Hawaiian Affair at Goodwood
19th January 2009, Monday
This year's Dinner and Dance theme was an "Hawaiian Affair" with strong reference (wonder did they paid the legal rights to Disney) to the 2002 animated feature, "Lilo & Stitch" with Hawaii as the backdrop of the story.
Unlike themes like Masquerade (unless I had visited Venice or Water 7) and Shanghai Night (not into oriental clothing) in the past years, this year theme allowed me to just dig out this really old Bossini Hawaiian shirt and complete with my favorite (and only decent pair) bermudas from Uniqlo 3 years ago and a pair of flip flops, I couldn't had wished for an easier time to dress up for a DnD.
The event was scheduled to start at 6, but my usual procrastination saw me sashaying to the ballroom of Goodwood Park Hotel by 7 with my colleague CH, whom I encountered while surviving the mad crowd in the Orchard MRT stationon a Friday evening.
With the complimentary garlands as well as the coconut drink on the table, the organizing committee surely went a great length to build the mood.
Our table were slowly occpied but only XY came earlier than us as the event kick started with a Stomp-like performance from the organizing committee which did got the crowd going.
Then there were the Hawaiian duo (who look suspiciously like Eastern European because of their features and accents) entertaining us with some Hawaiian dance and got some rather drunk staff up to play drums and learn some dance moves as well.
The generous "flesh" display was something to drool at, with the night's theme some ladies in the crowd were also dressed to the occasion the whole evening surely is a feast for the eyes especially the all-ladies table across us...
The event company this year were helmed by a rotund emcee who reminded me abit of the late MC King.
He was quick-witted but too many local anecdotes which can be running dry at times...
The mass games were quite fun...Your truly was the bane of my group, causing us to lose because of a wrong choice of apparel to wear during the relay.
One of our bosses, the Chinese one were thoroughly high with alcohol and didn't shy off from publicly taunting the opposition which was a great fun to watch...once again inclusive of the directors, it's good to see the fun-loving nature to these people who meant business most of the time during office hours.
Then there were the best dress competition which we saw a deputy director up for the awards for a 2nd year in a row, well at least he bothered to put in effort for the occasion.
The climax boils down to the lucky draw with a 42 inch Plasma TV the main kitty.
I had my eyes on the leg massager but in the end got a slow cooker....better than nothing you say?
Well it was quite a hassle transporting it from the hotel to the MRT station before calling the missus to pick me up.
In the end, the slow cooker was not much used for Mom nor anyone or put up for auction, yet it was a pity to throw away...perhaps must find time to donate it to Salvation Army or something.
A rather enjoyable DnD despite the lack of some personnel from the past and surely will be missed by more in the coming year...
This year's Dinner and Dance theme was an "Hawaiian Affair" with strong reference (wonder did they paid the legal rights to Disney) to the 2002 animated feature, "Lilo & Stitch" with Hawaii as the backdrop of the story.
Unlike themes like Masquerade (unless I had visited Venice or Water 7) and Shanghai Night (not into oriental clothing) in the past years, this year theme allowed me to just dig out this really old Bossini Hawaiian shirt and complete with my favorite (and only decent pair) bermudas from Uniqlo 3 years ago and a pair of flip flops, I couldn't had wished for an easier time to dress up for a DnD.
The event was scheduled to start at 6, but my usual procrastination saw me sashaying to the ballroom of Goodwood Park Hotel by 7 with my colleague CH, whom I encountered while surviving the mad crowd in the Orchard MRT stationon a Friday evening.
With the complimentary garlands as well as the coconut drink on the table, the organizing committee surely went a great length to build the mood.
Our table were slowly occpied but only XY came earlier than us as the event kick started with a Stomp-like performance from the organizing committee which did got the crowd going.
Then there were the Hawaiian duo (who look suspiciously like Eastern European because of their features and accents) entertaining us with some Hawaiian dance and got some rather drunk staff up to play drums and learn some dance moves as well.
The generous "flesh" display was something to drool at, with the night's theme some ladies in the crowd were also dressed to the occasion the whole evening surely is a feast for the eyes especially the all-ladies table across us...
The event company this year were helmed by a rotund emcee who reminded me abit of the late MC King.
He was quick-witted but too many local anecdotes which can be running dry at times...
The mass games were quite fun...Your truly was the bane of my group, causing us to lose because of a wrong choice of apparel to wear during the relay.
One of our bosses, the Chinese one were thoroughly high with alcohol and didn't shy off from publicly taunting the opposition which was a great fun to watch...once again inclusive of the directors, it's good to see the fun-loving nature to these people who meant business most of the time during office hours.
Then there were the best dress competition which we saw a deputy director up for the awards for a 2nd year in a row, well at least he bothered to put in effort for the occasion.
The climax boils down to the lucky draw with a 42 inch Plasma TV the main kitty.
I had my eyes on the leg massager but in the end got a slow cooker....better than nothing you say?
Well it was quite a hassle transporting it from the hotel to the MRT station before calling the missus to pick me up.
In the end, the slow cooker was not much used for Mom nor anyone or put up for auction, yet it was a pity to throw away...perhaps must find time to donate it to Salvation Army or something.
A rather enjoyable DnD despite the lack of some personnel from the past and surely will be missed by more in the coming year...
Japanese word of the day: 海岸の衣類(Beachwear) I would veto for a Bali night next year followed by Caribbean or Maldives one in the future.
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