The G.R.O. Party

eTel had its annual Christmas party on December 17 at the PICC Forum. I’ve been meaning to post a picture from this event but it took a while for me to get rid of the ugly usiseras in the background.

Like most people I know, my main motivation for attending the Christmas party was the raffle. The company was giving out P50,000, trips to Hong Kong, and gadgets I can’t afford. I won a rice cooker in the 2003 Christmas party, and since then I always have this feeling that I’m going to win in any raffle. I never won again but the feeling just won’t go away.

Anyway, the party sucked. First off, there weren’t enough seats. Did they expect us to have dinner standing up? We managed to sit on one of the stairs near the buffet. The food wasn’t all that great too. As for the program, I stopped paying attention shortly after getting to the venue. I could hear the host speaking but I couldn’t understand a word coming out of his mouth. Must be a problem with the sound system.

The event really was a G.R.O. party of sorts (heavy make-up, short skirts, scarred legs, dark knees, just a bunch of wannabes in every corner).

The only good thing that happened on that night was seeing old friends. This picture is a mix of my old and new teams… Groove Armada, Alpha Trion and my very own AfterBurn. I wish more of the old and new members were in this picture.