Milestones…
Every once so often, as we walk along the path of life, we come across momentous occasions that serve as a milestone in our journeys. I have a habit of accentuating moments such as these so that they remain in the gallery of memory somehow, in hope that when we’re old and gray some day, we would be able to look back and remember those milestones exactly the way they happened and how they have shaped our lives to be what they are.
Today, my dearest best friend and his partners have achieved such a milestone. It is the 19th of March 2006…a date that would be synonymous to the opening of the Clutch-gamers café (is that what it’s called?), particularly to those who are involved. It is a memorable occasion indeed, one that marked the hours and hours of planning, fine tuning the idea and making it a reality somehow. Not to mention the facing and overcoming of obstacles along the way (I knew there were many), as well as the late nights of setting up the place so that it is ready for business the way one would see it today.
This cyber cafe is a nice little shop lot with whitewashed walls and cool lights, nestled in the bustling business center of SS2. I myself have chanced to watch its transformation from scratch to the clean elegance that it now portrays. Even though it is not my own, I feel the rush of excitement watching it ‘grow’ somehow, like a baby that is nurtured into something magnificent. Ahh, if I could feel a sense of pride having been involved along the way, what more for the people who were responsible for making it happen in the first place? (Okay, so I was more of an observer most of the time, but I did help carry some of the PCs up one flight of stairs huffing and puffing all the way huhuhu, and I played the role of a stress reliever, making dumb comments during our countless drinking sessions to de-stone our directors haha. Oh, not forgetting, us gals helped label the tiny padlocks with their teeny weenie keys – can you imagine how small the stickers were? Really only a little bigger than someone’s nose shit hahahaha. If the guys were to do it, they would take forever!). Anyway…
The heartiest congratulations to Ryan, Kevin and Bert for the launch of their very first café. Despite the hair-pulling frustrations, headaches and claims of high fever, you’ve all survived and made it to this point. (Trust me, there was a point of time when there wasn’t a single sentence they uttered that wasn’t peppered with some sort of foul word. That was the extent of their frustration!) Anyway, hope that all the obstacles have enriched your lives in terms of experiences that would be useful in the future. May there be many, many more openings like this along the way. Oh, and remember to spare me a Queen’s seat and mark it with my name. I want my seat to be covered in nice soft fur, not longer than an inch, but not shorter than half an inch. :p
Having said that, let’s seal it all with a dainty sip of rose champagne, courtesy of yours truly. Three cheers to a successful voyage ahead!
Note: Yes, Master Ryan (you soooooo wish), I’m still looking for the money plant that supposedly would bring you guys hordes of $$$$$$$$!
