Monday, December 17, 2007

End of the year party

The company's end of the year party was held last week. It was held at a nice lounge type place in Shinjuku.






As you can see the place had a great view and the food was top notch. However, this smart and very professional atmosphere quickly made a U-Turn when I got there. It became CRAZY. It got so crazy that yours truly was dressed up in a cheap full body reindeer suit, singing "Last Christmas" in a baritone voice while break dancing. Fortunately, my humiliated actions were not wasted as I won a small prize. Winning a company branded pencil never felt so satisfying, just kidding. It was actually something a bit more attractive, but not so much that a normal, sane person would have done to receive it. The best comment of the night came from the chief's wife as she was trying to compliment my disastrous performance. She said, "You were a great chipmunk." Of course, I just nodded my head and smile. The night ended with.... as you guessed, a crazy couple of hours of karaoke. I was so trashed at that point that I didn't know what I sung, didn't really know who was there, and not sure how my stomach got bruised. I haven't been to the office since that party, and I pray to god that people forgot about the crazy gaijin's actions during that night.


In other news, my sport teams are in a funk now after a ferocious start. For basketball, the Orlando Magic have been losing games and don't seem to play like the #1 team in the East anymore. I really hope they don't settle for mediocrity like they have been doing for the past several years. Turnovers and free throws are a huge problem for them. As for football, the Dallas Cowboys have been struggling. Sure they only lost their second game this late in the season, but still the way the played, they do not look like they will make it far in the playoffs. It was the first game this season that I fast forwarded more than 1/3 of the plays. Their playing was just unbearable to watch. I hope they pick it up next Saturday against Carolina.