Anyways, am on Reading Week (thank you thank you MBS!!) Got time to chill, catch up on the teetering pile of work, oil my seriously rusty cello and piano skills, and do some shopping! Ya know, there is a very good reason why it's called "retail therapy"... =P
Sharil's bday on Saturday! Did some industrious cooking with 2 kilos of Lidl's chicken, ended up scalding my arm on Sharil's oven door... Grrr! Ainun/BF did some nice stir-fry beef with veg; Za tried out ayam masak merah with Korean chili sauce or something! Didn't quite turn out as she wanted - more like ayam kimchi merah which was darn spicy n pretty alright in its own way haha... JJ did garlic egg fried rice, mushroom onion omelette n veg with fish slices - not bad! Ok, fine - t'was quite yummy. lol made Sharil remove his 19 candles with his teeth from THE Asda cake that was so precious...
Hung out with JJ, Sharil, JD, Chris n Mark after that. Went to Czech Bar but it was packed! Weird.. generally frequented by eccentric musicians n thus usually not v lively at all. Then on to the Union, but they wouldn'd let Mark in without his student card so to the Grovel it was. Yeah I've lived in Whitworth for 6 weeks but I've only passed through the Grovel! What a laugh - couldn't ever remember the entrance from within Grove House was. Then on to the Footage (haihh.. again.) Entertained once again by the junkie Nepalese guy - 'parently he goes there 5 times a week! That fella's over-fond of the 2nd pillar on the left of the entrance...
7 straight episodes of Friends! @@ JD's idea of a good chill-out sesh. Interspersed with bouts of random tickling, duvet-arranging, and garlic bread. JJ n JD really are so darn ticklish it's hilarious! Now, what was that about picking on someone your own size..? No further comments. Got home around 5am-ish. Total space-out.
Sunday went yum cha with JJ, Rach, Esther, Jasley, Ray, Fiona, Le Suen n Anita. 12-4 half price at Pearl City - freakin cheap! But then dim sum is dim sum and away from home it's still the same ole dim sum. Nowadays doing yum cha consists of the quest for better-dim-sum-than-the-last-place-we-went-to one forgets to really enjoy the food. No one ever tries to make really special stuff that stands above the rest. Then off to Gap just off St Ann's Square. Am I the only one in this place willing to go off n explore Manc alone? Oh well. Love this city. Wanna live here when I come out to work. Make big bucks n have a penthouse apartment in a posh green area of the city centre haha... We all live in dreams and hope...
Today had late lunch in Chinatown with JJ, thankfully had something different from the usual duck rice/dim sum one normally has in Chinatown. Then back to Gap to continue browsing n pick up the stuff we saw n liked yesterday. Really nice dark blue shirt with stripes - n half the price of one of those Ted Baker shirts! Ok ok, have to admit those were really smart too. The retail industry's such a freaking rip-off. Persuaded JJ to try on a turtleneck for the first time in his life. (Have to admit 'turtleneck' isn't exactly a very enticing name - who on earth first named it that and whyyyy i wonder.) Success! The brown one it was. Dammit, would just love to be one of those ppl who look good in nearly everything they try on. Grrr. Tried on a white-cream turtleneck too. Sleeves too long but what's new? 20 quid gaahh kind of tempted... Not good to go shopping in a blase mood!
Hallowe'en clubbing at Loaf! Talcum powder comes in very useful. Thanks babes! Shame Alex left the fake blood kit at home... n couldn't find any blood-red lipstick too... Trick or treat anyone??
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