The owner of Cafe W.I.P is actually the same owner as Souled Out and sevenatenine. I'm not sure which magazine I read it from (was it Prestige?) but one of the questions there were asked were "Would you ever consider franchising these places?", and their response was "No, because every area is unique. Hartamas needed a place like Souled Out, and Bangsar a place like W.IP. It should never be more than one type of restaurant per area".
So, anyhow, we had a gathering there a few weeks back. Our previous gatherings have always been about large quantities of food and sort of minimal mingling. This time, direction from the top was to change up the format a little, have it a bit more of a cocktail party setting. After much haggling with the W.I.P event management guys, we settled on something we were all happy with. We had a buffett dinner in the outdoor setting. The only peev I had about this place is that it's super WARM (everyone was sweating), and they did try their best by setting up fans, but because it was a hot night, it couldnt really be helped. I wonder if this was their ploy to get us to buy more drinks... The food was alright, and we did end up with alot of leftovers.
We made everyone who was late for the event to down glasses of Coke, which trust me is alot harder than downing alcohol. There was also a dress code for the night which was to wear the colours of the Mozambique flag (as that day was the Mozambique National Day). Dont ask me why I planned this, it was just an excuse to phych people up.
We had some games lined up for the night, and one of the games was where we got people to count upwards, but omitting the number 7, multiples of 7 or numbers which contained 7 in it. This turned out pretty funny, and some were truly gifted at this game.. We also had another game where males were worth a certain amount and females were worth another amount, and we shouted out currency amounts to make them form into groups. That was truly chaotic in W.I.P. At that point, we had all the outdoor guests 
looking at us weirdly. Not that we noticed, but W.I.P staff were telling me about it later in the night.
looking at us weirdly. Not that we noticed, but W.I.P staff were telling me about it later in the night.So, to conclude a great event, we had to have a group photo, so here it was, hope everyone had an enjoyable night, and more to come :D
(Thanks to Jasmine, Ronan, and David for the photos). The SLR group is growing i heard...
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