Settling down for a cozy and homely barbeque party in the cool night air of Kowloon Tong, Hongkong are Helen (host), Christina (my wife), Alice (my business partner and tai ka qie or big sister of Helen) and Meng Meng (Helen's son). At the BBQ pit, and not in the picture, are Helen's husband CK and my son Jia Wei.
This photo captures the beauty and pleasures of the P2P (people-to-people) business that I'm building with Unicity.
We're in Hongkong for four clear days (not counting the night we flew in and the morning we flew out) mainly on business and also for leisure. I went with Chris and the two kids!
Alice, a Hongkonger who's settled down in Singapore and introduced to me and the network middle of 2006 by one of my top business partners Sunny, has been connecting family and friends in Hongkong since she embraced the Unicity business several months ago.
Now that she has a nice little nucleus of customers and potential business builders, she asked me to join her on her latest homecoming trip, to help her talk to her potential business builders and show Bios Life, our flagship product, to them and their friends. It'd be both my pleasure and my purpose so I readily agreed. Alice is one capable woman and a natural networker, and I knew she has done the legwork. Besides, a conveniently located accomodation would be provided. So, here we are in Hongkong.
This BBQ, thoughtfully arranged by Helen to bring the families together, followed an afternoon tea presentation for more than 10 people gathered at Helen's home. Almost everybody who said they'd come came. That speaks volumes for the quality of the connections or relationships.
Over tea, I showed the computer graphics which illustrates how Bios Life reduces bad cholesterol in the human body. The crowd was suitably impressed and Alice proceeded to enrol a number of guests as VIP customers. Some of them were to follow up later to add to their orders.
We certainly had cause for celebrations. The tasty well-marinated meats barbequed just right added to the joy.
During the 4+ days, Alice set up a few breakfast or lunch meetings for me to talk to friends and family, two on one, so that I'd have enough business to keep workaholic me happy.
Beyond that, there was ample time to enjoy local food, sightseeing and do some shopping. The ladies, joined by our good friend Jonie who lives in Happy Valley, even had a day out in Shenzhen. I was happy to baby sit for a change.
On Sunday, Feb 4th, I took the family out to HK Disneyland and felt satisfied and relaxed enough to enjoy being there all day from noon to 9pm, taking many many kiddy rides with the kids, taking in the Disney Parade, and staying back until well after the fireworks lit up the sky on top of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.
Yes, I'm talking about a business trip with a large dose of family pleasures.
Only through the power of leverage that network marketing offers can someone linguistically limited like me - I speak no to little Cantonese or Mandarin - build a people business in a Cantonese speaking city like Hongkong.
Only through the power of leverage can I have the pleasure of getting to know beautiful people like Alice & Helen & Family up close and personal, in their living rooms and balconies - on the first meeting!
Only in a business which is truly my own, where I am boss, can I do as I like - go on a business trip with the whole family in tow, and pack in a visit to Mickey Mouse Town as part of the itinerary, without any bossy or HR disapprovals.
Ahhh!!!! The beauty and pleasures of being in business for ourselves, the network marketing way ....
(If you'd like to know more about the fun and fortune of this wholesome people-to-people business, email me at enghlim@pacific.net.sg)
