On Saturday night Brad and I attended the American Chamber of Commerce Ball held at the Grand Hyatt. Citibank had invited us. The theme was New Orleans so everything had a jazz or Mardi Gras theme. 
The tables had mannequins standing on them in Mardi Gras outfits, there were also beads and masks on the tables for everyone to wear.
There was a jazz band, lots of wine and great food. The first course was a seafood salad( Brad had to fish the prawns out of it), the second course was a Pumkin, blackbean and prawn soup (Brad didn't dare eat it but it was delicious), next came a peppered steak with polenta and vegetables and finally we had chocolate mousse with rasberry sauce. All the money raised at the ball goes to charity, so there were lots of raffles, a silent auction and a live auction. We put in a bid for the silent auction but we didn't win (we bid for a trip to Jeju). We also bought some raffle tickets but unfortunately didn't win anything with those either. We danced, drank and chatted the night away and before we knew it, it was time to go home. As we were leaving, Brad said he felt the need for McDonalds (even after all that food) and as we stepped out of the ballroom we saw a whole lot of food laid out on various tables. There was a hotdog stand, a table full of salmon sandwiches and a dessert table. So we stopped to snack with all the other people who had the munchies and then we finally went on our way. It was a great night, we had lots of fun. 
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