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Monday, June 02, 2008

My Weekend with a Beercan

There was a chalet on Sunday organized by one of the agents (also the boss' sister), Ann, to celebrate her baby's first birthday. She invited everyone in the office so I thought I would be a good sport and attend it to get to know my colleagues better. The chalet was at the National SAFRA Resort & Country Club at Changi Coast. I've never been there before. The place was totally out of the way and rather inaccessible by public transport.



I decided to go there late at 5:30 pm, but to my surprise, I was the first from the office to arrive. The rest were all Ann's relatives. I helped myself to the food while watching even more car-loads of relatives pull up the driveway.

I decided to kill some time by checking out the place. The NSRCC was a typical resort/chalet. I wondered towards the reception office building where all the fun stuff were. I passed by the swimming pool and also went to check out the bowling alley, karaoke, pool tables, and so on. Typical resort facilities.



When the clock struck 6:30 pm, I ended my little tour and went back to the chalet. The place was really packed by now. Both my bosses had arrived. Tiffany was there but she left almost immediately after finishing her meal. Ah, well. Hope the rest will come soon.

As I went to get another helping of food, someone was passing beer around and thrusted a can of Heineken into my hand. I looked at the little can in my hand and it looked me back in the eye, its shiny green body glistening with power from within.

With Mr. Heineken in hand, I went into the living room and watched... some olden-day Chinese war movie that I didn't know the title of. I had Mr. Heineken to keep me company. I stuck around, glued to the unidentified movie on the TV until around 7:30 pm. When the first disc was over and no one else swapped in the second disc, I felt it was time to take my leave.

And I actually left without taking my bag!!! It was leaning against the wall right next to me. How could I forget??? *hic*

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