Relocation of Vedablu Palm Square

I was feeling a little nostalgic overseeing the dismantling and breaking down of our kiosk in Palm Square last night. At 8pm we started disconnecting the machines and equipments, by 9:30pm the carpenters came to dismantle the kiosk itself.

Palm Square was where Vedablu first started and introduced our premium ice cream products to the people of Sabah back in 2006 October. I remember making the ice cream myself and then going to the kiosk standing there with my colleauges of the company, Laura and Christina scooping and selling ice cream to the large crowd all surrounding our kiosk to taste and get some of our products. From that outlet back in 2006 we have grown to another 4 more outlets in Kota Kinabalu, one in Tawau and another in Sandakan.

Based on some business strategic decisions we have decided to move to another shopping mall, after getting much feedback from our customers who frequently shop at 1 Borneo during the weekends. For customers who are shopping around Center Point, you still will be able to get Vedablu Ice Creams, just a few steps away from Center Point at our parlour at Warisan Square. You will be able to enjoy a broader selection of ice cream and other products there as compared to Palm Square.

We also opened a Factory Kiosk in Taman BDC Shoplots just across our factory. The factory kiosk also serve as a training ground for all our new staffs. Ice Cream prices are a tad lower compared to the shops to encourage customers around the Kelombong area and Taman BDC to come visit us.

We are commencing renovations in 1 Borneo very soon and we will soon announce our opening date. I personally thank you for your continous support and understanding.

Home Decor Sabah 2009, Buildcon Sabah 2009 & Home & Security Sabah 2009

Vedablu Premium Ice Cream is going to be setting up booth in yet another exhibition this weekend. We will be setting up booth this evening at Sabah Trade Center.

This event will commence March 26 (Thursday) to March 29th (Sunday). Time: 11am - 7pm.

For more information please you can refer to their website.

I do not have much information right now on the exhibitors and events happening in the next couple of days at this exhibition, but I will have a peek tonight and update this post if I am able to. Saying that, I look forward to see the exhibition and get some inspiration from the latest home decor trends available in Sabah. See you there!

Vedablu Premium Ice Cream Latest Promotion

Get 50% on your 2nd purchase of similar ice cream based product for Apple Pie and Zabajone (Egg Nog) Flavours! Promotion commences March 25th, 2009. Click on Promotion Poster above for more details.

Vedablu Gaya Street Outlet - shoot location

Been meaning to do this post for some time. I have received many requests for photography and film shoots to be done at our vedablu outlets especially the outlet in City Mall and Gaya Street. However, I am going to highlight the recent photoshoot that was done at our Gaya Street outlet by another brilliant local professional photographer Melvin Migin.

He approached us a couple of weeks back to use our outlet at Gaya Street for a fashion photoshoot for a boutique, Porgie. We have been given several catalogues each to be placed in our outlets and I must say Melvin did an incredible job capturing the models in their apparels. To see the cataloge and his other portfolio you may go to his webpage or his blog.

Skies of Sabah

Tanjung Aru Beach


Just a few pictures I took of the skies of Kota Kinabalu. Was editing a few cake photos on my computer and stumbled across these pictures I took on different occasions. I always thought that we had one of the most beautiful skies especially at sunset. The colors are always so warm and magnificent.


KKIA Airport


Outside my office in Kelombong

A Little of Everything (ALOE)

The IPEX 2009 event went quite well. This year we aim to do more events, bring Vedablu to the customers as we say. Most of the customers at the event were overjoyed we were there because the ice cream was a bribe for their children to stay well behaved while their parents made their rounds at the booths =)

On Saturday there were many events lined up. One of the more interesting one was the Edible Architecture Design. One of the teams bought a waffle cone from us to finish off their design. So I went and took a photo of their Edible Architectural Piece. It was the the Kremlin and Red Square of Moscow. Although they did not win, they got a special mention. Way to go St Michael!

Events are always tiring... especially where we are placed outdoors. The booth we have is like a mobile booth. Before each day begins and at the end of the day, we have to rearrange and rebundle all the parts of our booth. Took a couple of photos with my phone camera before the closing. So I apologize first for the poor quality





Am working on a few other things at the moment... from a full cake design menu, the next few months promotions, and materials for the Vedablu Roadshow. Am also looking for a Marketing Executive, fresh graduates welcome, more importantly the person should have a sense of creativity and are able to design and use graphic design softwares.

Also been spending some time updating our SOP's and improve the operations to be of the ISO 9001 and HACCP standards we are in the midst of obtaining.

Admist all this I have been trying to squeeze in some exercise to prepare myself for my Mt Kinabalu climb which is happening on May 18th. The thought of the climb is freaking me a little. Looking at the rate of my preparation right now... I can safely say I will not be able to make it to the summit. Thus, I need to spend more time training!! Sigh...

Good night people!

IPEX 2009

As an effort to be involved in more events, for our 2nd event of this year we will be putting up a booth at the IPEX 2009 exhibition to be held from 12 March - 15 March, 2009 at the Sabah Trade Centre.

IPEX 2009 showcases the latest development in Malaysia architecture, properties and building materials.

In addition, there will be lots of activities happening at the exhibition for people of all ages.

-Children colouring & drawing competition
-Edible architecture Competition
-Photography competition
-Best decorated booth
-Ms IPEX Personality Contest
-Fashion show
-Charity concerts

Look for our Vedablu Premium Ice Cream booth located to the right of the main entrance of the Sabah Trade Centre. We will be having some of our own promos. See you there!!

Kuala Lumpur Trip

I probably go to Kuala Lumpur (KL) a couple of times every year. This time there was a purpose. To settle my 2nd brother, Eugene into his college and new living space for the next 3 years. I always look forward to tasting new ice cream when I am in KL because new Ice Cream Kiosk and Parlors are budding everywhere however somehow this time I did not get to taste any besides Gelatomio which is ownedd by a close italian friend of mine.

However, I did manage to have some other memorable snacks and meals. The first day we landed, my mum had a craving for steak so we went to Tony Romas in Pavillion. I had the prawn pasta which was delicious and they were really generous with the prawns. Brother, mum and aunt all had the rib combo.... huge!
I think smileys is a Tomy Romas thing because they introduced the sauces to us on a plate and it became a smiley (see above picture). Later when they came with the bill, it also had a smiley!



The next meal worth the mention was the Satay Celup in Melaka. Eugene loves this stuff, so we made a point to have some when we were in Melaka. We have something similar in Sabah called 'Lok Lok' but there is a difference. Here we place the food sticks to cook in boiling water then dip in peanut gravy. In Melaka, you cook your food sticks in boiling peanut sauce. Yummy indeed. I am trying to re-call the name of the place but I can't. But this satay celup outlet is the cleanest satay celup place in Melaka.



On a certain day, I decided to go watch a movie on my own. After an appointment and wanting to avoid the KL jam, I decided to watch a movie. It had to be in GSC Cinemas because I just love their caramel popcorn. I decided to watch the movie in The Gardens GSC Premiere Cinema. There was not even 10 of us in the cinema. I watched Valkyrie, real good movie while munching on my golden caramel popcorn ;)



Halfway munching... I thought of how this would make a nice topping on Vedablu Ice Creams. Just think of it! Caramelize popcorns and some Vanilla Bean ice cream... Mmmm