I Dare You To Try Outdrinking a Philippino!
Today I woke up and thought… hmmph I’ll go for a swim. So I dug out the new swimsuit that I bought just before I went to Manila, spent 5 minutes cursing trying to figure out how the strappy thing work and then had a dip. As a consequence, right now I am nursing a cold. Guardian pharmacy ran out of Clarinase or Zyrtec (free advertisement) so I settled for a Clarytine instead. I have also sprained my right thumb when I tried to hold the heavy fire resistant door for some people but the idjit in front slammed it shut. I almost cursed. Almost.
Manila was the bomb! I am almost afraid to post any of the photos in here. Heh. I had a great time, definitely one of the most enjoyable working trip that I have ever had. Job has been trying very hard to convince me that the Bangkok guys can party just as hard as the Phil boys. I can’t wait to be the judge of that!
Naah… I didn’t look anything remotely as hot as Ms Jolie in hotpants for the wargame. But I had bigger guns!
Sir Randy lent me his uniform and his ‘baby’ for the wargame but I sucked so bad it would not have mattered if I had gone into the warzone buck naked with a glitter ball on top of my head. War game reminds me of those Satria Muda times in BP (curses). I wished I had paid more attention when they taught us about guns and war strategies. All I knew was what I learned from movies, which was basically crawling stylishly on the ground while trying very hard not to get hit. Of course the moment I decided to move my head an inch, it was hailing bullets. Howell was being nice but I am sure all he wanted to say was get this useless f*cker off the warzone!
I went ebay shopping-crazy yesterday. Spent 15 minutes buying Glay’s & Mr Children’s albums; which was something that I wanted to do for months. Ebay is soooo much cheaper than elsewhere. I will never buy Japanese music retail again! Then I browsed for designer sunglasses and shoes, which I don’t need, and ended up buying a Japanese 4-fold silk screen instead. How did I get from sunglasses to furniture, who knows?
Ita is buying a car. Yay! I am more than happy to help her sort it out. Ruby is moving out (as opposed to her on-off existence in the apartment) because her new MyVi keeps getting scratched. According to Aning, last week the guard clamped her car coz someone complained that she was parking in an illegal spot. Why would people do that? That was just evil. Anyway we are reclaiming the parking space for Ita’s Waja (hah did you think we were going to get one of those small, cramped cars? My backside won’t fit into anything smaller.) and I am taking over the bigger bedroom. Hence the Japanese silk screen. I also bought some Japanese paintings and silk cloth to be made into curtains. Aaaah see, I knew if I keep typing eventually I would be able to explain the silk screen purchase. When Ruby said she had to leave coz she couldn’t stand the abuse to her car anymore, I was already fantasizing the color scheme for the room (purple and moss green, but only if I can con someone to do the paint job for free). I am sure if I bare enough boobs, someone is bound to volunteer.
All in all, it has been a good December.
