Getting our just desserts

The rewards of journalism are rarely pecuniary. Which is why a slap up meal at one of the newest fancy restaurants in town at someone else's expense is always greatly appreciated. Not just that, but the wise old heads at Text100, one of my favourite IT PR agencies, correctly predicted that most journalists would already have had about as much yu sheng as they could stomach ... and therefore the obligatory raw fish and sugared, honeyed diced vegetable salad was dispensed with in favour of something a little different.

In this instance, Oracle were hosting a Chinese New Year meal for Singapore media at Aurum in Clarke Quay. Good - if slightly weird - food, good company always helps bridge the gap between the news makers and the news breakers.

I enjoyed swapping notes with Frank Koo, Managing Director for Oracle Singapore, as well as catching up with some of my peers from the local media scene ... though it is amazing how the IT journalism landscape is shrinking. It can't be good for the vendors, or the reading public to see so few journalists being in a position to specialise in IT reporting. Think I'll have to discuss this in a future post.

[Not pictured is Janice Wong ... Text100 Account Manager, amateur photographer, and honorary Jock.]