I went bowling last night with the Information Technology department. It was supposed to be a social outing for them, so my colleague and I were the only two green recruits that infiltrated into their camp. So why were we given this special priviledge?
It started on Friday two weeks back. There was a new cafe that just opened for lunch near our office. After lunch that day, my colleague and I decided to go there for a cup of coffee (tea in my case). We came across some of the Information Technology colleagues whom I am on rather good terms with, so they invited us to join them.
That was when we realised it was the entire department, not just the few of them. Apparently, when the current Chief Information Officer took the post, he increased the people in the department from just a mere six to about twenty. Quite a good feat! So we were just chatting when they were saying there would be a bowling outing the following week, and we were invited to join them.
So after work on Friday, we went to the other building where the Information Technology department is, and waited for them. There was a car pool of four cars - enough for everyone, since there were about sixteen of us. We went to a place where there is a bowling alley, departmental store and some restaurants.
It was a bit hard to get there at first, and I was in the car of one of the System Administrators. After checking through the GPS and figuring out where we were, we still made a wrong turn and had to go all the way to the end of the highway before turning back into the right direction!
In any case, we managed to make it to the place and everyone settled down for a sumptous dinner of venison, fried rice, fried noodles, dessert, fish, vegetables and beancurd. Then we went to the bowling alley, where we were divided into two groups of eight each, and started our bowling competition.
As people know, I am never a bowling expert. It was good enough that the ball did not go into the gutter. It did not help that the balls are too heavy for me, even the smallest ball was size seven, when all along I was using size six! I could hardly find a size six ball around, and even size seven was few and far in between! Hmmm... do places like these not cater to my size and stature?
Luckily I was not the lowest scorer though. The eight players with the highest scores made it to the final round - two teams of four each. The winning team will then get a S$120 shopping voucher donated by the Chief himself. Needless to say, those who made the final rounds are the guys. Somehow they just can control the ball and play the game better.
Overall it was a fun outing! Come to think of it, why do other departments not do this? I know our Finance department do meet up for dinner after work, after all they work long hours, so all will go for dinner break. Honestly, not many people I know chill out after work, unlike the Happy Hour in other countries.
Most go home straight after work, whether they have families or not. Maybe that is why singles are still not able to find anyone, because they do not take the time to mingle around? Well... another food for thought.
It started on Friday two weeks back. There was a new cafe that just opened for lunch near our office. After lunch that day, my colleague and I decided to go there for a cup of coffee (tea in my case). We came across some of the Information Technology colleagues whom I am on rather good terms with, so they invited us to join them.
That was when we realised it was the entire department, not just the few of them. Apparently, when the current Chief Information Officer took the post, he increased the people in the department from just a mere six to about twenty. Quite a good feat! So we were just chatting when they were saying there would be a bowling outing the following week, and we were invited to join them.
So after work on Friday, we went to the other building where the Information Technology department is, and waited for them. There was a car pool of four cars - enough for everyone, since there were about sixteen of us. We went to a place where there is a bowling alley, departmental store and some restaurants.
It was a bit hard to get there at first, and I was in the car of one of the System Administrators. After checking through the GPS and figuring out where we were, we still made a wrong turn and had to go all the way to the end of the highway before turning back into the right direction!
In any case, we managed to make it to the place and everyone settled down for a sumptous dinner of venison, fried rice, fried noodles, dessert, fish, vegetables and beancurd. Then we went to the bowling alley, where we were divided into two groups of eight each, and started our bowling competition.
As people know, I am never a bowling expert. It was good enough that the ball did not go into the gutter. It did not help that the balls are too heavy for me, even the smallest ball was size seven, when all along I was using size six! I could hardly find a size six ball around, and even size seven was few and far in between! Hmmm... do places like these not cater to my size and stature?
Luckily I was not the lowest scorer though. The eight players with the highest scores made it to the final round - two teams of four each. The winning team will then get a S$120 shopping voucher donated by the Chief himself. Needless to say, those who made the final rounds are the guys. Somehow they just can control the ball and play the game better.
Overall it was a fun outing! Come to think of it, why do other departments not do this? I know our Finance department do meet up for dinner after work, after all they work long hours, so all will go for dinner break. Honestly, not many people I know chill out after work, unlike the Happy Hour in other countries.
Most go home straight after work, whether they have families or not. Maybe that is why singles are still not able to find anyone, because they do not take the time to mingle around? Well... another food for thought.
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