How time flies! Dervos had another challenging but fruitful year and is ready to step into its 13th year in the valve market. It’s time to celebrate its birthday.

As usual, we spared a day for this big event of Dervos. The day, we call it the happy day, is comprised of a quite lot of activities. We rented a big house where there are a hoard of miscellaneous recreational facilities, for instance, karaoke, private cinema, AR game and so on. What’s more, its spacious kitchen and dining area are also in favor of our first activity--group cooking!

The presumed ticklish part--you know, the participants are a group of urban white-collar workers who are fed by all the food delivery apps, what more do you expect from them?-- turned out to be more than amazing: Fish Filets in Hot Chili Oil, Meat Ball, Mushroom Stew and the impressive Sea Food Pot delivered by Eric, founder of Dervos.

Speaking of the founder, the other one Ken brought a delicate cake shaped into the number 13, beautiful and palatable. Plus the exquisite dessert, the meal of that noon really set a wonderful beginning of the happy day.

Then we move to the recreational area. If you see someone screaming BACK OFF! STAY AWAY FROM ME! wielding gamepad, shooting monsters on screen, don’t worry, that’s just Jona playing AR games. She’s probably going to win the most dedicated player prize if there were any.

One more game I’d like to note is ring toss. The ring needs to circle the bottle and win you the gift coupon beneath it. I know it’s kinda old-stuff, but when you attend another game to win extra chances for ring toss if you don’t gain anything at first round, it would be more fun. The gamer needs to spin 5 circles and flip a bottle cap about 2 meters away at once, with one eye covered all the time. It was crazy dizzy, difficult and fun, cause you could never hit it accurately after 5 circles as you thought the cap was there but it was actually not.

In the evening, after a string of group games like Guess the song name and Charade, the climax of the day came as the projection screen started playing a surprising video for West, also the game host, whose journey with Dervos has rang the 10-year bell and hasn’t anticipated for this part. After the video, Eric and Ken, on behalf of the big family, awarded him a secret anniversary gift.

Now, let’s call it a day, or it would be better to be ‘let call it 13 years’.

If Dervos were a 13-year-old boy, it is when the boy explores the world curiously and energetically. It is like a rising sun from the skyline, we’ll see his sun ray, glory and feel his warmth. Dervosers are striving for this day.