By Isabelle Privé
Allow me to tell you how our group photo session turned into a surprisingly eventful evening full of fun and laughter.
About 2 weeks ago, we decided to meet at 7 pm to have photos taken of Team Kili-2012.
As most of us left work much earlier, the occasion turned into a 5 - 7 get-together at a lounge bar nearby.
As soon as we got there, we realised it was full and we'd have to find somewhere else.
OK - Sylvain, call Catherine to tell her we're going to the terrace bar across from the office - and ring Manon too - she's still at work.
As soon as we got there, we realised it was full and we'd have to find somewhere else.
OK - Sylvain, call Catherine to tell her we're going to the terrace bar across from the office - and ring Manon too - she's still at work.
- Hi, Manon - yes, we've got to change places....
On the way across the road, Sylvain's cell phone rings.
- Hi, that's full too....
On the way across the road, Sylvain's cell phone rings.
- Hi, that's full too....
All turn - destination: bar number 3.
- Hello, Manon... No, no room there either.... Meet us at bar number 3. ...
- Hi, Catherine.....
- Hi, Catherine.....
Just having a drink has turned into quite an adventure! In excellent company, with a spare hour or so, the fun started - chat, chat, chat, a joke here, an anecdote there..
- By the way, I've news about the shirts... The muffins are selling like hot cakes... Hey, I've bought my hiking sticks ..... Wow, Sylvain, is your shirt red.....or is it red..... Well, yes, I suppose.....
- By the way, I've news about the shirts... The muffins are selling like hot cakes... Hey, I've bought my hiking sticks ..... Wow, Sylvain, is your shirt red.....or is it red..... Well, yes, I suppose.....
Oops, it's 7, we'll have to get going!.... Laughing all the way to the park where we were meeting for the photos. ........You really had to be there...
While Chantal is explaining that we have to look natural, be casual, pretend there's no camera, I'm clowning around with Geneviève, Nathalie and Rosanna. Martine climbs a tree with Louis. Manon does the splits (that's true!). Sylvain and André perch on a wall. We roar about Julie's twins (imagine, her eldest daughter is at karate with her father and there's no time to find a sitter..) We all hug Manon M. just for fun. We laugh and fool around for an hour and a half. Some of us even end up dancing on the terrace opposite the office (plenty of room by then).
I'll never forget that evening because it was the first time we were all together just to have fun. The group I want to climb Kilimanjaro with was born that evening. We're all different, but the chemistry was there and, all of a sudden, we all felt the magic.
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