Retrolicious 2008!

HPB's Annual Dinner & Dance was held at Meritus Mandarin(Orchard)'s Grand Ballroom.

The saporous menu and low fat & calorie considerations aside, we had buckets of fun!

1) Kudos to the Healthy Workforce Comittee for putting much effort in the design of invitation cards, registration, sound and visual systems, overall decor, photo booth, hairstyling & henna booth and all other pre dinner activities i missed :( for i was dolling up in the comfort of home. (Im so proud of my ability to don fake lashies in 2 mins(1st try!!) and fix my curly wurlies myself!)
Not forgetting our sponsors-every guest took home 6 lil bottles of Nescafe coffee granules-what a double dealing-kicking our central nervous system every morning in an attempt to make us start work early. Hmmm..
Plus the 1st and most delightful dish, a 20$ NTUC voucher! (that makes tonight's dinner $10, effectively.)

2) Dining with Fuglies, AWW, P, GS and WX was very comfortable! I cant imagine sharing a table with strangers! Or think consumption of saliva with one who's plagued with chronic moderate-severe periodontitis-ewwww. Kel, this's for you-gingivospermidoits(Insider's joke) :D Tee hee hee.

3) Camwhoring during the Dancercise competition. Excuse me for being rude cause i find no sense in engaging the audience in a work out session halfway through dinner.
Tons were dresses to the nines, dressed to kill, dressed to impress, dressed to the occassion-you get the drift?- it'd be a waste if those moments werent digitally captured! Think wigs, psychedelic prints, huge ah-go-go accessories, headbands, sequins, hats (?Beret?-CORRECT ME), prints, etc.

4) Like any other events, there was an individual question&answer game, asking questions relating to my puerile days-we were too young to remember larh. The entire table of pretty ladies effortlessly blended into the wall curtains.
But we rose to the occassion when we heard it was a table prize with general questions relating to the board! Thanks to leen and cady who kick start the cat calls, all of us cheered(to make table46 known) & stood together plus a wrong answer from the emcee's helper, we got that "how many staff are there in hpb?" question incorrect.

5) Cady and Leen's piquant wit and their fascination with asparagus-that prolly needed a Via*ra boost.
I forgot to mention Cady's NEW VIDEOCAM. Uhhh huh.. Someone's keeping up with trends ehhh.

6) 3 best dressed nominated pairs and their impromtu catwalk.
The 1st pair won our jeers for being unsporting and lack lusture. The guy was so damn shy larh! I mean, since you're on stage hiding behind your huge sun glasses, show us your wild side please.
The 2nd pair hailed from Shanghai. Their catwalk made a stark contrast to the 1st pair and brought much laughter and whistles.
Of cause, our biased vote went to the 3rd pair, for K was from SDS. Coupled with an uber gutsy unsexy man-ass shake and bunches of orchids from the audience, they walked away with a cash voucher from i-dunnoe-where.

7) Post dinner dance (Miss Retrolicious, K, joined us!) was hell silly and awkard. Its been so long since i made an attempt to mooove to the grooove.
I cant remember whose stupid idea it was to surround and dance with an aged man-he was with a partner reminiscing good o days cannnn!!
Changing target was unfortunate business for YH from R&E, the guy from Best Dressed pair 2. The luck of the scarce draw was made limelight when we surrounded him as he audaciously danced for us! Seconds ticked and the moment i came to my senses, we were dancing and prancing on jingle bell square the dancefloor! Jolted too, that preppy guy gently returned me to the girls. Okay, maybe its fortunate business (for him) afterall!

nauticalstar* says: reserve for u man.
during our sign language classes, he has a wide variety of clothes
Jovelle Ruth says:
I cant imagine digging out my old brown plastic specs and wear it on a date with him
nauticalstar* says:
hahahahahhahahahaha. Oh my.
maybe sat night too dark he cant remember u
Jovelle Ruth says:
(Then let it remain a) one time escapade.
Jovelle Ruth says:
Why are we even talking bout him
is he handsome?
nauticalstar* says:
yes
Jovelle Ruth says:
REALLY MEH
ok what to do next.
nauticalstar* says:
some thing tellls me he is (ghey). u know why *Inserted Tues 1am, for clarification and proof against defamation and discrimination purposes, he is not ghey. ;)
Jovelle Ruth says:
WHY
nauticalstar* says:
hmmm if he isnt gay, he'll surely confess his love for me in sign language class
nauticalstar* says:
MUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

8) Then Kel, Carmen, Leen, Cady, Kel's deaRic and i went la-kopi till 2+ am! Which left Richard very bored for dental talk dominated the session.
Oh! We witnessed a minor collision outside Mandarin's carpark. The taxi, on the steep slope, bumped into the front driver's door.
The Honda suv right behind the taxi started reversing, paying no attention to Kel who was an inch away. Ric was swift and pulled her away.
Sometimes i wish there was someone to take care of me too!



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