The last saturday gone by. The day before Haloween. 29th right? Yeah that was the date for this years Carphone Warehouse Annual Ball. I wasnt gonna go at first cos i hadnt planned on taking someone with me and Abe happened to be in London that weekend.
I couldnt just tell her, you stay wherever you are, i'm going to the ball. This all stems from the fact that even though the ball is free for employees and other invited guest of the company, were they to bring a partner or friend along, it's £50. More if the company is organising your transport as well.
After days of indecision, we decided i was gonna go to the ball, sign in and promptly get out so we could go party eslewhere... cos one of the rules is that if you RSVP and dont turn up you get charged £50.
It's hugely popular and people that are late to RSVP might find that even it fully booked so many people, as in my case, rsvp as soon as they can without checking against their schedule for other things.
The long and short of it is that I managed to blag my way in with Abeyna, meaning we didnt have to trek back across town to find some other club to party.
The venue was Black Island Studios near Park Royal, West London. Same venue last year. It's this really spacious film studio with the room in the studio decorated and named to match this years theme; Moulin Rouge.
As you would expect, Satine's Boudoux was the most popular room. I can speculate what was going on in thet room but Abe and I made a mistake of going in there and coming out. Later after checking out all the other rooms and trynna go back in there we found we could hardly get it cos it was too bustling.
Oh and I dont think the fact that it was dimly lit and had dark encloses grottos for possibly making out to your hearts content has any bearing on its popularity.
Well we had to settle for the R&B room which was the next best thing to Satine's. Not so good music but it beat having to watch will young sing.
Yup! This year's surprise artistes were Will Young and Jamelai. We didnt get to see Jamelia though cos we went there around about midnight. I bet Abe's still cursing me for spending too much time on the computer!!
On why I hate smokers, well i suppose i've always detested them but it's time to make it official. I hate smokers!
Since that night, i've had a really sore throat that's blossomed into a runny and blocked nose. Sigh! When is shoot a smoker day? For all the sleepless nights i'm about to have becuase of this, maybe i should shoot one smoker for every one of them. I'll probably be more humane than that lung cancer their harboring.
Oh another thing... Since the ball, I've silently sat back while Abe narrates the incidents of the night to some family member or friend and it's so fun to hear her always say how good the whole experience was. Then when she gets to the bit where she says how packed the place was and she throws that "10,000" figure at them.
Well, she has a habit of asking for figures and when told "I have no idea" she'll insist on an estimate. That night when she asked how many people were at the ball, i wasnt in a mood to play estimate-ping-pong so i said the first thing that came to mind. She's stuck with that. Thing is, for all i know, there could have been 20,000.
Anyway, here are some pictures. I'm sorry there arent that many pictures with me in there. I forgot to take my cam well technically not, but i didnt think i was gonna be staying at the ball.
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(L-R) Kevin, Bonny, Martin, Mark -- The Sofa-so-good club. Cant you spot the Faf and Abe?
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(L-R) Martin, Roger (Should I start my smoker clipping with him?), Bonny, Kevin (I'm taking captions for this one), Markey Mark
Catption ideas for Kevin:
1. "For some Haloween had come a day earlier"
2. "The full moon was affecting him. He was turning"
3. "It's so much effort with that guy sitting on my head"
Author: Tiffany
Date/Time: November 5, 2004 2:46 AM
Yea, sadly, smokers pretty much take care of themselves. :-\ I think Mark's feather boa was a nice touch. I think faf could've used a touch of glitter.
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