Friday, November 2, 2007

Thursday Enkai recap

The enkai was held at a really neat restaurant in Shinjuku.







The place was called Nana Iro Temari Uta. As you can see from the pics, the decoration of the place was unique. There was a huge turn out, around 36 people came to the farewell party. At first, I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to meet more coworkers that I haven't met yet, but I was wrong. Unfortunately, with big parties like this, it was actually harder to talk to new people because everyone stuck to their own departments.

The food was great. I enjoyed the sashimi the most. The party was an "all you can drink" but I actually did pretty good and did not get wasted like the majority of the people did there. There was a second party at a sports bar nearby, but I only stuck around for the first part of it. About 2/3 of the people went home and the remaining people at the bar were falling asleep.

From my personal standpoint, besides eating yummy foods, the night was below average and easily forgettable. It did not beat the previous enkai I had with the VP of global operations. The most important thing though was that the departed co-worker was happy. She was moved that so many people came to support her for her farewell party including the managers of the local office.

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