Post-Christmas Blues
Well, that was an interesting Christmas. Actually, it comprised of a frantic burst of activity and ended in a vegetating state. Of course, as some of you would have noticed, I haven’t updated my site for a while but that’s on account of me avoiding my computer like the plague for the last week (except to surf the occassional porn site!). I guess it’s cause I’ll be doing nothing but sitting in front of my computer for the next month trying to build websites so I reckon I earned a short reprise before launching into it.
Anyway, now I’m back at work after paying my taxes which is a relief for me. Technically, I can leave HK anytime now. Well, with a clear conscience at least.
Christmas Eve was spent with Greg, Carman, Freda, Derek, Anna at Freda’s new part-owned club in Lyndhurst Terrace. It just opened so it wasn’t really ready to be “officially” open. The wallpaper was still wet and cardboard could still be smelled in the wine glasses. Only one floor was open but when it does launch, there will be two floors open. Not sure how this place will be when it does open. I was told that the bottom floor will be more lively while the top floor, that my friend Freda will manage, will be more subdued and chilled out. From this evening, and not one to entirely judge it on, the number of stunning girls was higher than average.
Anyway, I got myself a little tipsey, to the point of not being quite aware of what I was doing towards the end of the night. I was playing that stupid drinking game 5-10-15 and I succeeded in holding my own respectably except to one girl (Freda’s friend). The drinks were being mixed so it wasn’t too surprising that things started to get blurry. Wandered downstairs for some reason, and I believe it was to find Derek with Greg. Anyway, we briefly found him but then lost him again. So we spent quite a bit of time looking for him but it just wasn’t happening.
We ended the night in Drop because I had an incentive to meet this lovely girl that knows Kit. Unfortunately, Drop was so packed that we nearly got into a scuffle (because of yours truly) and we could move around to find anyone. I messaged the girl in question but she only replied that she was in Drop when I finally got home about 30 mins later.
Anyway, it was an interesting night at least but it did leave me a little worse for wear the next morning.
The next morning I woke up (after several frantic attempts to gulp down litres of water at a time to quench my thirst) at about 1400. James had invited people to come over from 1100 onwards but thankfully, when I called him, he said no-one arrived. Also, I had planned ahead and did the hard work, like making the chicken and vegetable stock, the night before. All I really needed to do was to combine it, add in the potatoes and some vegetables. Only this took me a couple of hours to do since I was still feeling the effects of the night before.
The lovely Amy tried to guide me into James’ place but I just proved too difficult to handle and James was sent out to retrieve me. Apparently I wasn’t the only person to have called and asked for directions. I wasn’t the last person to arrive at the party with Eyal, Ora and Assaf beating me to it. We were later joined by Brenda, Gottfried and James’ old flatmate, Mark. It was a pleasant afternoon, although I won’t elaborate too much on it since the write-up to that event will be posted in more detail on the ,“Loop” (if it ain’t there, then I haven’t updated it yet!).
Boxing Day and Saturday were spent catching up with friends. I met up with Sharon briefly for tea at Pacific Coffee. We later went to Le Kasbah and had some shisha. Guess I would have invited her back to my place to have free shisha but it was just too much of a mess. Later on I met up with Gigi, and we went to the Bistro in Pacific Place with James and Amy for dinner. Gigi got me some chocolates for xmas which was sweet and they don’t half taste bad either. About my weight…
The next day I met up with Carman who I’d been ICQ’ing with over the last two months. She’s a nice girl if a little hyperactive and I get the impression she’s quite impatient and impulsive. But we’ll see. I like her and I think she likes me but there are some fundamental differences which could be a problem. Anyway, at least I made her laugh. I missed the opportunity to go to see a film with her, but she wasn’t feeling to well so I just ended up walking her to the ferry.
Afterwards, I spent quite an enjoyable day browsing Page One and HMV in Central for the better part of the afternoon. Managed to find the second book in the Deathgate Cycle by Margaret Weiss and Tracey Hickman and also picked up a useful book on how some of the world’s leading logos are built. HMV was great since they clearance sections for all the major areas. So DVD’s could be had for as little as $20 bucks. Managed to pick up quite a few films and music CD’s without breaking the budget. Will be adding the DVD’s to the Movie Repository soon, so keep an eye out for them there.
Later that night I went to karaoke with the Chu cousins. Evidently a special occassion since they were hitting the whiskey (and mixing it, as is the trend here, with green tea). It deceptively gets you hammered quite quickly. Again, drinking games were the order of the day and, although I was in control by the end of the night, I was happy to be back in bed.
The next day was just pure vegetation mode. Couldn’t be arsed to do anything except sit there and watch Dune (one of the DVD’s I’d bought) and the trash they served up on cable. I did manage a brief trip to the McD’s which is quite an effort for me seeing as I have to walk up the hill to get there. And I quick burst of energy saw me actually clean my flat out. Yes, I was in shock too.
Anyway, that was my Christmas. Nothing special, nothing great since it wasn’t with family (I still believe it should be a family thing and I rarely see mates on the actual day itself). But enjoyed myself in any case. Now, with last week’s festivities over, I actually have to buckle down and work! Yep, even on the 1st.
