went to Unisen's xmas party tonight - it was held a few mins away from the office @ the Toronto Congress Centre - buffet and cocktails and no charge to the employees! It was a great evening and I came away impressed with the event, the enthusiasm of everyone, and that it was a really nice party on the company. After the coat check we headed into the main banquet hall to discover it was "Chicago" (the movie) theme night - with evidence from the beautiful scantily-clad women handing out (chocolate) cigars and the huge sign by the 'sign-in' gate, of course. Raffle tix were handed out along with 2 drink tix which myself and fellow team members gladly used at the bar. Formal business attire was the dresscode so i wore my interview 'suit' minus the tie. The types of food available were diverse and smartly located throughout the hall - i had the roast beef, the risotto, pasta, sushi, ice cream & crepe for dessert. In another section of the divided hall was a mock casino with blackjack, roulette and poker tables. i grabbed some food and afterwards settled in the texas hold 'em poker table where the pot was always BIG - luckily 2 team members were playing and when they left they gave me their chips - i eventually 'cashed' in whatever i had left for more raffle tix. i received ~25 tix from the dealer's roll and so it was a fairly good range of consecutive #s - good b/c a few mins later, i would win 2 prizes from that set of tix! actually, i only went up to receive the first prize as i let my coworker claim the 2nd one (someone else had gone up a 2nd time to claim, but ppl boo-ed and they drew another #). there were 20 prizes starting from Unisen branded clothing all the way to the last 3 prizes - the good shit - raptors tix were third last, a digital camera was the penultimate, and finally a 10GB Apple iPod. DAMN. i almost won the iPod too with another ticket i had being off by 1 on the last digit... all in all, it was fun and well worth going to!