The Roaring Seventies
Born in the late forties, I was just the right age to welcome the Roaring Seventies. I had just started my first job in a local company based in Jalan Ampang in 1971. I was just 21 then and had began to earn some money at last. But now I had a permanenet job and was being recognised for my artistic and creative talents. I was posted in the PR department and did a little copywriting and designing of point of sale posters. In those days production was a bit old fashioned and stuff you had to print was made into a block and then printed. Soon they changed into films and into offset printing. But I learnt a lot from the advertising agency that I was dealing with.
The place I worked in was a motley assemblage of different characters.
This office was also the place where I first began to date girls. Throughout my schooldays I had always been uncomfortable with women and tried to avoid them. But now I had plucked up courage because of the guys I was mixing with. So the office annual dinner was the first time I began to dance with girls. By then I had also begun dating a special girl. But two years later she dumped me for a friend of mine. I remember how heartbroken I was. But God had other plans for me.
More office parties and soon I forgot about my first girl. Then came my biggest break. I was offered a position in a new subsidiary of my company as a manager. It was 1994. The money was also good and it came with bonuses. It was time to party. So I put my akward past infatuations behind me and decided to live a litte for the years in the wilderness. At the same time I was placed as the Public Relations Manager of a hotel in Petaling Jaya.
Things began to look up a little. I was sent abroad to see how Italian and Chinese restaurants were run. I got a new Mini 1275 GT and besides that a second car, a Alfa Romeo coupe.
Then began days that lasted well into the morning with a lot of boozing and crazy stuff. We used to drink well into the mornings and get up the next day for work with mighty hangovers. We used to party every night. It was also the time when a lot of house parties used to be organised. Every one's in a while a friend would throw a party when his or her parents were not in. Some of us would bring the liquor, some would organise the girls, some the lighting and the decor and some the music to play.No worries about 'snoop squads' or cops. Our bodies were young, it could take the punishment. I used to meet a lot of people, nice and some not so. When you are doing well, you have a lot of friends.
After I got married, things started to change. Kids came and along with them came responsibilty. I bought a house and changed jobs. Its been good so far. The kids have grown up and I have gone a bit wiser. My wife and I still like a night out and the pub to listen to music and just relax. There is this quaint little pub in PJ that we hang out in. The place brings good memories back to me. Most of the bands that play there have one or two guys who used to play at the Disco in my hotel back in the seventies. Some have grown fatter,some are balding like me. But we remember the good times and we still love the Roaring Seventies.
The place I worked in was a motley assemblage of different characters.
This office was also the place where I first began to date girls. Throughout my schooldays I had always been uncomfortable with women and tried to avoid them. But now I had plucked up courage because of the guys I was mixing with. So the office annual dinner was the first time I began to dance with girls. By then I had also begun dating a special girl. But two years later she dumped me for a friend of mine. I remember how heartbroken I was. But God had other plans for me.
More office parties and soon I forgot about my first girl. Then came my biggest break. I was offered a position in a new subsidiary of my company as a manager. It was 1994. The money was also good and it came with bonuses. It was time to party. So I put my akward past infatuations behind me and decided to live a litte for the years in the wilderness. At the same time I was placed as the Public Relations Manager of a hotel in Petaling Jaya.
Things began to look up a little. I was sent abroad to see how Italian and Chinese restaurants were run. I got a new Mini 1275 GT and besides that a second car, a Alfa Romeo coupe.
Then began days that lasted well into the morning with a lot of boozing and crazy stuff. We used to drink well into the mornings and get up the next day for work with mighty hangovers. We used to party every night. It was also the time when a lot of house parties used to be organised. Every one's in a while a friend would throw a party when his or her parents were not in. Some of us would bring the liquor, some would organise the girls, some the lighting and the decor and some the music to play.No worries about 'snoop squads' or cops. Our bodies were young, it could take the punishment. I used to meet a lot of people, nice and some not so. When you are doing well, you have a lot of friends.
After I got married, things started to change. Kids came and along with them came responsibilty. I bought a house and changed jobs. Its been good so far. The kids have grown up and I have gone a bit wiser. My wife and I still like a night out and the pub to listen to music and just relax. There is this quaint little pub in PJ that we hang out in. The place brings good memories back to me. Most of the bands that play there have one or two guys who used to play at the Disco in my hotel back in the seventies. Some have grown fatter,some are balding like me. But we remember the good times and we still love the Roaring Seventies.
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