Division Anniversary Ball Aftermath
how i hate, i stress again, HATE, attending functions. especially formal ones. everything just get on my nerves. worse still, if it coincides with a meal, most probably dinner, it means that i'll go hungry later on, because i have absolutely no appetite for the entire duration of the function.
i hate the speeches. the speakers are always too long winded, and Murphy's Law always seems to have a special affinity with speeches. whenever the speaker says he/she wont take too long or is going to make the speech short, one can always expect the opposite. even if it takes 5minutes, it would seem like the world's slowest 5minutes spent in eternity. worse still, speeches are always seemingly before the dining in. the torment i have to go through! i would be hungry, waiting and wishing for the speaker to quicky finish the long winded grandfolk-tale-length speech and for the dining in to commence. yet when the speech is over, i would have suddenly lost all my appetite.
another grouse i have is the waiting for the guest-of-honour. some pompous high level prick usually. not that i have anything against them personally. just that we, the regular nobodies, are made to arrive early and have to spend 10-30minutes waiting for the GOH to arrive so as to commence the whole thing. and last night's Ball's waiting time was more than 30minutes. someone could teach him a certain lesson on punctuality.
the Division Anniversary Ball last night certainly sucked to the extreme. not only was it on a weekday, but it was also in the middle of the week! meaning after all the merry making, one can almost be certain he/she will be going back to the normal mundane work and facing the same people last night. worse still, my guys had planned to go clubbing. damnest of all damnations. here i'll be, stuck in a stupid tuxedo trying my best to act normal,suffering, while my guys are out there enjoying themselves. bugger.
at least there were good things that came out of it. i met and re-aquainted myself with some old friends whom i've not seen for a long time. it was good to see them, brings back old memories, be it good or bad. mostly bad, but since its all over, it provides a good laugh or 2. ah, the times spent in Alpha Wing. one can almost be moved to tears just by those memories alone. words cannot simply describe the experiences we went through in Alpha. even though my tenure there was shorter than my friends, but the bond was there nonetheless. after all, we did go through the toughest part of the training there together before i dropped out.
lucky we weren't made to bring in dates as a compulsary requirement. however, there were people who brought their partners along. some were real lookers too. at least there were some sight seeing available during the long wait for the Guest-of-Honour.
i hate the speeches. the speakers are always too long winded, and Murphy's Law always seems to have a special affinity with speeches. whenever the speaker says he/she wont take too long or is going to make the speech short, one can always expect the opposite. even if it takes 5minutes, it would seem like the world's slowest 5minutes spent in eternity. worse still, speeches are always seemingly before the dining in. the torment i have to go through! i would be hungry, waiting and wishing for the speaker to quicky finish the long winded grandfolk-tale-length speech and for the dining in to commence. yet when the speech is over, i would have suddenly lost all my appetite.
another grouse i have is the waiting for the guest-of-honour. some pompous high level prick usually. not that i have anything against them personally. just that we, the regular nobodies, are made to arrive early and have to spend 10-30minutes waiting for the GOH to arrive so as to commence the whole thing. and last night's Ball's waiting time was more than 30minutes. someone could teach him a certain lesson on punctuality.
the Division Anniversary Ball last night certainly sucked to the extreme. not only was it on a weekday, but it was also in the middle of the week! meaning after all the merry making, one can almost be certain he/she will be going back to the normal mundane work and facing the same people last night. worse still, my guys had planned to go clubbing. damnest of all damnations. here i'll be, stuck in a stupid tuxedo trying my best to act normal,suffering, while my guys are out there enjoying themselves. bugger.
at least there were good things that came out of it. i met and re-aquainted myself with some old friends whom i've not seen for a long time. it was good to see them, brings back old memories, be it good or bad. mostly bad, but since its all over, it provides a good laugh or 2. ah, the times spent in Alpha Wing. one can almost be moved to tears just by those memories alone. words cannot simply describe the experiences we went through in Alpha. even though my tenure there was shorter than my friends, but the bond was there nonetheless. after all, we did go through the toughest part of the training there together before i dropped out.
lucky we weren't made to bring in dates as a compulsary requirement. however, there were people who brought their partners along. some were real lookers too. at least there were some sight seeing available during the long wait for the Guest-of-Honour.
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