Four Days~ Fr x twnty fr hrs = 96hrs

Day 4 of the BMW WTA Tour!!! Woot!!! Today I took some pics of my volunteers. There are two of them and both of them are mothers :) Lol. I feel like they're taking care of me when they come. It is a good thing that they are around so that I'll be able to go out and get some fresh air once in awhile :)

Oh oh!!! New food today~ haha well not really but today the pasta is different. Instead of the normal menu..they have changed the pasta and dessert. The rest are basically the same.

The crowd of players and coaches were BIG today!!! Many of them were waiting for their turn to play as well as the new schedule to come out as you can see in the pics below ;) The main draw singles and doubles category was starting today and the top seeded players arrived on this day. The top 8 seeded players of this competition were Fransesca SHIAVONE, Marion BARTOLI, Alisa KLEYBANOVA, Jarmila GROTH, Lucie SAFAROVA, Ayumi MORITA, Kimiko DATE-KRUMM and Bojana JOVANOSKI who all had a chance of winning a total of $220 000!!!

*Full house!!!*

*My ID: Looks like a BMW car dealer eh?*

*New desserts!! Almond Strudel and Mocha Whirl(sth like cinnamon roll)*

*New!!! Spaghetti & Vege Carbonara*

*Aglia Oreo!!! I mean..Olio!*

*Good business! haha*

*Players lounge notice board*

*Chef checking the food while player/coach take food*

*Lisbeth, Gillian and CC focused upon a player*

one and two then comes DAY 3~!

Day 3 was a pretty tiring day for me. I reached Bukit Kiara around 8am as usual. Had only about 4 hours of sleep but it's ok cuz I think I'm getting used to the whole routine of sleeping late and waking up early.. Well, I didn't have breakfast exactly except just a banana and some coffee :) I tahan until about 1pm and then I ate the buffet lunch. Some pasta, salad and meat as usual.

*Guess what am I?*

*BANANAS!!! We have normal ones and protected ones too..LOL*

*We also have towels..for players and coaches when they play*

*Tennis balls for them to hit around or at each other*

*A small lil dustbin, a multi-functional printer, & fridges for drinks!*

*Dry/wet tissue & hand sanitizers*

*The player services cabin that handles mostly everything on site*

*Aida and Kak Mazni*

About 2pm something, I had to leave Bukit Kiara and head to Sri Hartamas already for the charity event at Solaris. It seems the place is an art gallery or something and it had two sections, one called whitebox and the other, blackbox. As soon as I reached, I had to start preparing for my performances. It went well although I was a lil panic at first cuz I was figuring out where to put my props all around the floor because I was suppose to use the walkway as well as the stage area. Did a lil story line with my performance this time :) The crowd was entertained and I was glad that they enjoyed my solo performance! I did some MJ dance, popping and hip hop. A few of them even came up to me and told me that I danced very well. That made my day :) After the performance, I was so exhausted. So, I hung around and drank some sirap and talked with the other performers over there. Just before 5pm, I had to head back to work.

*Charity show at Solaris (Whitebox)*


*Me looking all sweaty and exhausted right after performing*


*Umairah and I*


*My sis and I*

*My gedik partner*

*A piece of artwork I saw when i was leaving*

*My experimental shot using the galaxy tab*

At work..it was same old same old. I'd be on my laptop waiting to assist the players/coaches who would be chilling and relaxing in the players lounge. Nothing much today, besides the charity performance. Went to yum cha after work and then went home. bleh.. I really need to catch up with some sleep as soon as I'm done with this tennis event~ Long hours everyday for 2 weeks.. wow.. it's one heck of an experience!

WTA Tour Day 2

2nd day of the BMW Malaysian Open :)

CC and I arrived around 8am in the morning. Just in time for him to handle the court booking and for me to set up the players lounge. There is a huge board placed in front of the courts which shows the competition table and the map of the area.

*Qualifying Draw: Top 4 will be picked to go into the Main Draw*

*The map of the event*

*Event sponsors*

*Event Sponsors*

*Security guards of X-command preparing to go on duty*

I am the Players Lounge Manager once again :) I am in charge of ensuring the players feel comfortable at the lounge. Other than that, I take care of the flow of the mineral water bottles to the players, stick up updated fixtures and results on the board, keep 5 SAMSUNG Galaxy Tabs for the players to use and other stuff to keep the players company and relaxed. While being on standby all the time, I'll be either online the whole time or I'd be playing games on my computer. It's pretty relaxing for me but it's boring when I'm at it for too long. Sometimes I feel sleepy too. I did try listening to some songs and walked around the area, trained my hits and pops as well. Good thing there were some volunteers who were coming to assist me :) If not, I wouldn't be able to walk around or go for break easily. I'd always have to be at my workstation as players are always in the lounge, relaxing while waiting for their match or waiting to go back to the hotel after their match.

*This is my turf*

*Welcome to Players Lounge :D*

*My workstation..Can u see what page am I on?*

*Idham n abang pun nak camwhore*


*One of the nice waiters on duty*

*Players on their phone, laptop and food*

*Erika Sema dreaming about...*

*Chilling while waiting for their matches*

*It's me in between my two good buddies for this job..fridge 1 n fridge 2 with their bottles*

*My ID card :D Looks like a BMW car dealer..LOL*

While on duty, I am always fiddling with every gadget and technology around me! Be it my laptop, blackberry, and the galaxy tabs. Sometimes, it takes me some time to actually realize that I am doing extreme multi-tasking..using all 3 at the same time while smsing on my other phone! LOL~ Below are a few pics I took with the galaxy tab.. Most of the pics u see throughout this competition are taken either with my bb or the galaxy tabs ;)

*Original wallpaper: Startcraft 2 Illustration of Terran*

*Negative effect*

*Sepia effect*

Sitting down all day and attending to players is not the only thing I do. Besides that, I eat the buffet food that is prepared for the players and coaches. The buffet is just across from my table and they have loads of nice food over there. Although most of it is the same everyday, the food is tasty and fresh, so it is not too bad :) You can find the pics of of food served below...

*Waiters preparing the food*

*Passion vinegar dressing, pasta salad*

*potato salad & steamed rice*

*linguine pasta*

*fetuccini pasta*



*tomato ragout sauce: 1 of my favs!*



*marinara sauce*


*grilled lamb: 1 of my favs!*


*grilled chicken breast*


*Sauces: mint, mushroom, blackpepper, buerre blanc*


*grilled fillet snapper*

*coffee & tea anyone?*

*bananas & green apples*

*chef's salad: 1 of my favs!*

*All sorts of buns*

One of the things I do on my lappie is SKYPE!!! Hehe ;) I even tried skyping on the galaxy tab but it only allows me to call others and not video call. So, the laptop is better for skyping.

*Skyping with my boo*

From 8am till 9pm.. sit down all day, talk to players, fill the fridge, facebook, twitter, blog, play games, and eat and eat and eat!!! That's what I do mainly every single day. I'm in a way stuck in the lounge as I am in charged of it unless the volunteers come over to help but they're only helping out as part time. Doing all that, I think I'll be putting on a few kgs!!! I can't move around much nor can I just dance away...

*After a long day of work*

Well, that is all for day 2! Stay tuned for day 3 as more new things will be posted on the blog.. new food maybe? or even a video of me dancing?? hm... we'll see :) *wink*

Groundwalker signing out~!