For the past few years I have been a bad attendee at the annual Kim and company Christmas parties. Usually they are a Kim-cooked or pot-lukc or barbeque affair. This time around, we had unusual circumstances to deal with. One was that Kim was gonna be in town for a limited period only and the usual location wasn't ready to support the event. So we decided to steamboat at Tan Quee Lan Street.
We got a strange table and a misbehaving cooker. Nothing boiled for a long time and the raw food just sat around. Anyway, the bigger surprise was the bill. Ask me about it personally.
Zul had to go to Zoukout and we drove (6 people in a Toyota) to Vivo to consummate dinner with coffee. Lo and behold but not unexpectedly, there was a traffic jam to the entrance to Gateway Avenue. So we did the up and over, and loop around from the other side of the road.
Coffee was at Pacific Coffee Company in the outside area, nicely done up with large seating and even swing seats. Wendy joined us late, about late 11. It wasn't long before we were asked to pack up our thirsts and leave for the baristas to brush up the place.
We deliberated our next move. We had time to think about this because it took us rather long to get to Kok Leong's car. Routes become blocked after go-home time at shopping malls and we were asked to take a rather long way to find our carparked car. Admist this extended walking, there was a periodic PA system warning advising us not be alarmed as someone was testing the fire alarm system. Yes, why not test fire alarms past midnight?
We first tried Villa Bali. It going to close soon. So we drove to The Prata Place at Evans Road. Hey, my third time there this year. I was the only one who ate, a telur bawang. And that was it. Conversation and coffee and presents! I got a t-shirt and a Change Your life diary for 2008.
Woof.
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