Another Friday

it is yet another friday and i am yet again, supremely hungover. last night i went out to the armani bar with colleagues in the ifc and yes, it is eurotash here too. we tied a few on there for about 16 bucks a pop...well worth it...not really...in the slightest. and then we moved onto lan kwai fong - the premier drinking district for expats - to a bar called le jardin. it was ok, a bit like b-bar and definitely the same kind of scene...which would be a lame one. and finally, we ended up at m1nt with is a members only bar. there are a lot of those here. you need to get a membership and i've heard its quite pricey. but to be honest, the place was a nice venue but the crowd was totally lame. it was full of tossers and i am not quite sure what the big deal is. it kind of reminded me of a bad junior high school dance. regardless of the crowd, a colleague and i shut the place down around 4 am...trouble.

all in all i drank probably about 12 to 14 cocktails and miraculously didn't black out! i did however bust my ass to get into work on time (or close enough- 8:40) to find that everyone else waltzed in at 9:30 or later. my one mate who was out with me until the end showed his mug at 10:40 - what a nancy! however, there is sadly no reward for being on time after a late thursday especially when the boss is away.

however, on another note - i have my first visitor coming! yippie :) my friend who has been traveling through asia for the last month or so is due in tonight. he emailed me saying he booked a hotel in shenzhen which is in mainland china and it just dawned on him that he might need a visa - which he did not get...oh boy, this is going to be fun. i am sure i'll get a call around 3 am telling me he's been "inspected" for the last 6 hours by a small chinese man with 6 fingers on each hand...regardless, this is coming at a great time as my mother is sick and i am in need of a little moral support from a nice friend.

ok kids, it is almost noon for me and we all know what that means - nap time! have a good weekend and please, don't do anything i would do - all it has done so far is get me in boatloads of trouble...