Yet another year
Long time not hear I sense you saying, well fear not, I'm back!
Without going into details December was a very very good month, culminating in me cooking a rather impressive Christmas dinner that took many many hours to eat and only resulted in half those consuming it being violently ill! I stand by the claim that it tasted so good that far too much was eaten and it was that which causes any digestive disruptions...
NYE was a very nice but rather quiet affair, the usual suspects congregating at a mates flat before hitting the town but after a fairly manic December I was in worn out so home bed before 5am. All too soon after that I was back in the office.
Its actually freezing here in HK. Now obviously that’s a relative state of freezingness as I don't think its dropped below 10 degrees C as yet but really… I've had to dig a jumper out of storage! 10 degrees C might not sound so bad but as there is no such thing as heating here in HK I’ve been able to see my breath in my bedroom, unsurprisingly I've been rather glad of my 10 tog duvet.
I've had a couple of mates to stay since Hannah left on Dec 30th, firstly Mr Maes over from Bangkok and then Louise and Craig. Hans didn't need the JP HK grand tour having lived here himself up until about a year ago but Lou and Craig felt the full power of the Feather Boa's daiquiris and Roche manor BBQ based drinking, needless to say hangovers were not in short supply.
I've had to cut down my sporting exploits a little, after about 6 weeks off for Christmas the footie and Rugby seasons are back underway but having done virtually no exercise for a month I promptly got broken in my first match back. Thankfully hardly being able to walk doesn't stop me being selected in the starting line up but in the name of a semblance of sanity I'm waiting until I'm a fully fit before resuming my 6 day a week sporting calendar.
Given my being on the team with my broken status you may expect our loosing ways to have continued into the new year, however last Saturday saw a famous victory for the Might Might Griffins when we romped to a massive 10-5 win at the grounds of our arch rivals HKFC Bulls or “the Scum” as they are commonly know. There may be life left in the season yet!
And that about it, it that is except for the discovery of "The Magic Book shop". Admittedly this isn't as adrenalin filled as some of my past discoveries but even so. The magic bookshop is a vase warehouse where you can buy the latest books for just HK$ 10 each (RRP HK$ 120) saving me countless dollars to redirect towards my favourite charity, the JP beer token fund, happy days!
Laters
Jonathan
Without going into details December was a very very good month, culminating in me cooking a rather impressive Christmas dinner that took many many hours to eat and only resulted in half those consuming it being violently ill! I stand by the claim that it tasted so good that far too much was eaten and it was that which causes any digestive disruptions...
NYE was a very nice but rather quiet affair, the usual suspects congregating at a mates flat before hitting the town but after a fairly manic December I was in worn out so home bed before 5am. All too soon after that I was back in the office.
Its actually freezing here in HK. Now obviously that’s a relative state of freezingness as I don't think its dropped below 10 degrees C as yet but really… I've had to dig a jumper out of storage! 10 degrees C might not sound so bad but as there is no such thing as heating here in HK I’ve been able to see my breath in my bedroom, unsurprisingly I've been rather glad of my 10 tog duvet.
I've had a couple of mates to stay since Hannah left on Dec 30th, firstly Mr Maes over from Bangkok and then Louise and Craig. Hans didn't need the JP HK grand tour having lived here himself up until about a year ago but Lou and Craig felt the full power of the Feather Boa's daiquiris and Roche manor BBQ based drinking, needless to say hangovers were not in short supply.
I've had to cut down my sporting exploits a little, after about 6 weeks off for Christmas the footie and Rugby seasons are back underway but having done virtually no exercise for a month I promptly got broken in my first match back. Thankfully hardly being able to walk doesn't stop me being selected in the starting line up but in the name of a semblance of sanity I'm waiting until I'm a fully fit before resuming my 6 day a week sporting calendar.
Given my being on the team with my broken status you may expect our loosing ways to have continued into the new year, however last Saturday saw a famous victory for the Might Might Griffins when we romped to a massive 10-5 win at the grounds of our arch rivals HKFC Bulls or “the Scum” as they are commonly know. There may be life left in the season yet!
And that about it, it that is except for the discovery of "The Magic Book shop". Admittedly this isn't as adrenalin filled as some of my past discoveries but even so. The magic bookshop is a vase warehouse where you can buy the latest books for just HK$ 10 each (RRP HK$ 120) saving me countless dollars to redirect towards my favourite charity, the JP beer token fund, happy days!
Laters
Jonathan
posted by JP at 8:00 pm
