The Breakfast Club, nice and calm before we arrive. Coffee was really nice this morning. A bunch of new people, some old faces, and great chat.
Since The Breakfast Club always have nice badges I thought it'd be nice to make some coffee morning ones. So there they are. There were 20, I gave out 15 this morning, there are 5 left. This makes them exceeding rare. Expect to see them making record money on ebay shortly.
First to arrive was Sarah, who, for some reason I failed to photograph. And she very kindly brought be a gift from China. It's a Buddah box, but not one of the beautician/eno-oriented ones imported by canny Germans and filled with ambient tinklings. This one is an authentic, from-the-temple-type-device full of your actual chanting. It's brilliant. Thanks Sarah.
Actually, I know now why I didn't photograph Sarah, it's because she was sitting next to Dipti and I did shoot Dipti but then we both agreed that it wasn't a flattering picture so I deleted it. And then I forgot to do another. Sorry. Anyway.
So here's Andrew and Adil.
Ian, Tony and Rana. Note the jumper style that's clearly de rigueur with planner/researcher types.
Tony and Rana again, with Tim.
Rana has been mysteriously replaced with Stevie.
Last, but not least, Paul and Charles. We also had the very regulars Paul and Henry but you've seen their pictures a thousand times, though I was excited that Paul brought his yo-yo. I was delighted but flustered by all the new people so I might have missed someone, or got a name wrong, or missed a link, sorry if that's happened.
The conversation ranged too far to be reported here, from whether 2007 would be a lucky year and if it was surely it would be lucky for everyone and would that therefore count as incremental luckiness for any one individual, to how great the Science Museum is. And all sorts of stuff in between.
Really nice to see you all. Same time, same place, next week.
Not sure about those matching stripey jumpers. If this look catches on it could easily become the planners' very own 'pens in the pocket' type style statement.
Posted by: Stan Lee | January 05, 2007 at 10:05 PM
It should be a very lucky year indeed, at least if you believe in Chines folklore, as it is the Year of the Golden Pig.
Many Koreans believe that 2007 will be the most prosperous year for 600 years and the government has forecast a rise in the birth rate of 10% as a result!
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200612/kt2006123119133111710.htm
Posted by: Lee McEwan | January 05, 2007 at 10:32 PM
Hi Sarah! I'd lost your details, now I have them back again...
Posted by: Ben | January 05, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Great coffee & chat, had to leave early owing to matching jumper situation.
Later on that day I picked up a copy of the evening standard which had a full on daily mail style rant about ethical purchasing and air travel, so one of our predictions looks spot on.
Also been thinking about the "channel neutral" agency, sounds better than integrated....
Posted by: Ian Crocombe | January 06, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Sounds like a good event.. will have to come along soon and get one of those badges (especially if there are only 5 left).
I'll be able to make next weeks, if one is going on.
Posted by: Will | January 06, 2007 at 05:39 PM