phew.... last nite, went for inno's staff retreat, n at the end of it all, im shagged. wad a busy 2 weeks it has been, n it's only gonna get busier!!! argh!!! seems like sun's my rest day... anw, to recap...
met miq at jp at 6pm... took bus 192 down to raffles marina country club at tuas, so ulu area.... hahaha~ seriously lor... if stuck there late at nite, dunno how to go home le.... anw, yah so reached there, walked to the poolside there, dinner's at the bistro. yepz... nice place.... open air concept.... yah. anw, so signed in, payed $5, took our lucky draw numbers, wrote a special note to inno n then was led to the gym by feli to place our bags. yeah. n she reckeed the place for me lah, tell me the ladies is here, this is there, one room is where azhar spends time slimming down.... etc etc. haha~ then headed down n joined the rest.
so many peeps came, but still not all din come... :( anw, mel n germaine came back, yay!!! haha~ n we all busy taking photos there... dress code all white, so with all our white tops, we look darn good in the pics. so nice... haha~ then we joined tables with the rest n took major group photos. gotta wait for feli to upload the pics b4 i can post them here. but really, the pics very nice cos we're all in white. hhaha~
then our emcees for the nite started the prog : an-toro n iza-don!!! haha~ an n iza lah. :P then many jokes were made to poor ms tablecloth: hudah, cos she was wearing this top that looks like a tablecloth(my mum has one cloth sth like tt except she uses it to cover the tv set to keep it clear frm dusts). haha~ thanks hudah for organising this retreat!!!
so ya, some cheers, after all we're trainers, what's a get together w/o the cheers? haha~ ok so we are crazy, what's new? haha~ i think we scared the rest of the diners away.... haha~ one rowdy crazy bunch of peeps hanging out is quite intimidating i guess. haha~ even the waiters n waitresses were not spared frm our jokes either. there was one waiter caught btw mi n soon kit bickering over who shd clean up the table. haha~ cos tt sk go n litter the table w prawn shells n dunno wad, make it very hard for the waiter to clear up mah. haha~ ok so anw, ya well so we had cheers, then mike opened the prog w a speech, n of course the opening ceremony muz have lighted sparklers a la campfire style, w us shouting burn burn n making ppl think we were trying to burn the club down or sth. haha~ okies, so it was all very nice, n then of course, dinner!!!! yay!!! haha~ mad rush for the buffet table w all the hungry peeps. then munching on food n cheerful bantering.
n then, we had a game called happy family. basically stuck under the chairs were happy family cards n u had to go abt looking for ur family members lah. sth like animal call.... haha so funny. anw, so the first four complete families ended up having to do a family cheer. then the rest of us decide which family has the best cheer, n the dose family came up tops! haha~ so they won some prizes. n then more prize presentation. n then lucky draw:1st round. n i won a jacket!!!! haha~ the north face jacket!!! elsie told me it costs 200 bucks outside, cos of the fleece n all... yah waterproof also... can go winter countries le!!! yay!!! haha~ not bad not bad.... n everyone wants the jackets... :P hehe~
then it was harness wearing competition btw the core full-timers, mimi,shima,hudah n nina. haha~ so funny, watching them struggle with the harnesses.... they too long nvr wear harness le. haha~ yah, n anw, the harness n helmets were a gift to them. oh ya, it's mimi's birthday as well, so she gotta birthday cake n birthday songs in english,chinese n malay as well. haha~ well, one thing nice abt this company is the multi-racialness of it... haha~ yah...
n it's innotrek's 4th yr anniversary!!! haha~ so we had this reflection thing, all of us sitting in front of the projector, watching photos of the years past n present.. of the trainers n kids n all... so nice....n funny... haha~ then there was this dedication special to hudah, where this grp of trainers who went to redang in june made a video of it, n showed to us la. haha~ poor hudah... cos she couldnt join them due to camp, n thruout the video they were like, bye hudah! what r u doing now hudah? having ben hassan's breakfast? tt sorta thing... haha~ quite funny lah, watching them. yeah.
then 2nd round of lucky draw... n then closing speech by mike, then go home! by then it was 10.30..... yah..... n by the time i reached home, it was 12 midnight. argh.... haha~ but still, nice to see everyone again. plus, so many of us(me included), will be leaving soon, due to sch... so yah. great to be able to get-together. yah.. thanks inno!!! see u'all next time!