Part the Second
In attendance:
alex.tan
freaek
Gemini
Kalon
lignocaine
simonc
sneff
Trina
and two not-yet-e2-noders (names left out to protect the innocent) - who were, of course, formally informed that resistance is futile.
We met Kam Fook restaurant at the top of Market City, in Chinatown, Sydney. A great feast was had by all.
When we started ordering, I was surprised at how fast the table filled up with food. The waitresses must have loved simonc, Kalon and freaek - they just said "Yes!" to quite a lot of stuff.
freaek had a quick lesson in the use of chopsticks, hunger proving to be a good learning motivator - he was told that he was going to eat with chopsticks or not at all ...
Somehow we managed to get through a whole yum cha session without a single dish of siew mai or har gow or har cheong arriving. I did manage to get a bowl of gwai ling ko, a blackish jelly that lignocaine shared while simonc, Trina and Kalon had their first taste of. It was declared that you could not be truly evil unless you ate this stuff.
A dish of chicken feet was ordered but the only takers were sneff, lignocaine and me.
Topics of discussion ranged from world domination to networking.
Some time was spent in the video arcade in the same building as the yum cha restaurant. We managed to win enough tickets (through spending enough money) to redeem a "mascot" for our Sydney trip. We ended up choosing a monkey, who was promptly named "Spank".
The next stop was Bridie O'Reilley's, the Irish Pub not far away. Kalon shouted all of us for all the drinks. There was some discussion about the nature of E2, the future of E2 and, amongst other things there was, of course, world domination. Kalon and sneff took some time off to look at dodgy hardware shops.
Then, we managed to wing our way over to play Laser tag at Zone 3, a converted old warehouse. It was a fun, though tiring time. Three sessions of continuous running and shooting lasting 15 minutes each can really tire you out. freaek had the best overall score, probably no doubt due to his added experience in it.
My recalling of the story ends here as we left for the city. lignocaine had to go back to the 'Gong and I had to leave for dinner with other friends in Newtown. Kalon was nice enough to send us. We owe him one. Or two.
The rest of the group continued to have dinner in Surry Hills. Gemini and Trina took a flight back to Melbourne at 2100. Details to follow, hopefully.
I'm looking forward to holding more Sydney Everythingian Get-togethers. :-)