Surprisingly, i woke up earlier than i would normally on a typical work day. albeit by just 15min. Sheer bliss it was, getting ready with the toilet just a step away. No need to cover my head for fear of being seen by the BIL.
By 7:40am i was at the Breakfast Room. The first one too! Although i know Zubair wont miss the bfast as he was happily snoozing away, i still felt guilty indulging myself with the buffet spread. oh yeah he didnt go for breakfast becos its not included with the night's stay!! So bcos Families are only officially invited for Fri night, only Sat morning's breakfast is paid for them.
I was delighted that when i came, the friendly staff quickly told me what was not visibly non-halal. ie the dumpling is laced with some porky or lardy thing. And i went a step further in asking her what else is NOT halal. And got treated very nicely.
my 3rd dish of the day. I totally LOVE the hashbrown and the Button mushrooms w herb, i had two servings of them!
Bcos 3 of the guys went to a leaving do of this surveyor and got roaring drunk and came back late (at midnight just as me and Z were going out), we started the actual Convention / Seminar a bit late.
That's me boss showing us a slide from His top level convention in Paris.
Remember about the presentation that me and my colleague hafta do until he bailed himself out? Thank god my boss was sympathetic on my situation and said he will guide me lah should i need his help. But i delivered what i needed. He even complimented on those 2 ideas (my own original thoughts!). However, he also added something that we didnt think possible. so 2 : 1 score.
Tea was FABULOUS! Imagine 18 different items! Alas... cant take the sandwiches. Its either with Ham or something or just tomato and cheese!
But there were nice Prawn balls on Sugar cane (looks like Old Chang Kee's Crab Claw) whichi gobbled 3. and the most heavenly LYCHEEssssssssssssss.... we even took 5 pkts each of Quaker's Cookies and Cream muesli bar. HA HA HAaaaaaaa
Peacocks set up their nests in the hotel. I counted 6 + 1 baby peacock. Alas that also meant that sandflies / fruitflies or some kind of insects are also in abundance.
Lunch? Such a disappointment, After the record breaking Breakfast. I wasnt alone in that thought. But i think i got most of the brunt of it... cos not many seafood item was available, not wanting to take the dubious chicken and others. Salad also very sad. They had about 6 different kinds of leaves and 3 diff kinds of croutons and biscuits and even anchovies but no chick peas!
I only had a plate of salad with some sides of fish + prawn noodle. Which, considering this is a hotel, is a very... SAD AFFAIR!
We finished our seminar at 3:30pm. Since our GameMaster was not there, we were left hanging what to do for the afternoon outdoor activity. Boss suggested The Luge... AGAIN. last yr we already played that and many weren't keen, favouring the pool instead. Boss said that he was prepared to approve any other activities as long as its done in a group of 3 or more. I should have suggested Underwater World or something but it just didnt cross my mind!
So me and Z just lounged around in the room. Cos i was so tired having slept at 2am. Thank God there was a good movie on StarMovies, Raise Your Voice starring Hillary Duff. Zubair LOVES this kind of artist / musician movie.
So finally, the family dinner dawned at 6:30pm.
A view of our room from the main walkway.
The beautifully set Dinner Trolley complete with Flowers.
And you can see my banana split there already.
Zubair's meal is hidden or kept hot in the "oven"! Genius! The trolley also has a semi-circle extension to be called a real Dinner table! God, im such a Country Bumpkin!
That's Naan and Murgh Makhni. Zubair was delighted to no end having to finally eat REAL TASTY INDIAN / PAKI meal!
Didnt even finish the Seafood Platter leftovers that we brought back from dinner.
Slept at 2am AGAIN!!
3 glasses of Juice:
Funny, my husband also gets hungry at midnight - at least thrice a week.
is he a night owl too?
And you being the dutiful wife, would serve him at night, i imagine.
Yes, he sure is; can't sleep before midnight.
The cutoff time for my wifely duties to him is at midnight, so any hunger pangs beyond that means self-service.
Besides, he usually helps himself with almost everything. It's me who's spoiling him to pieces :)
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