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26 August 2010

She Has Curlers In Her Hair - I Even Heard Her Singing In The Abbey

The office Social Club recently launched a competition, with entries to be posted on their Facebook group.

I have no idea what this competition is for, but Maria has submitted a video entry.

She is dressed as a famous Indonesian pop star, with hair in flowing ringlets which are moving in the breeze. The breeze is being created by a small fan operated by one of her crew. Maria is heavily made up and lip-synching to the pop star's latest hit.

This video also features 2 of Maria's colleagues, playing characters from the pop star's real life: her current boyfriend and his ex-wife. Apparently, before getting with Maria's character, he caught his wife cheating on him and this eventually lead to their divorce.

The boyfriend is played by a small, thin man from level 18. I think he works in the Security office. His ex-wife works on our floor, in Finance. The only other character to appear is the person holding the fan, who inadvertently wanders into frame a couple of times.

About 3/4 of the way through the video, while mouthing some very gentle and loving lyrics, the ex-wife walks slowly behind Maria and the boyfriend. Even though Maria's back is to this woman, she reaches back and gives her a wallop to the head without even needing to look. Further proof of her Jedi skills.

In other news ... today I also received an email from our finance auditor, asking why my receipts have still not been sent to them after repeated requests. Clearly Maria has not been spending enough time at her desk. This has created an increasingly bad outcome for me. However, after seeing this video I'm pleased to know that her time is not being wasted. My financial well-being is a sacrifice I'm prepared to make, for the greater good.