Tuesday 9 February 2010
The Bubblicious Brunch at The Westin (sorry, I refuse to use their spelling) was great fun. If there was one problem, it was the amount of people I knew at the event. Since it was a media day the place was heaving with familiar faces (quite surprising that media types would jump at the chance of getting something for free). Add to that the table of Barasti Big Deal winners from last year and the chances of me getting to food we’re greatly reduced.
What food I did manage to snag was very tasty. The Indian selection was particularly mouth-watering and I am kicking myself for not going back for more. Everywhere I looked people were walking around with dry-ice Cosmopolitans, looking rather like Hogwarts teachers on their day off.
The afternoon got hazy. We moved from brunch to the bar upstairs, where many conversations were had with too many print media types. Luckily nothing has appeared in any quote sections as yet.
We had tickets for the Nickelback gig and had every intention of going at the start of the day but by this point we were a little lost in it all. A group of us moved across to Barasti, which was packed and loud. I didn’t last long in there (or maybe I did).
Then we made a fatal error of judgement.
Honestly, we should’ve stayed put or gone home. It was high time. Sadly a few of us got a cab all the way over to Hibiki in The Hyatt Regency, sang one karaoke song each, then went home. The cab-fare-to-time-spent-in-bar ratio was ridiculous.
On Saturday we hosted the final of the Singstar competition at Festival Centre. It was the best one yet. Very well organised, massive audience, great contestants and a proper judging panel, a la X Factor. The winner, Sam, put in a hilarious performance. He came in an outfit that he obviously thought said “rock star”. What it actually said was “Blue Oyster Bar occupant in Police Academy”. Regardless of the fashion faux pas, his performance was brilliant. Ass-wigglingly, jacket-throwingly, crowd-pleasingly great!
This week we started our school visits after the show. On Sunday we went to Childs Play Nursery and saw hundreds of little people with chubby faces and too much hair and yesterday we called over to Horizon School for their sports day. Lots of familiar faces (once again). I was forced to part in a race which included clambering across a school bench with buckets of water. Midway the bench nearly gave way, much to the amusement of the on-looking teachers and parents.
Today, due to meetings at work, we’ve got a day off from the school visits. I’m missing the screams of children so much this morning as I sit here in this perfectly silent glass boardroom.
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