Sunday, December 26, 2004

=Meeting new friends=

I went to Mid Valley to meet some net friends (which I know through KZ) this afternoon. We have arranged to meet at Burger King at 1pm. I arrived at Mid Valley by 12.30pm. I had a walk at Jaya Jusco and then proceed to the pharmacy to buy some medicines. It was already 12.45pm when I walked out from the pahrmacy. I went to Burger King but I did not see any familiar faces. Hence I walked around at the shop lots near there.
Soon, I discovered a familiar person. I went to his direction and pat at his shoulder. It was hEbE~kAwAiI. Luckily that I did not recognize a wrong person. He was together with TearHeaven and Xin. So we waited there for the others together. Then, starlady, l@l@l@, Joeysmile, puppy, seokchern, trayyinn and woodman arrived after 15 minutes. There were altogether 13 of us (include Joeysmile’s friend and Trayyinn’s friend). We went for some drinks at Dome. The manager was very happy to see so many of us and he asked the waiters to serve us well.
It was quite awkward at first since I have never meet them before. I didn’t even know what to talk to them. But luckily I am an easy going person and they are all very friendly. We had some nice chat together.
But I really do not like the service there. The manager was quite unhappy because we only ordered drinks. He walked to the waiter who was standing near to us and talked to him. He said that at first he thought so many of us will bring them much business but he did not expect us to order drinks only. He was quite angry with the waiter and blamed him for not introduced us to order some more food or snacks. I overheard their dialogue as they were standing quite near to me. I was very furious. What kind of service attitude is this? I stared angrily at the manager. Then only he sensed that he had said something wrongly and kept his mouth shut. The waiter could do nothing but just smiled awkwardly at me.
Then the waiter started to urge us leave. Whenever anyone of us had finished the drink, he came at once and took away the cup or glass. Everyone of us can feel the unpleasant atmosphere there. It was really a disappointment for us. So we decided to settle the bill and leave since we were not welcomed there. The guys insisted not to let me pay on my share since it was my first time joining their activity. The same thing happened to Joeysmile, her friend and puppy. Lastly only I know that it was woodman who foots the bill for us. Thanks a lot!
Then we decided to split out and had our own shopping or other activities. I went to have late lunch at Mc Donald with Joeysmile, her friend and puppy. After that we went to have a walk in the shopping mall. I left them when it was about 5.30pm.
It is nice to meet so many nice new friends… I am glad that I did not miss this gathering...

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