holidays with amway. everything paid for, 5 stars luxury. my friend had been on cruises, trips to europe, hawaii, united states, korea, japan, etc. next year, taiwan achievers will go to vienna. malaysian achievers will go to paris and london. so work harder, sell more, get more ppl, and make those tills ring at amway headquarter.

and so, the first pic was the view behind my back. the second, all the diamond crown achievers if i am not mistaken. that was the finale already. oh, the show...we had performers from indonesia, singapore and malaysia. the performances were like lion dance, beautiful girls in gowns 'parade', fast dance, joget ala indonesia and drama. the indonesia sing and dance was a crowd favourite because the person behind the microphone was an old man whose head was covered in all grey hair. he was heaving for breath at the end but all in a sporty manner. the performers are all amway own members.

the event ended at around 11p.m. and after another small sharing session in the small group, in which i said, 'the event had made me curious and i am staying for tomorrow,' (mine was the shortest ok)...and a photo taking session of our group, it was back to hotel room. yes, finally we had a room. if they couldn't get a room for me, i would have driven back to tm that night.

but....it was a damn cold night in genting and i could not get the sleep i wanted. my room mate of course got hers. waaaaaa!!!

pretty quincy. so different huh when she last came to tm??? the pic on the right was taken at proton city. brought her there in the evening. and that striking bag? no prize for guessing....lv. most of the ppl in the conference were having those monogram ones....hers really stood out.

this was the small small group....or rather quincy's group i was with. the sharing session group was bigger. here we have 2 taiwanese and 4 malaysians. how did she get to know those malaysians? well, they have business or bf in taiwan.