Announcements // Dinner.

Before I start with anything, please be reminded that the Blog Meet this coming Saturday is still on. If you've forgotten or have no idea what's that, click here. If you have yet to register, click here. Else, click here.

And then, if you have any duplicate stickers from the Shell contest that you wanna exchange or better still, plan to donate them, do inform me. I think I have duplicates for the first and 3rd picture. Please be informed firsthand that I am not interested in "purchasing" your stickers.

Next, I finally completed watching "The Melancholy of Haruki Suzumiya" last night, its an anime I stumbled upon while searching for "Death Note, episode 15". The unique part of this series is that the episodes are all jumbled, but the ending made sense. However, if I go chronologically, the ending seems kinda funny, while the other episodes made sense. And so, at this moment, I'm kinda confused, wondering why I even watched it in the first place...

K. Y'all knew I went back to SG last weekend for the company annual dinner right? Headed down by bus, it was the older model of Aeroline buses, which sucks! I am so going to complain! Anyway, upon reaching SG and parting with the girlfriend, I told my colleagues there's no need to head there so early since we'll probably be loitering around for at least an hour before the event officially begins. I was so right, but then, in a way, I had to thank him for forcing us to head there earlier, which you'll soon find out why. The dinner was to be held on board a lil' ship, an idea by the VP, I think, to do things differently.

The Falcon Princess. That's her name. From far, I was wondering how she could actually fit in close to 250 individuals.

Upon closer look, it is actually quite large.

Final picture before boarding.

By 6.15pm (after close to 2 hours of aimless walking), we were finally ushered to board the mini cruiser. Upon boarding, we were served with drinks, to be precise, soft drinks and booze. There's no need to guess which one I took right? (Coke lah, I don't drink on empty stomach one). There were games and performances, and most importantly, free flow of booze!!!!! It wasn't until half past 8 that the buffet dinner was finally served (I manage to fill myself with some bread before boarding, I know I'm smart, thank you very much), which somehow reminded me of the typical chinese wedding dinners in KL.

View of the interior :: the seating arrangements as well as the DJ Console area to the left.

Another view of the interior.

I wanted to take more pictures of the view from the deck, but it was raining, dem sad okeh? Not only that, I had a hard time adjusting and composing myself throughout the rocky journey. Sea-sick. Fortunately, able to maintain and didn't throw up. One thing I learnt is that to keep myself occupied at times like these, to take my mind off the motion sickness.

We were in Indonesia momentarily. Ignore the picture on the mobile please.

Now the juicy part, in between the games and performances, there were lucky draws. The numbered tokens were passed out during registration, and since I was there early, I got #9. During the top 5 prizes, on prize #5, the token drawn was ambiguos, cause it could be #6 or #9 as there wasn't any clear distinction. In the end, it was decided to be #6, so, I was left empty handed loh, sad right? But then, during the draw for the second prize, a similar token was drawn, and this time, it had to be MINE!!! MINE!!! First time I got something from a lucky draw weh! That's why I had to thank my colleague for forcing me there earlier to register. Scroll down to have a look at what I got.

Canon Pixma MP180. I wonder if its worth all the lugging arounds. I needed a printer anyway, so, yahooooo!

For participating and winning the game.

Door gift. It was kinda weird to receive a laptop bag since the company doesn't provide each and everyone a notebook. Perhaps, a hint of changes to come?

After more booze, it was time to say goodbye. I headed off to Chinatown to join the girlfriend and her friends for karaoke while lugging the printer as the cab driver wasn't sure of the exact location. It lasted till 4 in the morning, and fyi, the previous Saturday was spent at RedBox Sunway with Ryan, Jen, Jen Ni and the girlfriend till 4am as well. Next day, after a meal of chicken rice, we headed home... that's all. The end.

How I wish this was the magnificent sunset.

Finally, returning to HarbourFront Centre. I have never been happier to see land.

Last but not least, tomorrow, for those in the Federal Territory, Happy FT Day! To others who celebrates Thaipusam, Happy Thaipusam! To others, enjoy your holidays, lah.