Time to lay the sticks down and eat!
Eleven people made it that night to Faces, plus honoured guests Pr. Thomas Barnabas, youth pastor of RGBC and Mr. James Looi, PFA president. Being the first in the history of forever for the club, the people were a little unsure of what to do when the food arrived (Can eat already or not?). Sitting there and looking at each other... the CEO finally started talking, the usual welcome speech, then introduced Pr. Thomas and Mr. James.
Pr. Thomas thanked the players for playing for the church team and encouraged them to keep playing and expanding the club. Mr. James then spoke, about how floorball was not just about playing and getting better, but also about the fellowship and growing as a person.
"...and like the food, let us sizzle on the court." Pr. Thomas finished the prayer of blessing then left to attend another meeting, and everyone finally started eating.
The CEO passed out the club yearbooks, another bright idea of his, containing this year's blog entries from January right up to December, and requested that each player write a short message on everyone's yearbook.
SanJeevan and Kannan, who where vegetarians and only ordered coffee, started off on the books, Kannan strangely drawing a funny face and a couple of other signs, then picking a line from SanJeevan's message and writing it down. Hilarious.
Dimmed lights and slow music, the players noticed the empty stage in front and pushed Pei Li to go up and play something for them. She just laughed it off and replied that she would, only if Kannan joined her.
The food was not bad and reasonably priced, and as it got darker, those who finished eating first went around writing for their teammates while waiting for the others who enjoyed eating at a slower pace. Almost half the time there was spent writing and talking, having fun with each other, as it was the players who funded their own meals.
Alice made a surprise entrance late into the night, limping slightly from her previous accident three months ago, and showed a three-inch long scar on her leg that had prevented her from training.
Nearing its end, the CEO called everyone together and thanked them for coming, then passed out what he owed the players from the recent Dalat League outing, 20cents. Small, but meaning a lot in terms of progress and achievement. He then gave each player their mystery gift as promised for achieving the goals they set, also in Dalat League. The mystery gift? A bead keychain of different shapes, some caterpillars, some rabbits, others balls.
For those who did not play for Frontliners (Sarah, James, Roselyn), he gave them a keychain each, bought from Camerons during the Unleashed! Sports Leadership Camp.
Not finished yet, he then thanked the management team personally, Cap'n Marvel Steven for being a wonderful equipment manager and transport minister, Kuan Yang for being his trusted assistant and teacher, Sarah for seeing his many flaws and correcting him and starting the spark that would eventually produce an all-girls team, and Pei Li for doing a great job with the blog. All of the above were considerably nervous when he talked, and if not for the dim lighting, would have been seen blushing.
A 'see you in 2008' by the CEO appropriately ended the 1st Annual Dinner of the club.
*He apparently forgot to thank one more person in the management team for his outstanding vision and drive that brought the club up and running, and also his wonderful work ethic and commitment to the players' individual development, but it probably was on purpose, therefore that person shall remain unnamed.*
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Good for people to know.
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