birthday week

And so it is... (*swoon* Damien Rice)

My 28th birthday week came and went. A whole week of unadulterated pleasure and fulfilling of desires without inhibition. After a month of eating at the right time/amount, exercising at the right frequency, getting stuck with needles at the right places... I let everything go and just ate. And ate. And scoffed at exercise. Or being extra-conscious about health. (just heard from a friend I can pay for preventive jabs that last up to a year for flu and other common ailments)

Had dimsum with mum, brother and his girlfriend when mum came up for a visit. Food kinda sucked but it's been a long time since we've sat down to eat together, so it was good.

Had my favourite kimchi hotpot with rice with my favourite college friends, and although that was the third time in a row the same week I've been having that, it was good.

Thank you, my beautiful colleagues. For insisting to have Korean barbeque with me on my real birthday, even though we're all tired and worked late and only had an hour to gobble down food. You guys are the best colleagues one can ask for, seriously. You guys are the only thing I will miss when I leave the company. Our friendship will be the only thing I have from here, because I don't even have a namecard after one whole year of service and nobody's gonna believe I was an employee here before. I hope you do, in your memory.

Had our favourite bottomless drinks at Chilli's with the bandboys. Although there were hiccups over transport arrangements and timing, it's been a while since I last saw you guys and it'll be a while before we see each other again after I'm gone (if I don't get deported before setting foot into London, that is... *shudder*) but before I say my proper mushy tearful goodbyes and all...

... Estranged is playing at Laundry tomorrow night! Let's GO wei!