Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dinner with the Bosses

Two weeks into the year and everyone was yearning for a break and a break we got, courtesy of Gary Webster and Gerywn Williams. We had a wonderful dinner at Chokolat Royal, a fancy dining place in Victoria Island, or was it Lekki, who knows? Just look at the walk way within the restaurant.

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Some of us early birds started with some cool drinks at the balcony of the restaurant.

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Below are some pictures of the night. We had the choice of a steak, prawn or spicy chicken. I had the steak but those who had the prawn said there were huge and absolutely mouth watering. But unfortunately I was too busy eating to take any picture except for my desert, the Mexican Cigar (chocolate ice cream and bananas).

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And the rest of the pictures… All name given from foreground to back.

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Daniel, Tim and Jason. Tim had just trimmed his Joe Cross style beard the night before.

 

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Daniel, yours truly and Samir, the Egina project manager for.

 

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Andrew, Gerwyn (the second most powerful man in JP Kenny), Hazem and David.

 

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Paul, Alek, Jon and John & the man with the menu.

 

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The thinker James, Tim and Daniel. James always thinks hard before every meal. Tim is the one who provides all the laughter in any room he’s in – a good sport. Daniel the brain.

 

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My boss, Pinto; Gary, the big boss; Craig and Jason, my bosses boss.

 

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I think you know the cast by now.

 

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David and Jason.

 

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Andrew must be trying hard to convince Gerwyn of something. I wonder if he succeeded?

 

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Hazem and David.

 

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One for the camera – John, Jon, Alek and Paul.

 

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Two good friends – Alek and Paul.

 

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The coolest kid on the block – Hazem.

 

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Samir, the Egina project manager.

 

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The restaurant maitre d’.

 

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The four pictures below were taken at the bar where the bar man was busy serving some hard liquor. Note the extra smiles!

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It was a fun night. 5 hours of good food, drinks and more importantly, good company. Gary made a comment about the team spirit in the team – a bunch of people gathered quite quickly from all over the world, working in Lagos for 4 months now, under some tough conditions and yet we’re doing well.

Thanks Gary for a wonderful night out. Hopefully we can have this every week ;)

4 comments:

Crankster said...

Well, you guys sure had fun! :-)

pauline26 said...

:) we sure did. Wonder when the next dinner will be.

Anonymous said...

my dad needs to order salads from now, hes got a bit of a beer belly!
(ps am talking about paul charlton) :p

pauline26 said...

Well, your dad is the envy of the other drinkers as no one can match him.