Corporate Services Xmas Party & Shon's Birthday!

Trip Start Aug 13, 2007
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Trip End Dec 31, 2008


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Friday, December 12, 2008

On my birthday this year I had to be at work, but it wasn't too bad as most of the day was spent out of the office at our division's Christmas Party. I did make the mistake of telling a few people previously that it was my birthday so I was made to wear a Happy Birthday Banner all day. Our team, does morning tea whenever it is someone's birthday, so I had that to enjoy halfway through the morning, then at 11am we all went outside to get on the bus to take us to the venue for the party.

We had hired Tawa Rugby Club, and had set up some games for each team to play, but first it was lunchtime, and we'd hired a caterer to come in and sort out lunch for us. The food was delicious and everyone seemed to enjoy it. We split everyone into pre-arranged teams and then had a round of 4 games for each team to play and compete against each other. It was an afternoon of fun and laughter for all involved. There was also a quiz, a crossword and a sudoku to do whilst the games were taking place.

We were lucky with the weather as it was sunny whilst we were doing the games, and then the rain came down. There was indoor facilities though so we had the prizegiving inside. I got a special mention for my birthday and everyone sang happy birthday to me. I felt a bit silly but it was quite sweet really. As it happens, my team also won the games, mainly due to the fact that Ross was in our team and he is a walking encyclopedia, so we won the quiz by miles, which bumped up our score quite considerably.

We were picked up at 4pm and headed back to the office, to collect our stuff before heading across the road to the bar. My parents and Graham joined us as well for a few drinks before we decided to go to Lonestar for some food. However, that turned out to be pretty disastrous and in the end, it was almost 10pm and we still hadn't had our food so we walked out, as none of us were hungry anymore. We went home and had some cheese on toast instead!

Next day, I had organised a BBQ to celebrate my birthday properly with friends. It was sunny but quite windy so in hindsight, it would have been better on the Sunday, but everyone seemed to be coping with the wind and still enjoying themselves! We started around 3pm and finished around 8pm so a nice amount of time. It seemed to be a popular day for BBQs as some of my friends had either already been to a BBQ or were heading to another one after ours. It worked out quite well though as not everyone turned up all at once, so we cooked food in dribs and drabs! A nice way to end my birthday celebrations.
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