I found MCM’s CEO, Sungjoo Kim, generous. Every year pala she’s a sponsor of GSW. Tonight, she hosted the gala dinner. Imagine feeding 1,100 women?
We moved to the grand ballroom immediately after the fashion show.
Some of the ladies were in full regalia.
I walked very slow so when I reached the ballroom, all the good seats had already been occupied by the 1,099 ladies.
I chose a table closest to the wall and 3 rows from the exit.
I was seated beside Janet Yap Seong Yong, Managing Director, Client Technology, and with Chua Chai Ping, Country HR Lead, both from the Asia Pacific headquarters in Malaysia of Accenture.
First time I bumped into my colleagues from Philippines, Inc. I always chose tables on the right side of the ballroom, yun pala they’re always on the left side.
Jeannie Javelosa, Aurora “Boots” Garcia, and Pacita Juan.
Larry Grady, Executive Director of the GSW Washington D.C.
Crab claw, fried sesame prawn roll, and stir- fried scallops
Mushroom with broccoli and bok choy in abalone gravy
We also had scallop broth with egg white dropped soup, grouper fish with Thai sauce, Sesame baked chicken, yang chow fried rice.
For dessert, we had banana spring roll with vanilla ice cream and berries.
The delegates from Africa received a citation kaya they were cheering and singing.
Some of the ladies were bitin pa they moved to the lobby lounge.
Hinila ako ni Anne, mag kwentuhan daw kami nila Chit.
The singer was a Filipina.
The ladies were not drunk, they were just having fun.
Jeannie loves to dance pala. Anne grabbed my camera, asking me to dance instead.
Dancing Queens
We surely know how to unwind.
The ladies pleaded for one more song.
I will survive.
