Web Access Annual Day, Oops Week !

Last night was the Web Access Annual Day Celebration. It was the culmination of 1 week of plain, unadulterated fun, by the WA Team for the WA Team. The celebrations started on Monday, itself. There were several competitions.

Some traditional. Many not so traditional. So the events started with the  company being divided into 4 teams. The points gained by each team would be added together to come up with a final winning team.

Some of the traditional competitions were Carom, Table-tennis, Sudoku. The not so traditional included Team Theme, where each team members had to dress up in a theme. The judges made the event even more exciting by asking the teams to spontaneously perform .

Twins, an event where people had to come dressed similarly. Some of them were so good that I mistook one for the other, and wondered how someone who was quite tall in the morning became short in the afternoon.

Mis-match where people dressed up as badly as they could. And most who are normally well dressed showed us just how creatively badly dressed they could be. It might be appropriate to mention that I managed to become the WA Table Tennis champ. Thanks to Deepak who beat me every year, but was away in the US and luckily (for me) came in the next day.

There were the usual suspect competitions, such as Poetry Writing, Story Writing and Painting. I was amazed at the amount of talent unearthed and was left wondering what these artists were doing at WA.
The eve of the Annual Day has a Krazy Awards. Unfortunately I missed it, but I was given to understand that they were hilarious and brilliant. And no one was spared. Especially not me. On second thoughts maybe it was good I missed them.

The Annual Day was held at a scenic open air garden restaurant in Thane. The ambience was good, and the atmosphere electric. There were several performances put up by various groups. Considering the limited time that was available for practice, most performances were awesome.

The dance by the girls group of Anum, Ashwini  P, Ashwini R, Meenakshi, & Priyanka, deserves a special mention. It was Bollywood quality.

The highlight of the event was the awards ceremony. Hosted by Priyanka and the amazingly talented Deepak. His deadpan faced humor is subtle, classy and funny. I’d pay to see Deepak perform. The surprise was when the Debutante of the Year, the most awaited award was announced. And it was surprising to see that not 1, not 2, but 3 people won it. Pravin, Anum, and Jignesh.

And this in itself tells a story. A story of the number of talented people, I have the privilege of calling “Colleagues”.