Event Week - January

The second week of January is always very busy here. It is HK Toy Fair so many US visitors come for a visit. 

Tuesday we did a small service award ceremony. I received a 10 year service award.

Left side reads "Hasbro", middle says "10 year service" and right side is my Chinese name "Bo Mei Si". Yay!

Monday was Inventor Expo and cocktail party in the evening. Tuesday we had Partner Cocktail party after work. Wednesday was Partner Summit where all our manufacturing vendors come for an all day meeting. 

I had to present a few times this week. 

Here is me presenting at Partner Summit. No worries, all items on screen launched in 2015. Nothing sensitive there. 

Wednesday night was the Women in Toys Night at the races. It was a great networking event. I have joined the founding committee of the Hong Kong chapter. Here is the founding committee (very professional, we know)!

I haven't been to the horse races in over 15 years. So I decided to place a bet. A guy at the event had bet on the the first 4 races and said he lost on each one. He helped remind me how to review the book and place a bet. He looked at the standings of the horse and the jockey and the odds.

What did I do? I reviewed the names of the horses. That's all I need. The favorite horse in the race was "Mr Right" which I thought would be a good horse to bid on cause we all want Mr Right to win. But because he was the favorite the odds weren't particularly good.

So I picked "Back to Black". I like black and I like Amy Winehouse. So I put HKD 50 for Back to Black to win in Race 5. The race started with many other horses in the lead and others were cheering. The guy who had helped me said "Oh my God, you won't believe who is taking the lead". If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that Back to Black came from the back and won the race! Woohoo. I turned my HKD 50 into HKD 480! I took my winnings and stopped...

Here is view from our private box. 

Thursday night was the HFE Annual Dinner held in Shenzhen. It was a party of over 600 people. It is held a a hotel in the ballroom. This year was different because the corporate senior management were all in attendance. And they danced and danced... those pictures and videos are under lock and key for later use as necessary!

 

 
The theme was cosplay so many people wore costumes. If we didn't have costumes, there were a ton of props there for us to use.

This is the Preschool Category Team.

These are the 11 Category Leads at HFE. "V" for victory.

Iron Man with a tall Pepper Potts.

So fun to have US visitors here as well.

 Vanessa, my coach from management training who is from Australia.

Lovely anegls: Anita and Panny!

These were the contestants for  best costume!

 

Minnie Mouse in a sari.

Michael is the only one who makes me feel short here.

My mentee, Kyle and me.

Costing team! Isaac, Jacky and Dora.

Amit giving his opening speech. He is forced to stick to his script because it is translated on the screens around the room.

Okay, I will put on one wig...

Sea full of people!

And don't forget that we dance! Yokai Dance!

What a fun and crazy evening. So great to be a part of such a wonderful celebration for all the hard work these teams do every day.