team dinner

from 7 sec to 3 sec behind..
Team Dinner

how shd i even begin..

smtg tt has always been advocated ever since..i dunno when.

today we had our celebration dinner to commemorate our performance for AY06/07. it was held at Carousel @Royal Plaza on Scotts. it was just an extremely nostalgic feeling from the very beginning when i bumped into qy and jo, and ltr angela.

4 of us reached at abt 620pm although the meeting time was 630. instead of a standard 'hey..how r u?' greeting, i was welcomed (very unfortunately) by the teasings of qy n jo..

"woah..u wear the same colour top as xx ahhh.. so sweet."

-_-^ totally..

aft waiting for wad seemed like eternity, our host arrived (thanx zw..) and we all shuffled in at 7pm. was close to starving and hence i made a dash to settle down and rush to get food. as attempted the last time at the high tea buffet with wt n bc..this time rd i adopted the same strategy as b4. i learnt this strategy frm twin n it has been v effective to prolong my appetite so as to make e most outta a buffet.

starts:
desserts- cakes, truffles, chocolate fondue

maintainence:
chicken rice ball, fresh prawns, mussels, crayfish, self made rojak, squid, asperagus, pad thai

charge:
ice cream, lotsa cheese and cracker, sashimi and octopus, chocolate fondue

push 5-10 in btwn:

1) seemed like a v cheapskate n unglam strategy but u might wanna try this. munch on the food you have taken n put on your plate whilst walking back to your table. walking and munching on snacks such as fresh strawberry coated in chocolate fondue sauce, results in digestion on the go.

talk abt multi-tasking!

2) engage in conversation topics with the people ard u, as u savour ur food. there's ntg like excellent food complemented with even better company.

talking to coach, seeing him joke n smile. its really a relief to see him the way he is now. had the opportunity to talk to him abt gun culture in the US, coz we were talking bout documentary. He asked if i watched 'Bowling for Columbine' and i replied, 'yup tt was my christmas present a few yrs ago'

Had our own fun teasing coach as curiosity got the better of me n i asked if he's the boss, since he seem to always be able to accomodate to our trg time n take off frm his work. of which he cheekily chuckled, 'no la, i'm not the boss. but..'

Its juz pretty amusing when amidst all the bustling conversation gg on at the table, sir turned to me and said, 'u noe cindy, my nj rowers, the 80s batch had a gathering n they invited me. now they r 30+ yrs old. see them change so much..some i cant even recognise! some put on so much wt. but when they sat down n talk, it was abt their gd old days'

"Cindy.. *ha ha ha* (his signature laughter) u noe..come 10, 20 yrs, i'm juz trying to imagine what will the scene be like"

well i cant explain y but the lyrics to the 'graduation song' rang in my head instantly.

will we think abt tmr like we think abt now, can we survive it out there, can we make it somehow..

somehow.

we all got a v nice parting gift frm manda n zw. well not only r they extremely talented in art, they have excellent IT skills as well. many thanks to them for the effort they put into making the video.

the feeling of watching the video was akin to listening to the song 约定 by 光良 which was actually e sequel to his song 童话.

我还记得我们的约定 一辈子的约定
为你写的那首歌，它也偷偷的掉泪了

to 7 sec aheadi guess, with every ending marks a beginning. with a chapter tt has closed, a new one has juz begun. i loved the video for it started with the ending pic frm the video ys made for us. 05/06..n den 06/07.

kinda hope these young hopes will get to experience


faith. belief. trust