Larry Poon and Gang

Last week I was invited to a Dinner and some hours of gossips amongst some more-than-middle-aged CanonMalaysians on The Street at the Curve.

I had to be somewhere and therefore couldn't join the dinner. So I arrived later just in time for the gossips. Just so you know, before I arrived, it was just small talks. They waited for me.

Since Larry was buying the dinner, he sat at his rightful head of the table place. Looking as confident as ever, you know he is the take-charge guy who gets-things-done type. For example, settling the bill.

Currently, he is running Avaxx, one of the two national distributors for Nokia. Still, the number one handphone brand in the world, I think. I can't say anything bad about him as his company buys a substantial portion of the office supplies from my company. He reminded me that evening.

Johnny Tan has changed his name to Johnnie Tan. His wife Germaine told him, now that he is fully a vegetarian, he has to change his name to coincide with the new life. Since Paul McCartney is also a vegetarian, I guess Germaine wanted Johnnie boy to be immensely rich as well. Money can come in handy, you know.

Anyhow, I am sure it was a good move as we do not want our body to be a graveyard for dead animals. I've heard this from Germaine, the last time I saw her.

Johnnie is the Assistant General Manager in Panasonic Malaysia in the Business Systems Division and if he likes you, it is possible to expect a large LCD television by Christmas.

Patrick Tam is the cool one, always smiling and always wanting to be your friend. He has diversified quite a bit and has his hand in quite some pies. If he is a Minister in Barisan, we will all be living happily ever after in this Bolehland.

Before William Augustin became really rich, he was always looking at scams to build his millions. Now that he has the money, he acquired a new wife and has started to build his dynasty. His son is still 6 months old, though. But not to worry. As he is now a Muslim, there will not be any restrictions; as birth controls do not exist and multiple wives allowed.

I think he is still in the Insertion business. (not the sexual body invasion types.) It is mail insertions where monthly statements are inserted into envelopes with various brochures riding on and done like clockwork in the hundreds of thousands every month. Think Maxis and Celcom. In case you have some money and you do not like him, try muscling into this really lucrative business.

Terence has changed his name to Terenze. No, he did not become a vegetarian and he does not listen to his wife. He just thought it was more stylish. I can't help but think he should have done this eons earlier and not now. Style does not become him at this stage in his life. I understand that Larry wanted to take his business to another level and hence Terenze should be joining him this week to tell Larry what to do.

This is the place (la). Was the food good? I forgot to ask them as I arrived late and only have a few crumbs. Most felt the red wine was not up to scratch and Larry demanded a price down or else.. . He'd got a fairly substantial discount. The German beer was superb though, suitably chilled with no tinge of sweetness, fresh with the right level of bitterness.

We spoke for quite some hours about people behind their backs. Can't divulge anything here as they may be looking in. Buy me a beer and we can talk privately.