Quarter End Fleece

today must have been the earliest i left office on the last day of quarter end... infact, most of us left early except for the poor enterprise team... well.. sadly sales people just don't try hard enough to put in the revenue early.. it would be so much easier for everyone but reality bites...
we might have been a little insensitive today.. i guess towards the end of the day... as much as we tried, subtle fun was hard to conceal as we cajoled grace to join us for prata at biopolis.. in the end..her soft cell relented.. great pycho tactics Lee and Vonda..*smile*... and thanks to God as well... you know what i mean..grace..

i was throughly disappointed again when the prata shop chose to close early for a friday... another missed day...damn ! next time we gotta leave the office earlier... ok?? grace?!? hehheh :p... we ended up eating food from the chinese store directly opposite the prata stall..... which was not too bad..simple and resonably affordable.. $3.80 for a bowl of steamed rice with a huge piece of minced pork...a bowl of *yummy*soup and a plate of veggies... tasty... though i am a indian food lover.. i can live with this.. besides i had 3 great girls for company...

there is something about this bunch of guys and gals that i manage...as i get to know them better.. i have no doubt that i am the most normal person in the team..*smile*..

after dinner, we ended up at my place.... the kids were a little frightened for sure... gotta ask the girls to put on some make up next time..hahaha... linus was so shy to see the 3 of them that he flocked to my mom.. for a good 10 minutes, he just looked blankly..mildly apprehensive of the 3 zie zie.. erica was no better..she was trying to sleep when she was awaken by my opening of the sliding door... she stared stonely at us..with the pacifier in her month in her typically frowning look... such a cute girl.. man i am falling in love with you... sorry linus.. you are getting older now... and poor jeremy, lee sent him a pic of erica..must have tugged his heart-strings...

grace did a great job for slowly getting linus to open up... lee.. you are trying too hard.. besides.. he is only 3 years old.. its still a long 17 years to go..gotta be patient man.. *laugh* linus started to warmed up as we started playing with his thomas train set.. and erica was so comfortable to sit with vonda... would you girls consider being a part time baby sitter for my kids :)

in the next 30 minutes that followed.. there was so much laughter from the 2 kids... linus was laughing much everytime lee tried to guide the 2nd train from running too close to the 1st train.. it was so hilarious for all to witness a 3 year old boy just being completely himself around the 3 zie zie.....so uninhibited..so pure..so real...such innocence apart from the occasional "wah lau eh".. *lol*... of course erica had also her own share of fun... trying to grab the trains off the track and throwing some of the pieces around... wifey was back from her dinner by then.. she was enjoying the sight as well....

we left the house at 2155 to pick up jeremy from sim.. and headed towards al-ameen this time for the cheese prata.. was fortunate to find a parking lot quickly.. no unpleasant incidents this time round.. the cheese prata was decent..fish curry was thick...better than most i have tasted.. while we were eating, i was trying hard to get grace to invite us over to her place for a birthday celebration for vonda (?!).. don't think she is keen for us to "pop" by.. privacy issue i guess... it is not concluded for sure.. me being so thick in the head and skin will push my luck...

just in case i forget the next person's birthday.. i decided to mark it down here.. no one can accuse me for not letting them take off and all... i can also take note of the next "celebration"..

JY -26th February
SL- 3rd March
VL - 26th April
YW - 8th July [another guess]
GY - 8th August
ML(M) - 23rd November
ML(F) - 7th October [so uncannily close to mine..haha]

when i came home..realised that i had missed 3 calls from prabhu.. olv name change issue must be.. i text him and thankfully he returned my call.. he was having a discussion with len and the aoc folks ...they had better fix that freaking issue !

finally received his good news at 0112 hrs...brillant ! now i can sleep peacefully...