Published by Swiss James on 25 Jan 2008 at 12:14 pm
Forget the Oscars
Last night was fun, I went to a big knees-up for people working on the IT systems for the new airport terminal.
Hot lobster
There was a prize ceremony with gold, silver and bronze awards given out to subsystems that the gods are currently smiling on, followed by a banquet. One of the dishes was lobster covered in some kind of batter which tasted so good I’d like to take on a romantic weekend to Rome and sit on the Spanish Steps listening to a gypsy play the guitar as we stare into each others eyes.
Wine flowed like water, much of it down my gullet, and all was going gangbusters until suddenly at 8pm the main boss stood up and said it was time to go home.
My boss Adrian collecting our prize for “Marvellous work”
As well as prizes (which included a big bundle of cash I might add) for companies, there was also a prize draw for 10s of thousands of RMB. Unbelievably, all four of the people from our company who attended won in this draw- I got 500RMB and one lad, Jay got an envelope stuffed with 3,000.
Not a bad reward for attending a free pissup I’m sure you’ll agree.
Jay and Xiao Xi working the crowd
One drawback to the money however, was that you had to sing a song in front of about 100 people to claim it. I did a very emotional version of “Yesterday” which, I’m pretty sure, moved several of the network guys to tears.
Now there’s a face from the footballing past. Adrian….one of the unsung heroes of Kaye FC’s glory years.
(Apologies for a comment that’ll mean absolutely nothing to 99% of readers)
I think you wildly overestimate the popularity of this blog Owen.
How did you resist the temptation to give it the Imelda Marcos-style “Feeeeeeeeeeelings” lash?
ooooooooh you’re tempting me
You didn’t have another attempt at the Take That classic, Back For Good then!
I’ve only been here for two weeks, but I’ve already participated in a lucky draw. Seems to be quite popular right about now. My GF won a yogurt maker. So we thought. Turned out to be a massage voucher.
Seems like we have to buy a yogurt maker then…
Or you could just buy yogurt!
how does one mistake a massage voucher with a a yogurt maker?
james, what’s the pink putty stuff holding the lobster to the plate?
Chuckling at Angie’s question - I noticed that too, and thought it looked like play dough. It served the purpose though in getting the lobster tail to stand up on the plate. I’ve enjoyed catching up on your photos and posts.
Heads or tails? On second look - it looks like that’s the head of the lobster, not the tail.
It’s lobster infused mashed potato, obviously!
Woai: it looked like pink play-doh to me initially . . . then i got to wondering if bubble gum chewing waiters/waitresses are as common in china as they are here in the states . . .
Chewing gum chewing waitresses yes, bubble gum less so. We also have chefs that prepare food with a fag hanging out of their mouth …
it was just some kind of pink plastecine stuff unfortunately. My boss tried to eat it, thinking it was ice-cream.
“Ice-cream?!” I said to him, but he’s from Bolton and you can’t put a chef’s hat on a monkey and call it Jamie Oliver.
I saw a pharmacist smoking yesterday.
every now and then i visit a friend at the hospital and use the “service” elevator to get to his office - and EVERY time there are SEVERAL DOCTORS out there sneaking a smoke . . . was the pharmacist dispensing pills at the time?