Finally the packing is done! Also the scanning and sorting! Even as I write, my work place is being pulled apart. The last count we had thirty-one boxes for our whole department! Since we had to meet our trade mark lawyers for lunch today, we were dressed in suits, so we were the only clowns pushing and pulling and carrying boxes around dressed to the nines, when the rest of them, including our Chief Finance Officer, were dressed so casually in T-shirts and jeans or capris. Hopefully by the time we go back after this long weekend, it will be a brand new place.
We had lunch with our lawyers at the Tower Club, on top of Republic Plaza, where a good view of the entire Business District and the sea can be seen. This was the third time I was there, but the most enjoyable time. The first time I went there with my ex-boss and a few others, I was in a normal light blue blouse and skirt. The waitress took a look at me and told me that denim material was not allowed, in such a haughty tone.
I told her that it was light blue, but definitely NOT denim, even though the colour was faded blue that looked like denim. I was so embarrassed! It was the first time in my life that I was almost thrown out of anywhere because I was not dressed accordingly! And I had to sit through that awful lunch, hearing my ex-boss and colleagues talk about dress codes as if it was a direct hit at me!
Thus this time, I told my bosses that the place is rather sticky regarding dress code, so all of us ended up wearing suits. My bosses had on long-sleeved shirts and ties, whereas I had on a pantsuit with a tank top inside. And this time, no one even said anything to me!
Perhaps that is why I am never comfortable in all these exclusive clubs or restaurants. If I am to go anywhere to eat anything, I want to be comfortable and be left in peace instead of having eyes bearing into me from the way I look. I am not that bad a dresser in the first place, as I always dress according to occasion and venue, so it was really shameful to almost get thrown out of any place just because of the way I dress.
Apparently this is not the only place that is exclusive. The Cricket Club, even in this era, still disallows women from going in unescorted. So if any woman needs to have a lunch appointment there, she has to be accompanied by a male. Needless to say, the Club still does not allow women members, unless they become associate members when their husbands become members. I am not sure if the Singapore Recreation Club functions the same way, as only my dad and uncle are members, not my mum and aunt.
All these exclusivity only caters to the rich and famous, not to someone like me. Although it is a welcome change dining at a club, but I do not think I can ever be exclusive enough to be any from of member as I am not of that status. In any case, I do not wish to hang around with the rest of the exclusive people who look down on everyone else because of the way they dress or behave. People should not be judged and outcasted like this.
We had lunch with our lawyers at the Tower Club, on top of Republic Plaza, where a good view of the entire Business District and the sea can be seen. This was the third time I was there, but the most enjoyable time. The first time I went there with my ex-boss and a few others, I was in a normal light blue blouse and skirt. The waitress took a look at me and told me that denim material was not allowed, in such a haughty tone.
I told her that it was light blue, but definitely NOT denim, even though the colour was faded blue that looked like denim. I was so embarrassed! It was the first time in my life that I was almost thrown out of anywhere because I was not dressed accordingly! And I had to sit through that awful lunch, hearing my ex-boss and colleagues talk about dress codes as if it was a direct hit at me!
Thus this time, I told my bosses that the place is rather sticky regarding dress code, so all of us ended up wearing suits. My bosses had on long-sleeved shirts and ties, whereas I had on a pantsuit with a tank top inside. And this time, no one even said anything to me!
Perhaps that is why I am never comfortable in all these exclusive clubs or restaurants. If I am to go anywhere to eat anything, I want to be comfortable and be left in peace instead of having eyes bearing into me from the way I look. I am not that bad a dresser in the first place, as I always dress according to occasion and venue, so it was really shameful to almost get thrown out of any place just because of the way I dress.
Apparently this is not the only place that is exclusive. The Cricket Club, even in this era, still disallows women from going in unescorted. So if any woman needs to have a lunch appointment there, she has to be accompanied by a male. Needless to say, the Club still does not allow women members, unless they become associate members when their husbands become members. I am not sure if the Singapore Recreation Club functions the same way, as only my dad and uncle are members, not my mum and aunt.
All these exclusivity only caters to the rich and famous, not to someone like me. Although it is a welcome change dining at a club, but I do not think I can ever be exclusive enough to be any from of member as I am not of that status. In any case, I do not wish to hang around with the rest of the exclusive people who look down on everyone else because of the way they dress or behave. People should not be judged and outcasted like this.
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