work + drinks

when do u combine work with drinks? when u have a company dinner n dance, of cuz! mine was held last night at plaza park royal hotel (or is it royal park?), and i think i did have a gd time, even though i only had 3 familiar companions at my table. we were seated right in front of the stage, and also right next to the VIP table with the CEO and so on. (we registered late, and so got such "good" seats.)
but it was really a blessing in disguise, coz the atmosphere was much better there than in some remote corner of the 40-table ballroom.

well, at the cocktail part, i had one beer on an empty stomach, no thanks to my boss n fellow trainee, who saw me drinking a tiny sip at a time.
"You hold so long, beer warm already. warm beer not nice to drink." then they both grin at me. ughhh...
(hehe.. actually i didn't really drink on an empty stomach. just before i left the house, i had a ham sandwich coz i would be hungry, and i know it'd be a bad choice to drink with only HCL in ur stomach.)
anyway, we had a 9-course dinner, and i alternated between chinese tea and beer. our table also happened to be next to the waitress' drink station, and our server was very efficient. the moment our drinks level fell to 2/3 full, she appears with the beer jug/chn tea pot and fills it up. so i couldnt really count how much i drank, but i estimated 4 glasses. (uh, also judging by the num of times i went to the washroom)

anyway, it was really fun to dance and shout the whole night, and can see a lot of serious pple change into party animals.(there was this guy at my table who brought his own bottle of scotch whisky....and almost finished it at the end of the nite)