company conference

the company conference was good, spent two nights (21-23 aug) at the cypress lakes resorts in hunter valley, also the 200 ppl scored themselves lots of freebies ranging from a travel bag, vest, a bottle of wine, miniature replica of a drum played during the opening session, water bottle, pen, box of snack, most of them PA branded :) got my 1 min brush with fame (a photograph was taken) for the lucky seat that won me a #1 national best seller, the kokoda track, signed by the author, a narrative wrote by peter fitzsimmons, who's also a journalist with smh alongside the author of some 15 books. he was the keynote speaker on the sunday dinner, telling all those jokes that i can't truly enjoy for my lack of rugby knowledge.

i enjoyed the drum during the opening session brought by the drum cafe. it accompanied for almost an hour and a half making loud music together. monday was a whole day session for sql server 2005, a bit crammed with information. then, there was PA idol with prizes on monday dinner where 10 competitors sang kareoke, some very bad for the ears, but the whole talent show was truly entertaining. on tuesday, joined the retail therapy leisure activities, a short tour visiting a glass craft centre, but no demonstration, then also to some antique shops, finishing in the small retails goodies at the forefront of the hunter valley's garden.

chipped in all these, as part of the coorporate address to the employees, obviously there was company's target briefings and overviews.