Company Dinner

I just back from my company annual dinner at Sunway Hotel. Tomorrow is declared as our company off day. So i can sleep late tonight. I had been at two dinner previously which was held at JW Marriot and Shangri La, KL. The best is Shangri La, and the worst as at this moment, is Sunway Hotel.

What i noticed at the dinner:

1. Sound system was very poor. Almost everybody invited to give a speech did not get the audience attention since they cannot hear the words clearly. Who bother to listen? Apart from that, the opening ceremony also very dull, very simple. I did not feel proud of it.

2. The stage was very weird. It is only half of the total grand ball room size. If the grand ball room size is 30m x 30m, the stage is only by 15m x8m (approx). Isn't it weird?

3. They put a large display for additional of 2 projectors, probably to compensate for the small stage. Anyhow the display quality was very bad. Even when the light was dimmed, i can hardly see what happened at the stage. The color was bad, the resolution was bad..... the list goes on.

4. The food was terrible. I am not the only one saying it. A lot of people said the same thing about the taste of the food.

5. The show was very boring. The emcee failed to bring the sense of joy and excitement to the audience. The were less continuation between one point to another. They only managed to lift up the spirit at the end session of the dinner.

6. No variety - I had been working here as long as three years and been attending to at least three annual dinners. The program was very well expected. Each year you will know what will be the first, second, third session.....etc.

7. No smoking area provided nearby. If you want to smoke, you need to get to the lobby and smoke there. The main hall is located at the second level.


Some people might not feel good of my comments over here, but i think the points above are worth to be discussed and reflected during the post mortem. We have to learn to see our weaknesses in order for us to improve.