| AOTS Nite
has always been a time of merriment and for (old) friends to meet. It has
also been the organizers' (led by CM Yap) purpose that for this one time
in a year, family members get the opportunity to see and understand the
activities carried out by both AOTS and PAAM.
for this 2004 AOTS Nite held on December 2004, approximately 80+ members,
family members and friends from as far as Sarawak attended. It was a rather
lavish affair as we had the entire (almost) Chinese Restaurant in one
of the hotels in Subang Jaya all to ourselves. Though our brother association
from Penang was not physically represented, a message from its President
was read out.
Both speeches, from En. Aziz Kamaruddin, the President of PAAM and thereafter
from Mr. Takeshi lchikawa, General Manager of the AOTS KL Regional Office,
touched on the need for members to support the activities of the 2 Associations.
With the increasing number of programs now being conducted in Japan and
Malaysia, the opportunity to get 1st hand expert guidance and training
has been made easier and more accessible.
Members were also informed that the event was a precursor to an even bigger
program planned for 2005 as PAAM would be celebrating its twentieth Anniversary.
Besides games for adults and children, a Karaoke competition was also
held to show off the talents of our members and their children. It was
rather surprising that those we had assumed to be Karaoke "Kings"
did not even take part, lest become winners. The winner who won hands
down went to a 13-year-old.
We also had the chance to see professional gamesters at work. No, not
the adults but children aged 4 to 11. Many were stumped as to how serious
these kids were. Such commitment if felt by all our members would truly
make PAAM ever successful in its activities.
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