MGI Conference
Under the guise of attending the MGI Conference in Italy in October and after booking plane tickets to Italy for himself and his wife , Martin left his registration a little too late and spent three weeks traversing around Italy. At the same time, Jenny and her husband attended the MGI conference. Jenny had resigned herself to a 3kg weight gain (due to the anticipated pizza, pasta and wine consumption), but was pleasantly surprised that the extra walking negated any negative effects! Jenny’s trip included Florence, Venice, Tuscany and Siena, ( and of course the MGI Conference in Rome). . She was among the first to enter Uffizi and was very lucky to have a moment alone with one of the most famous paintings. Jenny has summed up the trip with lots of coffees, and way too much food! Bruce also went away around the same time visiting his daughter in Belgium who was residing there for work training the Belgium hockey team. The office was a little quiet during the period!
Mid November saw Sunok take a few weeks’ break and head back to Korea to visit family, but in all honesty it seems like it was really a tour of the Korean Golf Courses as Sunok has caught the golfing bug!
35th Anniversary
December 1st was the Firm’s 35th anniversary. We had a morning tea, and decorated the office with photos from all 35 years! Special mention also goes to Graeme Jennings and Ros Dowton who have been with us since the beginning. Many a great story was told especially how much technology had changed and enhanced our productivity and communications.
Holidays
Melissa made the most of our two week Christmas break to visit Japan with her family and a trip back home to China to see extended family. She loved Japan and took her daughter to all the usual touristy sights. The time in China was at a slower pace making the most of precious family time and spending time with her and her husband’s family.
Christmas Break
Sonam also made the most of the two weeks Christmas break taking a full month off to go back to Bhutan.
The last week before the office closed for Christmas saw us all dress a bit more festive with festive attire being the fashion of the week. A few of us donned our best Christmas shirts (and everyone else laughed at us!)
Finally the year ended with our Christmas lunch that went well into the night. A three course lunch was enjoyed at Frasers Restaurant and we were fortunate to have a visit from Santa who handed out presents to all. A few of us continued into the night finding our way to the busy bar life of Perth’s CBD.
