Annual staff party

As the climate of Hanoi change dramatically these days, a lot of staff were sick, including me. I did not bring with me any medicine as if I would not be sick for the following six months. Luckily kaori gave me some of her Japanese medicine and I felt much better afterwards.

I slept 2 ½ hours after working and went to the staff party, which was held in the largest ballroom, decorated with hundreds of balloons, in the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi, with 50 tables, 12 people per each. The party started at 1600 and followed up with lucky draw and mini games. I can’t imagine the Vietnamese were so willing to participate with those games and had that much energy in playing. This is amazing as many others enjoy watching them playing. Then at 1800, we had 10 minutes talk for the General Manager and then continued with show by each department. Normally most were dancing and the most intrigued one was the managemer's show. First came the three beautiful ladies and then with all the guys dressing like ladies flying around those ladies with their helmet (a symbol of Vietnam).

As for dinner, we had Vietnamese-Chinese style. My favourite dishes were the signature spicy soup and the tasty tiger prawn with fabulous sauce. At around 2130, we had disco, house music and slow love songs simultaneously. It is my second time to dance with a lady for this kind of slow music. It was kind of weird but still refreshing.

Every Vietnamese are good dancer. They dance and party hard. They even sang loudly during the party. Everybody is the same and there is no superior or inferior among them. I once again feel the team cohesiveness of the subordinates in this hotel and enjoy being as part of them.