November Hit List

Back by popular demand, it's Top Five time again!!! Did you really think that we'd gone away and become monks living in Shaolin monastery, and have to avert our eyes at the bounteous beauty on display every single day in Orange Heaven?? No!!! That'll happen when Captain Haddock becomes King. Which is to say, never.

And it's only heaven because of you lovely ladies, by the way :)

Anyway. This time, to be fair and to have a little bit of fun, we're gonna include everyone who was voted. A little tidbit of juicy insider quotes is included with each lovely lady. Quotes are actual statements gathered from everyone, and are not fabricated by Captain Haddock. Just in case there's a lynch mob.

Enjoy! Or be disgusted *shrug*

In alphabetical order:

AW - Cute as a button and sexy in a studious sort of way

CK - Apparently, this lady has the full package.

Eu L - Those frilly, pretty, tutu-esque skirts give new meaning to the phrase "chasing skirts"

EO - Sexy tattoo on smooth silky skin. Nice!

ES - Perfect wife. Proof of the old adage "The way to a man's heart is thru his stomach." Luv 'em muffins!

FBJ - The original Lara Croft

FF - One could stare forever at (and drown in) those big doe eyes of hers

Gen L - True blue oriental look, best in a kimono. Of course, those short short skirts go a long long way too!

HI - Sexy voice, smells nice, and dresses well

JSL - The MC Bond Girl. Not the modern day kickass type. More of the traditional sultry 'specimen'.

ML - The other Lara Croft

MN - Brainy chick with a hot bod to boot.

SL - Really tight dressing. Sometimes too tight. While she can still breathe, some apparently cannot.

SNA - Voted the "tightest body" in the office

SW - Somebody used the song "I'm too sexy" by Right Said Fred to describe her

WM - Got the 'sayang' look

XQ - An almost-hug encounter helped to change one Sixpacker's mind about her

Match day

Friday once again and it was almost time for the big match. The pre-match formalities got underway with the photo-taking session.

DK can't wait to mete out hardcore punishment to ML and takes a swipe. With remarkable ease, ML keeps his arms folded while dexterously moving out of harm's way, and even has time to flash a smile for the camera.

ML and BB in the thick of action. This time ML literally sees red and goes for it. BB responds with a straight elbow to the neck. Typical violent reaction from a 'pool fan :Þ

Finally the four great rivals are persuaded to come together for a photo. But DK can't seem to focus on the camera; what's he looking at? LL, I'll bet ;)

At last DK takes his (sore) eyes off LL and looks at the camera.

It was the build-up to what should have been one of the greatest ever matches. Alas, it was not to be, as a massive thunderstorm wrecked "The Greatest Match Ever". So it was on to....

Carrom!

The "Greatest Match Ever" turned out to be a free for all game of carrom :/

The Bald Truth

*Pic courtesy of ML

Quotable quote:

"Lex Luthor: Ruthless and brilliant diaboloical mad genius
bent on taking over the world.
Dr. Evil: Comical parody of aforementioned ruthless and brilliant diabolical mad genius
bent on taking over the world.

Mini-Me: Irritating midget

I'm happy as long as I don't fall into category 3..."

Happy BooDay!

You know it's time for another birthday (or farewell...) when you see one of these going around the office...

The creative circulation envelope starring BB as a teppanyaki chef

After the innumerable birthday celebrations held at the pantry, the Orange People decided to get creative and make full use of their resources.

They decided to hold the BooDay celebrations at the rooftop! (This also served to remind BB of his unforgettable rooftop tanning session with his twin.)

Anyways, everyone was told to wait at the roof at 8.45am while the other six packers were supposed to get BB upstairs on the pretense of 'having coffee'. But it just goes to show that men aren't equipped with the cunning that such maneuveurs require because everyone was waiting and waiting...

... with the sun shining and shining...

... and the cake melting and melting.

The official birthday cake's back... and melting!
(One candle is used for people whose ages go beyond 30)

KS doing her best to shield herself from UV rays

Some literally chose to be Slim and Shady

More shady people

Finally, after a phonecall from MN direct to the BooMan himself...

The Six Pack saunter upstairs

The main man

BB sweating on behalf of the poor melting cake

Everyone going *squint squint* in the glaring sun

So without further ado, the song was sung...

BB's eyeing the cake already

EL plays paparazzi too

*Puff*

The crowd

Right

Centre

Left

Mark provided some bubbly fun

NT bubbling with glee

MV and J get bubbly too

Card and presents

Checking out the card

The name's B...

FC zoom-in

... Uncle B that is!

ROP and BC zoom-ins

Opening the presents: It's a black...

Superman tee! (Actually everything else turned out to be black too:
singlet, shorts and socks to... err... better match the almost-Bond theme!)

Soon after, everyone scuttled into the shade
for the cake-cutting and eating...

MN eyeing her favourite cake

Hungry people

BB hands out the first slice to KS

BB the consummate host

MV's aerodynamic hair

Oh the carnage, the carnage!

Meanwhile, in Le Orange Cafe, a private tete-a-tete was going on...

Looks like ML doesn't need the SDU services of BB

Pseudo 'wedding' pics

The 'happy' couple

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

The cake-and-photo people

Table 0

Everyone at Magnolia's!

The 'Thank You' poem that summed up the event:

This is written in appreciation,
For the wonderful birthday celebration,
Love the cool black presents,
But more than that....your presence.

Was surprised when I saw so many missing,
Thought the power failure sent everyone running.
First time I had it at the rooftop,
So good I didn't want it to stop.

Your well wishes on the card are sweet,
So too the design that's really neat.
Another year then for this ol' uncle,
33 years it is.... but it just keeps getting better! :P

M wastes no time

Spotted and overheard today at the canteen, M with his finger in one of his many pies (please don't take it the wrong way ;p ). Soon he'll run out of fingers and have to use his toes.

Wonder what her response was? :D

Nickelodean

Pre-celebration preparations:

The 20 chocolate muffins iced, candled and ready to go!

The SuperSamosa-Nick card and the "Happy BD Nick" muffin-cake

NT sizing up his alter-ego -- SuperSamosa Nick

Looks like he likes it/him!

Singin' the BD song:

*clap clap, sing sing*

The others

The pseudo huff

The presents:

BB does the honours of handing NT his Winnie-the-Pooh-wrapped presents

It's a cool (and dri) blue running tee and err... three pairs of white socks!

Handing out the muffins:

Tag Team: NT with the muffins, MN with the tissues

BB gets his 'B' muffin

Quotable quote:

MN: Argh! There're no more tissues!
BB: Have! You have to dig deeper. This 'Liverpool' tissue always 'sinks'...
ES: Hahaha because Liverpool always sinks?

Photo-taking:

Scattered crowd before group shot

The girls

Everyone and their muffins

The first publicity shot of the famed Six-Pack

Says it all, doesn't it?

The card:

NT finally reads his BD card

Close-up of the card

Reading the poem out loud while the other six-packers munch away

Finally, the LSS team!