The 2004 Bangalore XLers' X'mas bash !

Thanks to the XL bangalore alumni committee and Nelson Cordeiro, the kids and the not so kids had a great X'mas bash on the 17th !



Fittingly it was Nelson, who sponsored the evening who also got a chance to dress up as Santa and hand over the gifts to the kids.



The settings of the Century Club in Cubbon Park was apt for the XLers and their families who turned up to celebrate the spirit of the holiday season.



Of course, grax was exchanged by all and sundry...and some snatches of conversation that Scooperizer was able to catch were:



"So this XLer after making his HR consulting firm one of the biggest in India has chucked it all up and is starting it all over again in Singapore !"



"Seen some great tech startups recently? We'd like to invest some seed capital.."



"Being a freelance consultant has its ups and downs , but I am enjoying it...."



"I'm thinking of buying a Toyota Camry, the Accent feels small these days.."



"The politics after the merger caused the partners to leave...pure culture clash , y'know"



"How come my competitor gets to be in the top employers of the country with 32% attrition and my organization doesn't make it , with half that rate"...



"I tell you, I joined this organization just to move to Bangalore, and they have a horrid work/life balance...I can't even go to Styx to chill out on Saturday night!"



"Guess what, slowly and surely our batch has 10 IRs in Bangalore...maybe we can have a small batch meet!"



Ahem! I'll stop here before I spill any dangerous beans , but I hope you get the general idea ;-)



Who were there?



Well the who's who of Bangalore, Titto, David, both the Georges (Olapally and Selvam), Kuru, Thomas , Zo, Anuja, Mojo, Surya, Sujitesh, Mervyn, Jabez, Kumar, and even Apprameya of the 2005 batch amongst a lot of others too :-))



Of course, the drinks were flowing (since they were free till 7.30 pm, we had quite a few early birds there !), with yummy snacks like Chicken Tikka, masala peanuts and pineapple, cheese sticks!



The food took the cake (no pun intended!) with some great Mangalorean fish, Chicken Chettinad, Pulav, Rotis, Palak Paneer, Bhindi and Salad !



Yum !



The kids discovered the adjacent park to the party venue and so quite a few XLers had to move there to keep an eye over them as they went beserk on the swings and slides there !



Till next year folks, hope you all have a great holiday season and a rocking start to 2005 !



The Scooperizer,

GG