Sabah Best 2009

A picture of our booth from the Sabah Best Expo 2009 that took place at the Sabah Trade Center from June 26th to 28th. The turnout to this exhibition was not as we anticipated and alot of the other booths closed early. I wonder why....

I love children. I enjoy the way they express themselves. The boy in the picture is the son of our booth neighbour. His parents did not want him to have ice cream and throughout the event he hanged around our booth. He kept asking for a taste and I was taken with how smart he was for a 4 year old boy. I laughed so much talking to him. Finally, we got permission from his mum to let him have a small scoop of ice cream.

In return for the ice cream his mum told him that he must market Vedablu Ice Cream as payment in kind. This boy will grow up to be an amazing marketeer. He went out to the main entrance stood there eating a scoop of Belgian Chocolate, and as people came in he declared loudly "Jom... beli ais krim~~!!" ("Come on.. buy some ice cream~~!"). People actually came and bought ice cream! He was very persistent and everyone thought he was the most charming boy.

I told him to eat faster, because his ice cream was starting to melt. He told me that if he ate faster it would finish faster. He then asked me if I could keep him in the display freezer so he could finish up all the ice cream! LOL!

Vedablu @ 24th Sabah Dragon Boat Race

After: Picture taken during 20th June (Saturday) late afternoon

Events often take alot of planning and time. There is never a guarantee of us having good results, but often we do this to be apart of the happenings in our small town Kota Kinabalu.

Before: empty space before the set up

Like many other events this year, this is the first time we set up a booth at the newly constructed Public Park at Tg Lipat. We got a nice place under a huge tree next to the stage area. The weather was so hot... that our freezers couldn't maintain the needed temperatures to sell our ice cream like we do in our outlets. We were thankful though for the strong winds, that kept us cool, but kept blowing our large banners away.

Multicoloured flags

Attached are just a few of the before and after photos of our booth set up. Didn't manage to take pictures while the races were taking place because we were also busy serving our customers in the booth. All the pictures were taken with my mobile phone. While I was sitting and resting at the booth, the multicoloured flags that fluttered in the wind against the backdrop of a clear blue sky caught my attention. I felt DBKK (our municipal council) particularly did a good job at this event keeping the whole area clean, as compared to other events we have joined. So... my weekend was spent in Tg. Lipat working, while watching the sea and sunset. Next weekend, we will be setting up a booth at Sabah Trade Center for the Sabah Best 2009 exhibition showcasing all things Sabah. Hope to see you there.

Hospital Likas Blood Drive @ City Mall

This is the second time we are sponsoring the annual blood drive organized by Hospital Likas held in City Mall. The event was held on June 6 -7, 2009 . This year it was bigger and there was more hype as the blood drive was held in conjuction with a Baby Show.

This year Vedablu sponsored 600 scoops to blood donors and participants of the baby show.

Participants and blood donors, getting their ice creams!

The Baby Show, sponsored by Mother Care and Kids Avenue

Vedablu 1 Borneo Parlour

Been meaning to upload a pictures of our newly opened parlour since 2 weeks ago. Been too busy, but here it is, Vedablu's 3rd parlour and 8th outlet opening.

We are situated just behind the Tuah Baker's Kiosk, opposite Face Shop and next to Magic Bite on the Concorse level.

Products we carry here include Vedablu Premium Ice Creams (a minimum of 15 flavour selections), Ice Cream Cakes, Classic Cakes and Pies, Ice Cream Based Desserts, Hot/Cold Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Beverages and Fresh Fruit Smoothies.

If you happen to be in 1 Borneo, and craving for good quality ice cream, come and visit us!

Vedablu @ 1 Borneo

Vedablu will be opening at 1 Borneo on May 29th, 2009 instead of the earlier scheduled May 28th, 2009.

See you there tomorrow!

XOXO

Harvest Festival 2009

Harvest Festival is approaching this weekend. Come and join in the fun at Honkod Koisan KDCA for the Unduk Ngadau Finals!

Drop by and visit our booth from May 16th to May 31st at KDCA.

Vedablu Outdoor Booth Set Up at KDCA May 16th - May 31st, 2009

After a long wait, Vedablu is also opening its parlour in 1 Borneo this May 28, 2009. Swing by and visit us at our newest outlet.

Finally its raining!

Its Raining!

It has been so hot and humid, I feel like I have been in a dizzy state daily. The weather makes it impossible to work efficiently. The frequent power cuts are certainly not helping. The only thing that keeps my spirits up is consuming some cooling Vedablu Ice Cream and looking forward to the climb up Mount Kinabalu this Monday. I told one of my colleagues a couple days ago just as a passing remark and they burst out in laughter. "I'm going to get to the summit and never come back down, until this humid weather passes". There is something about this hot and humid weather that affects people. People around me appear more grumpy and easily agitated. At a certain point this morning, I was also easily agitated, but now the rain has washed it all away.

On the upcoming Mount Kinabalu climb, I am truly excited about this climb, yet I feel a little bit nervous with the little preparation I made. I keep telling myself, as long as I do the climb slow and easy, I will make it! Well at least I have made an attempt to accomplish one more thing on my "things to do before I hit 30 list ". I hope that the weather will be clear on Monday and Tuesday.