fire drill and dinner
i was sitting at my desk trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with my program (that seems to be working welluntil my team lead played with it) when mel told me that we have at least 15 minutes to go down.. down where and for
what? then i remembered that today, friday, is the day of the fire drill.. but still why do we need to go down when
i haven't heard the alarm yet? =S
a lot of people were walking restlessly on the corridors.. wondering what the fuss what about, i decided to checked
it out.. it appears that the big boss was already heading for lift with a couple of other big bosses.. and some of
our officemates where heading their way too.. =S
isnt it that the point of a fire drill is to know what to do in case of real fire? then why are they leaving the
building already?
but then, since most of the people are leaving.. what the heck.. let's leave as well! hahaha!
after 1 1/2 hour, work was resumed and i still dont know where the stairs for the fire exits are..
~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~
it's almost 7pm and we're still in the office.. we should be heading to the hotel by now.. *sigh*
our big boss was so happy with the effort we put into our last department offsite (sort of a yearly department event
where we get to make a fool out of ourselves and of others.. *lol* and show our 'hidden talents') that he decided to
treat not only the winner of the play but the whole department to a dinner at ritz carlton!
one of the managers told us that it was a 6 star hotel.. that explains the various cuisines on the buffet room..
yep! room.. not just table.. yummy!
too bad i dont eat raw food.. there were different kinds of maki, sushi and other japanese food.. they said i should
try one sometime.. uhmmm.. no. =p
the highlight on the buffet were the seafood.. the prawns and lobsters! *drooling* our big boss ate two huge plates
of each.. in his defense.. he said he can eat that much because he has low cholesterol.. i got dizzy just by looking
at what he ate.. phew!
our big boss sat in our table (with mostly filipinos).. just like the last time he treated us for dinner at the turf
club.. i guess he loves our group.. we're the most cheerful group in the room.. always laughing and smiling.. never
running out of stories and enthusiam.. =)
next stop.. dessert! there was this whole table of sweets.. different kinds of chocolate.. and the best thing about
it is.. their free!!! =D
i think i got carried away getting a piece of each coz my pangga was teasing me when i got back to our table.. he
said i had my own desset table.. =p
as per our boss' recommendation, we all ordered souffle.. sounds fancy huh.. according to google.. a souffle is..
a feather light baked dessert made mostly of eggs or egg whites alone. Dessert soufflés have a base of pastry cream
or fruit puree, with softly whipped egg whites folded in, then baked in ramekin molds until the egg whites expand. They should be eaten immediately as they deflate as they cool.
they are good! but nothing fancy as its name.. well not for me at least.. dinner ended with a cup of tea and a whole
lot of stories about whatever we can think of.. o yeah.. we also talked about plays.. and our boss said the 'phantom
of the opera' is the most outrageous play ever.. and according to him.. it was even better than 'saigon'.. ive yet
to find that out for myself when i get a chance to go to london in the next couple of decades or so..
~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~
now it's time to burn the thousands of calories we gained during dinner!
we decided to walk on our way to the merlion.. we passed by the esplanade which was magnificent at night.. we shot a
couple of pictures on the way..
we were almost there when there came a downpour.. so we had to run towards the nearest shelter.. under the bridge..
to my surprise, there was a bar under the bridge and most of all, it was clean! =) we had no choice but to pass time
there.. taking as much (MUCH) pictures as we can even if was just us over and over..
the rain stopped for a minute or so.. well, it was still drizzling.. i grabbed our cameraman.. (hehe.. the husband
of one of our officemates..) and had him take our (my pangga and i) picture by the merlion.. ive been wanting to do
that since we came here.. and i am not gonna let a stubborn rain ruin that chance.. =p after two blurry shots, the
rain fell harder that we needed to take refuge in the bar again.. *sigh* o well at least we got our shot.. maybe a
better one next time.. =)
by the time the rain stopped, we were all tired and sleepy that we decided to head home..
and now (almost 2am) i gotta get some shut eyes before i permanently look like a panda =S nyt!
*ill post the pictures when my pangga has downloaded them*
posted by jane @ 12/03/2005 02:08:00 AM
3 Comments:
nakakatawa naman yung fire drill nyo! what a waste of time! =P nung fire drill natin sa high school at college, nag-restroom at nag-locker pa kami bago bumaba. hehehe! =P
re:souffle, i'm not a fan of it either. i like peach jell-o waaaay much better. =P ay shocks, tiramisu sa CheeseCake Factory!!!!
Yum! Sarap ng food! :-) You know when you described what a souffle is, I thought it was more fancy than it actually is. Di ko kasi naintindihan description. Hehe. That's what I get for not getting my hands dirty in the kitchen. :-P
Nice pix , btw.
waste of time talga.. nakatunganga lang kami sa starbuck.. =S we didnt even order anything because we dont wanna ruin our appetite for dinner.. =)
as you have read.. sulit na sulit yung binayad ng boss namin.. hahaha!
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