Post 1: 15 Jul, Jimmy's farewell

Jimmy's farewell was the best that I had ever had. Better than the chicken rice lunch that we had when Sin Yee left, better than the curry rice lunch when Malcolm left. Being on leave the past week made me miss Jimmy's farewell lunch, but that was fine. Judy said that the place that they had gone to (Sakura) was lousy. Well, good that I saved some money going there. 15 July seems so long ago that I can't really remember what we had for lunch. OH! PIZZA from Pizzahut. It was ex though, $7 per person for 2 large and 1 small slice. We played card games after that. Police and Murderer, Heart Attack, etc. It's fun doing fun things with colleagues. Helps pass the time really quickly.

Following that, it was back to work for a short moment. Being on leave for 1 week really caused the work to pile up even though Karen and Derrick were doing their utmost to help clear everything. The worst: the weekly report wasn't done and I had to rush it out in 7 hours (??).

Okay, next was PAFF Life Activity. Captain's Ball, can you believe it? Well, I sucked with it. I think I suck at any ball games that involved using the hand directly. Probably why I suck at ball-tossing in Tennis. Anyway, PCD won Info Dept at the game. We had a soccer game after that. A "friendly" 5-a-side match. Seriously, I don't know what's wrong with me. The desire to win is simply too strong. Anyway, our team (Jerry, Terrence, Lokesh, Alan and me) won the other semi - Info department team (including Jimmy and Horace).

We split up then, Jimmy, Jerry and I went to Cold Storage to get beef and lamb. Then we headed to Jimmy's place. Tastefully designed is the word. He even had a fingerprint lock! There was a reason to it though, the stuff he keeps at home (old posters and old toys) are worth hell lot of money. Great investment sense! The food was great. Pasta was a little too much but the steak (rare for me) was nicely done. We drank a lot of alcohol though. I think I had 3 glasses of red wine, 1 glass of Port and 4 glasses of Amarula, this creamy milky drink that's heavenly (I lost count how many of that I had). Well, I was pretty tipsy after all those and I knocked down a wine glass and broke it. Sorry Jimmy! We played Blackjack through the night till about 12 and I managed to win back most of what I had lost. I think I lost over $14 at one point. Haha. I really suck at gambling, it's not my cup of tea.

Going home was a chore. I couldn't really walk straight anymore and Judy, Lokesh, Johnson and I took a cab to City Hall. They wanted to club but I knew I couldn't anymore as I was almost at the point of "beyond gone". Lokesh sponsored my taxi fare home as he had won like quite a lot playing Blackjack. Horace was the biggest loser of the night. Luckily, it wasn't me. Haha. Plopped onto the bed after spending a few moments deliberating on the Straits Times 160th Anniversary puzzle. Couldn't solve it and I went to sleep.

End of Part 1. Wonder how many parts there will be.