It is towards year-end, so it is always customary to enjoy a festive party with the work colleagues. This year, the team planned a party at Una Restaurant at One Rochester. It was a bit of a way out from the MBFC office. Luckily for me, it is not that far to my ‘other home’ – so it was easy to get home after the party (unless there is an after party – which is very unlikely in the current set-up).
The theme was ‘Mad Hatter’ (remember the Disney movie – “Alice in Wonderland”?) – well it basically meant HATS HATS and HATS. With the customary theme comes the challenge of trying to locate something appropriate for the Party… Last year, I tuxed up, and won the “best dressed man at the party” – but this year, I thought I just go with the flow and dress modestly…haha! 🙂 I decided to go with a cheapish hat, and managed to get a red top hat from a shop that had lot of glitter (yikes) – at least it had a Christmas-y feel!!
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- The Mad Hatter Christmas Party
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- Hats Galore
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- The Party Atmosphere
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- Christmas in a Tropical Climate
Also part of the celebrations was the classic ‘Secret Santa’ – the person I picked opted with the easy option of selecting what they wanted…hmmm…spoils the fun a bit, don’t you think. I always go with the ‘anything’ option, to see how creative the gift-bearer is. So anyway, my option wanted a Gift card – so I decided to buy them a $30 Robinson gift card. That will do – quick and easy, as I hate trying to find some suitable – very difficult indeed, when you don’t really know the person.
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- Pretty Tasty Food Indeed
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- Food Glorious Food
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- The Wine Was Okay Too
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- Love the Table Decorations
The buffet food was actually very tasty, the wine was nice, and the service very attentive – I really enjoyed the place, and it turned out to be quite a nice party. The only downer is that is it should be a party – e.g. people should be letting their hair down, having fun, and partying hard…but here the ones I’ve been too, is that people just eat, drink, do their stuff and then leave. And when I say ‘leave’ – I mean the party ends around 9-9.30pm – hmmm…isn’t that meant to be the start of the party. Anyway, I opted to go with the group, as I wasn’t aware of any of the folks I know were interested in staying or going somewhere else, but managed to join a colleague and we went into town to continue drinking and having more fun elsewhere.
Una at One Rochester
1 Rochester Park
Singapore 139212
Tel: +65 6773 0070
URL: http://www.una.sg
