annual dinner

it is the second last month of the year and the work calendar is almost coming to an end. so the end-of-the-year dinner at the workplace is inevitable. previously, mine was just at the workplace, but this year we went out and got ourselves a place in trolak residence- anjung restaurant. urggh....just the mention of the name makes me wanna puke now. the food sucked big time.
some friends in kl had theirs at the palace of the golden horses. wow...how posh is that. i have heard of some who went to jogoya at starhill and some even went to pavilion. jealous. well, my place is a small one with very limited budget.


anyway, i drove down alone to trolak at before 3 and reached there on the dot at 3.30. was one of the last to arrive...hey the rest were early, but the boss was not there yet.


this is the drive from the main entrance of trolak residence to the restaurant.....what a long long way through bends and slopes. but the green was soothing for the eyes though.

took this down because i liked what i saw. just behind me.

if anyone is looking for a retreat, this might be the place for you...rolling plantations and free from any traffic sound. there are 2 tennis courts too. not sure how much they are charging for the rooms here. if you are bored, bidor is just about 20 mins away....go there for the food. and sg klah hotspring in sungkai is not far too.

the entrance of the restaurant...we were the only ones there. it was soo soo soo quiet. if they continue to serve that kind of food, this place will soon be history.

the restaurant eating area.

what did we have? nasi goreng cina, ayam percik, lamb chop, prawn, hotdog (for a proper meal?!!!urgh!!!) and fries. i wonder how much we are paying per head.

the salad and dessert place...cucur udang, agar-agar, cakes, water-melon, salad and satay. the satay was tough. but they said the cucur was good. u can actually see prawns inside.

our souvenir- a recyclable bag in different colours (green, purple, blue and pink), notebook and towel. my colleague got the pink one for me...well, it is the most striking colour among the rest. i was surprised to get them, remember the limited budget? and the balance in the account after all was spent....haha.....rm0.60 to bring forward to 2010. good financial planning.

some of the ladies in attendance. quite a few did not turn up. let me see.....around a dozen did not make it....some i bet on purpose....one i knew had a headache, one went back to kelantan to support the football team.

sigh...kinda sad thinking of the condition we have at the workplace. most of those non-locals take the place as a touch-n-go lane. they will only be parked here for a while before they get their transfer approval. so there is no sense of belonging at all to the place and when this is in the heart, where is the dedication? although i am a non-local as well, it has never come across my heart to just do a lame job. politics in the workplace is worse in some departments and some have just refused to co-operate. sometimes they are too selfish. in the end, it is the kids who are going to suffer. (well, i am telling myself and the kids that we should believe in karma.) there are others good ones as well of course and they are those who have managed to upkeep the excellence in the workplace so far. the local folks better keep their fingers crossed that these people will still be around for a few more years and better learn to appreciate them.