The Fidessa / LatentZero (a recent in the world of mergers & acquisitions) Christmas Party was held on Saturday 15th.

The Venue:
Planit Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, WC2

The Event:
6.30pm Drinks Reception
7.45pm Sit Down Dinner
For the rest of the evening, the entertainment included: dodgem cars, dancing, casino tables and simulators.

We were vaguely on time this year (only 15 minutes late), we being Demon & I, since I still don't have a hot girlfriend (or any girlfriend for that matter). Technically it was Charlie's opportunity this year, but he's now got a girlfriend, and a whole large part of his life has become a void to us, I'm sure he's happy but it allows him little time for other leisures. Maybe, next time?!)

I was quite indifferent this year about the going to the actual event. It was a large crowd. The venue was catering for it better than last year. From what memory serves, the food too was a notch up from last year. The main problem about this year was the time. It wrapped up pretty quickly and with a large number of people to meet and greet, I didn't really get round to all the worthy people that I would have wished to. On the brighter side I looked dapper as always (see pretty picture on right) and got complimented for it by a substantial number of people. It was only around the end of the night that I realised that I probably only complimented a couple of people, if that. Never "Mind it".

When we decided to finally head home at around quarter past one (on the last last train 01:42 from Waterloo), we found out at 01:40 while comfortably sitting on the train, that they'd decided to cancel it. After hanging about a half hour and developing a cold which I'm still suffering from, a replacement bus arrived that took us home.