Is it 18th December already??

The department is going to have an Xmas party tomorrow, together with some birthdays and farewell for a few who are leaving for the Netherlands soon. It’ll be at the Ceylon Hill near Jalan Damai in Ampang. People at my workplace just lurve all these bungalows/restaurants thingy. They had dinners and parties at Mango Tree, Tamarind Hill, Bon Ton, Frangipani…the likes. And I’ve never attended any of those.

In my previous workplace, people waited and waited for the annual dinner. Here...one can actually pick and choose - there are so many dinners, parties, get-togethers etc that I stopped bothering.

But I have to go tomorrow. Its in my appraisals. This has got to be the only company that includes entertainment as part of one’s performance (??).

Everyone’s buzzing about what to wear and what to bring since the place is a BYOB (bring your own bottle) restaurant. The fact that there are only 3 Malays (read:muslims) in this department doesn’t help either. So there’ll be bottles of merlots and sauvignons and large bowls of spiked eggnog.

All I care to know are only 2 things:

(1) Opi and Isya are staying with Mak and
(2) Who’s willing to drive me to the place – I’m partially night blind.

Gone were the days of dressing up…I just wanna show my face…fake some laughter…eat a bit and just go back home…and sleep...

Now...can my maternity dress double-up as elegant, dinner attire????