Let's have a ball!

I woke up with a relentless hangover today. We had a company event yesterday at the Supperclub near the office. Since it was free flow all night, I guess the pennypincher in me got the better of me. Anyway, it was a cool party, people had to come dressed as Hollywood characters, so it was quite a sight. The marketing teams went to town with their costumes. The indo team all dressed as school girls, I actually recognized some uniforms, but I was impressed by a few who actually took the trouble to find Japanese saifukus, complete with the socks. The other teams weren't to be outdoned however, I saw emperors, chinese princesses, indian royalty, roman centurions, quite a few Chaplins and the entire cast of Kill Bill. Well not exactly the entire cast, they apparently missed out Uma's character. Not enough ladies in the team, I guess.

It was interesting when the dance floor opened. I've never been to a costume party before so I was understandably bemused. It was almost like a cartoon mashup. I didn't really got into the mood for dancing though, the music didn't really suit my tastes so I was just bopping along most of the time. Anyway, although this event provided a good opportunity for me to put the voice to the face and actually see most of the colleagues I have worked with, I somehow still get a "detached" feeling the entire evening. I'm not sure why. It was enjoyable interacting with the people, but somehow, I feel the bulk of them are living life on a different frequency from me. Its not a good or bad thing, just different. Maybe its this lack of synchronicity thats makes actual communication appear more successful than it really is. Or maybe I'm just over-analyzing things. Well, only time will tell, I guess.

In any case, I'm sure the party will be the talk of the office for the next week, although its a pity I won't be there to partake in the discussion since I'm out for the entire week. Not exactly a biggie for me since this is a very much welcomed break for me. The last two weeks have been tortuous to say the least, in fact, I think my team will suffer on Monday due to my absence. I'll probably be on self-imposed unofficial standby so I can help them out if there are any sudden issues, of which I'm fairly certain there will be. Anyway, I've got to make good use of this impending long break I have. Its the last stretch of leave I have this year so I wouldn't want to spend the entire day at home doing something meaningless like surfing Facebook all day. There will be self-improvement and there will be fun. There will be sweat and there will be sun! The sun part is looking promising at the moment, seeing we haven't had much of rain the last week. But then again, things always seems to have a habit of pulling a fast one on me.

Quote of the day: There will always be a Superman and a Batman at costume parties.