slosh down the pepper!

Turkey Turkey Nite!

That's our department's Christmas dinner! Organized and entirely paid for by my boss. The country head, sector head, department heads were also invited, along with 20 odd members from System & User Support, my unit, a.k.a. SUS.

Food

Food was pretty good! Lamb chops with mint sauce, lemon fish with butter sauce, SRC's famous curry chicken, potato salad, fruit salad, fried rice, mixed vegetables, ham roll with asparagus, sweet corn, bread pudding, almond jelly with longan, pasta, chocolate log cake and of course, a nice succulent roast turkey with chestnut filling! Oh, there was the red wine too!

With such a spread, I chiong for the worthy items: lamb, fish, beef, turkey and the salads. The lamb was so-so, any possible hint of mint was probably overpowered by the thick brown sauce. Meat was tender though but not exactly very tasty. I took 3 medium-sized pieces. The fish was good! I took 3- 4 slices. The roast beef though tender, is not sweet. Maybe it lacks the accompaniment of raw salt! I took only one slice. The turkey was juicy, pretty appetizing. I took only a chunkful that my colleague cut for me. The potato salad was amazingly good. Mixed with a portion of fruit salad, it added sweetness to the chunky potatoes. I had 2 servings of that. :-)


Gifts

The theme was set to be pooh-related items. Most of us are guessing that it's because my boss likes pooh bear. She has loads of plushy pooh bears morphed in various shapes, sizes and patterns in her office. The big Pooh that was meant to be a lucky draw item was also "misappropriated" and now sits comfortably in her office. Instead, a hamper containing chocolates and other food stuffs was substituted with.

I went around Tampines Mall and Century Square scouting for a somewhat useful pooh bear item. No soft toys. No plushy handphone holders. No cups. I was telling myself not to get those. Firstly they are too common, secondly, they are not within my budget of $7 - 10. Alas! I went into Isetan and chanced upon a very pretty towel with Pooh Bear sewed on it. At $7.90, it matched my budget. Pretty common gift item too, but not so much in my dept. Heh. The biggest bargain I had though was the wrapping paper. 20 cents! And it had pooh bears on it! How much better can it get?!

A lucky draw was also conducted. The country head dipped her hand into a box filled with the names of all those who were invited to attend the party. The first name she drew was not present. The second name she drew was a guest from HR. Hehe, as guest, she decided to donate back the gift - pressure from the country head. Haha. The third name she drew was a young guy from our unit - nicknamed 'Xiao Di' (Little Brother). The second lucky draw item - the hamper - also landed in the hands of 'Xiao Mei' (Little Sister) from SUS.

Next was the gift exchange which took place in the form of 'lucky draw'. All the gifts were collected and labeled with a number. A box containing the same numbers were passed around. I collected No. 38 and this was it:


There were a surplus of gifts left uncollected. So another round of lucky draw. Hee, I was one of the more lucky ones to get hold of one of them. It was No. 37:



Hehe. Looks so similar eh? Of course, Watson's products. It must have made a pile from selling all these little gift items.

posted by slingwoof @ 12/18/2007 10:53:00 PM