Alrighty, I guess Chris ain't gonna be writing anything since he is sitting right behind me playing some x-box game (with weird sighing noises emanating - kind of sounds like noises Homer Simpson would make)
Well, we didn't have a digi-cam to take pretty photos of me, and boy did I look gorgeous (yup, that's right, it's all about me!) my hair was pretty, my dress was pretty, my furry shrug was pretty, my shoes were pretty - all in all, I was damn pretty last night :) hehehe I'm quite modest as you can see.
Here's how my hair looked upclose from behind (Chris took that lopsided shot - he might've been slightly inebriated) and it only cost $30 to do, good old Phuong's... I'm not really sure which of the ladies is Phuong, but all the same, good work Phuong!
Well, there's me in my outfit, and Chris looked quite smart in the smart suit we bought him a few years ago, and his hair all tipped blonde. Overall, wedding was reasonable - food was quite as bad as dad had it. Perhaps the reception centre was a little cramped. I think they tried to squeeze 400 people into a space big enough to fit only 50.... it was a realy pain trying to get in and out to get to the loo, especially for the peeing machine that Chris is. He must've drunk enough coke to quench the thirst of most 3rd world nations just last night alone!
Anyways, like I said, we didn't have a camera, so relied on my cousins' digi-cams... come on cuz's send me the bewdifool pics of me and Chris - I really want more than these blurry shots as memories.....
Well, we sat next to Eric and Patrick and boy have they grown into funny young men - they certainly kept me amused for most of the night last night and the other bits were watching Nathan and his shenanigans - what a gorgeous kid.
Oh highlight of my night? Everyone got served a half a lobster, even Nathan! And I ain't talking about a stingy teensy weensy little piece, it was a good decent sized lobster and everyone got HALF of one! Gees, that was like my dream come true almost. So what do I do? I ate the entire half a lobster of course - TWICE! hehe, I managed to eat ONE ENTIRE LOBSTER all by my lonesome (I can't thank the non-lobster-eating Chris enough for his serve - yummy yummy!)
Wel, if I was trying to hide my fat belly at the beginning of the night, well it wasn't worth the effort by the end of the night cos it was just impossible - lucky I had a stretchy dress that expanded as my tummy did.
Yup, dinner was yummy last night and our entertainment (thanks Eric, Patrick and Nathan) was good too - whereas I cannot say the same for the 'actual' entertainment provided for us... viet music, loud viet music, loud terrible viet music, terrible loud viet music with bad karaoke, and then some doof doof to to boot at the end of night - BAD ENTERTAINMENT. And the MCs for the night kinda sucked too.... friends of the bride and groom but they sucked bad. They seemed like they intended to MC at a funeral, dry monotonous speeches, no humour, no jokes, no laughter and no smiles. At one stage, they almost appeared to have some life, but then went straight back to MCing for a funeral..... perhaps wedding = funeral anyways some might say?
Anyways, that's the way life goes - I gotta do my taxes soon... just gotta get my fat arse off the seat if I can....
Until next time
well.... I just had the busiest 3 days of my life this week. Stupidly I made myself the food safety supervisor not realising what a big job it really is.... *sigh* I'm not really gonna go into it, it was busy at work, I barely got a chance to sit down (almost reminds me of the other place I left... simply because I never got a chance to sit down....)
It's also the week that my parents went to Sydney, leaving me, the bro and the dog to look after...
and poor little doggy, being left like that all day.
It's also the week of Chris' Aunt's b'day, a BIG function at work, and my cousin's wedding!
I had completely forgotten to book a time to get my hair done at the hairdressers... oh well, I hope it won't be too busy, I just want a simple up-do so I'm just gonna walk in and hope for the best :)
Well..... this space is becoming more and more like MY little piece of whinging heaven than me and Chris' web heaven - perhaps Chris should learn to write something boring too?? hehehe
Wedding tomorrow...... *sigh* hopefully I'll look like a goddess without trying too hard - you know me, not really the girly-girl type but do like to wear nice formal dresses hehe
more to tell tomorrow (maybe will get Chris to write something instead of me)
Oh yeah, I forgot to say what the heading means. Last night whilst on my way home, I was waiting at the bus stop when there was this god-almighty BANG! and then more bangs and hits and whooshes... turns out there was some guy in a shirt and tie, kicking the shit out of a plastic chair. He didn't look aggressive nor angry, and he certainly didn't look happy or satisfied doing it - so why was he doing it? and where did he get the plastic chair in the middle of the city?? who knows, but it was interesting to watch.
Ah well, it seems so soon but Lulu has finally left Oz for Lyon... last Saturday was her farewell, and Chris and I both went - it was ok, kind of what I expected, I hardly knew anybody, and Chris knew even less bodies than me.
We left pretty early (around 11:30pm) but we went walking around the city (since we were both dolled up - why waste the chance eh?). Got home around 2am... that's considered a good night out for the both of us, we're like grandparents now, we hardly ever go out at night. It's so sad.... Yeah, and we took a nice photo with her at the bar... can't wait til she sends it (Although I must admit I think I look fat :( but these days I always think I look fat..... it must be an age thing...... the older I get the fatter I get....
Anyways, Lulu's been gone for 2 days now and she's thinking of going to Brussels where the rellies are instead of paying to stay at a backpackers for 10 days before the dorm opens. Dad's been going crazy worrying about her, whereas I've been taking the 'take it easy, let her go free' approach. She's old enough to look after herself - I mean the only thing worth worrying is the fact that she's not immediately contactable because of some stupid issue with her sim card, easily fixed once she's a little more settled, she's only been there 2 days for crying out loud!
Anyways, she's got a credit card, she's smart, she's got support, she'll be fine.
Well, I think tomorrow she'll be flying out of Lyon.. once she gets to Brussels we'll see how she is settling in.
As for us, it's gonna be nice weather for the weekend so Chris and I will be heading out doing some shopping... for Chris's Aunt, Margaret. And generally enjoying ourselves.
Over and out
Mae
Alright.... yep, it's my birthday - me, the one that so far has been filling these pages - I'm getting old :( I work with so many young people (19-20 year olds) that I can't even say how old I am now.... I'm twenty... aarrg.... twen.... twenty.... uuurggg... blech.... *choke choke* twenty..... *cough*
well, *sigh* let's just say I'm officially "twenty-something"
I got a lot of handy presents, some useful travel things (which my sister will be taking with her when she leaves for France tomorrow - so yeah, she says thanks to Sue and Margaret)
I got me a beautiful bottle of 'Incanto Dreams' from me darlin' and now I'm smelling nice and yummy.
Mum and dad took me out to dinner so I'm stuffed like a pig (great, old and fat... just want I want when I turn "twenty-something")
Of course, it was one of the busiest days at work, I went on a really late lunch, and nearly forgot to go home today.... and by the time I got to the bus stop, I was tired and hungry, with sore legs, and the damned bus was LATE! I had to wait a good 45mins in the cold, standing in my heels for a stupid bus to go home and get ready for dinner out and I was running late cos of some stupid bus - ON MY BIRTHDAY! :(
Plus the fact that my sister will be leaving on a 6 mth exchange to France tomorrow, and I've hardly seen her in the last 2-3 weeks, haven't had a decent conversation with her for I don't know how long (granted, I have a shockingly bad short-term memory) - and I can't even take a day off to send her off at the airport.... oh well... perhaps it's not a good time to remind her that our planned trip hasn't really finished being planned.... all we've got so far is my flights, no itinerary, no timeframes, no tickets to tours, no idea which direction we're going.....
hmm.... it's gonna be hard - but then again, she hasn't even finished packing yet.
Well, it's late I better get to bed now.
Over and out,
Mae
Umm... so yesterday was Sue's birthday, and from what I hear from Chris, it went really well. She certainly was spoilt by her family and friends - Fiona and Andrew got a coffee making machine thingy that goes onto the stove.... I'm not exactly sure what they mean, but sounds like it made a good coffee (whatever that is... doesn't mean much to a non-coffee drinker like me).
From me, as I mentioned in the earlier post, she got a packaged perfume set, 5th Avenue, and she liked it so that was good too. From Fiona and Margaret, she received a gift voucher to a day spa for 2.5 hours - something certainly well-deserved for such a remarkable woman.
And a good day for one, but an extremely busy and hectic one for me - I was in the office from 8:30am - 7pm, lunch at my desk, and leaving my office only to go to the toilet (twice only) I am so sick of the office. Plus I never want to see another textbook again, nor any more green forms!
And I was really dreading today because my boss is making me go to this company function with lots of important people there.... important people that I have nothing to do with and will most likely never see again. I won't remember them and they won't remember me.... I really wanted to get out of it, but my boss was adamant I should be there to help sell the company. I am just not a good 'work the room' network butterfly kind of girl....
But - it went ok, I felt extremely awkward but at least I managed to speak to a few guests... hope that was 'ok' with the boss guy.
Here's how my hair looked upclose from behind (Chris took that lopsided shot - he might've been slightly inebriated) and it only cost $30 to do, good old Phuong's... I'm not really sure which of the ladies is Phuong, but all the same, good work Phuong!
