The Social

I have out till quite late for the past two days. On Thursday, I had a meeting at Menara TM in the afternoon. My boss and I thought the meeting would probably takes an hour or less. Somehow it ended for 2.5 hours....sigh...longest meeting ever which is good that my client brought up so many issues which we will have to bring up to our global office to resolve. We left our client's office at about 6:35pm. It was raining heavily earlier so my boss parked her car at the building basement. She had to park at the illegal spot as the whole car was so packed. As usual, we went to pay the parking ticket at the autopay station. Unfortunately, the machine was out of order but it ate the parking ticket and not the notes. We were trying to retrieve the ticket but failed. I was hitting the machine so hard to retrieve it but still failed. We were lucky enough that a gentlemen who worked in the same bulding came to help us out. He informed us that the autopay machine has been spoilt and we must pay at the exit counter. We did not know what he had done to retrieve the parking ticket but he managed to retrieve it.

We were so relieved and walked off after we thanked him. However, he was so sweet to give us his staff id so we can get special rate for parking. We were as usual felt so impressed for his kindness. He even led us my boss's car and instructed us where to exit. Such a sweet gentlemen ! There aren't many these days. We finally got out from Menara TM about 7pm. When i looked at my watch, we were running late to attend another event at 1 Sentral where Ching Yen was there waiting for me to accompany her since she was all alone. Actually, Ching Yen invited me to join her at the Regus 3rd office launch as she was invited by the GM who is Ching Yen's business contact. I dragged my boss along to attend as we foresee that we may seek business opportunities since Regus provides business centres, meeting rooms, office suites and virtual office facilities to both local and foreign clients. Networking has been something i always wanted to do and I felt good to be able to attend.

We were kind of lost of direction from Menara TM to 1 Sentral. After a few wrong turns, we made it there at around 7:30pm. When we got up to Level 16 where Regus is, the guests were about to propose a toast after the speech. Initially, we thought it was a small launch but somehow the crowd was quite good with mix locals and foreigners. We were served wines and cocktails as well as a buffet dinner. A DJ and a jazz singer were invited to entertain us. After my boss and I met up with Ching Yen. We had a short tour around the office. It is indeed a cool place. It is definitely a place where i can recommend my foreign clients who intend to set up offices in Malaysia - cosy office environment and with latest technologies. We tried to mingle around and exchanged some name cards. I also bumped into my client who also has a lease with Regus in KLCC.

We were there for about half an hour as Ching Yen and I had to meet our ex uni mates at The Gardens, Mid Valley. At the same time, my boss had to leave for another dinner date with her friend. I wished we could stay longer to mingle more. Ching Yen and I headed to The Gardens to meet up with our ex uni mates at Sushi Zanmai. It was a great place - one of the nicest sushi place ever. Apparently, I have not been to a sushi place as I don't really fancy sushi. Somehow this place caught my attention and i fell in love with it since then. There were about 8 of us and we ordered sushi, sashimi, gyoza, etc. Total bill came about RM250 but it was a satisfying dinner ever with lots of laughters. When we were heading home, we already talk about our next plan to meet for such a dinner again as it is indeed fun.

Yesterday night was a crazy night, my colleagues and I went to Social, Bangsar to have dinner as part of the celebration for our promotions last month. My Partner and her hubby joined us too. It was my first time trying out the food at Social as the last time I went there was for drinks. The food was amazing - it's fusion (western and local with a mixture of taste from Thai). We also ordered beers and wine to chill. My boss's fav DJ came about 10 plus and played quite a number great songs. It's a recommended place to hang out really. Apart from food, Social has a bar and pool table. The place is forever so crowded. Almost midnight, most of colleagues left already. My boss has another group of friends at Social as they were celebrating birthday for another friend. It was friday night and i do not want to go home so early so i joined in the party. We hang out till 2am which is also the time Social closes.

I was pretty tired when i got home but still have to remove my make up and shower. When i hit the bed, it was about 4am with a few smses came in from someone i cared about a lot. I wonder whether it's a hint that he misses me or i'm just being over sensitive. Whatever ! Managed to catch some sleep but i got up at about 9:30 am to head for facial and spa. I think it's the best when we just love ourselves the most rather than thinking about others.

Fon