- saw my weekend start on Thursday as a few drinks at The Londoner turned into several drinks because Alan was there
- slept in
- wrote down some crochet patterns as I made them (the finished products will make an appearance in my Etsy shop soon, I hope — unless Apple has her way and consigns them all to her brick and mortar store)
- had chilli roasted fish (and other things) for dinner (with Choi, then we met Apple at theirs)
- finished my project for the cuff swap (to be sent out on Monday, I’m rather nervous about her reaction, it’s my first cuff, photos will be posted on Flickr after she receives it)
- had dinner at our local Thai restaurant (something is wrong with me… I like the Tom Yam with coconut soup, two things I have always avoided)
- finished watching all the episodes I have of Desperate Housewives, season two (I blame my mother for raving about it, she’s got me hooked on something that I think is actually quite silly )
- watched The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (loved it)
- went to to the fabric market to pick up some supplies
- crafted at Apple’s shop (while the rain came pouring down)
- got dragged to dinner at Little Chilli
- worked on some freelance stuff
- had dinner at Little Chilli
- went to The Londoner (to meet Reuben, and it became really crowded and smoky later on, when we got home out clothes absolutely reeked of cigarette smoke)
- did a load of laundry
- watched The Big Lebowski (finally)
- did nothing all day (the weather was shite)
- went to Georgie’s birthday dinner at Pattaya
- ended up at The Londoner, which was very smoky (because the smokers couldn’t handle the cold and had all the windows closed, so I stayed outside most of the time)
- watched the first half of Aeon Flux (I used to watch the cartoon infrequently on the telly, and Neil likes to see girls in tight outfits, so it was win-win)
- continued reading The Historian
- finished watching Aeon Flux (I had such low expectations at the beginning, and so it turned out better than I thought)
- had dinner at Tutto Bene (had a hankering for stew, and it the only place that I could think of that served something like stew)
- finished reading The Historian (what a good book; I love vampire stories, and this one was a great tale with the ‘back story’ of Dracula extremely well fleshed out)
- had dinner at Little Chilli
- had a few Bloody Marys at The House (Bloody Marys are my new drink)
- had a few more drinks at The Londoner (and some barbecue)
- boogied a little at Park Latin
- slept all day
- had Xinjiang food for dinner (mmm, garlic)
- watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Johnny Depp is a genius)
- watched Stealth (I have a sneaking suspicion it’s a satire — I really, really hope so)
- had an early dinner at Tutto Bene
- watched Danny the Dog (the one time Jet Li’s haltering English helps, but why does someone raised by Cockney gangsters in Glasgow have a Chinese accent?)
- had dinner at Merican Cowboy Country Club (burgers, chilli dogs, wedges, chicken — and 25RMB for one pitcher of Tsingtao? Bargain!)
- had a few drinks at The House
- had a final drink at The Londoner (reportedly — reported by Ben and his dad Willie on Sunday night — neither of us remember)
- was woken up by the cleaning lady pounding on the front door at 9am (went back to sleep till about 2pm — she was remarkably calm about my uselessness)
- finished watching Hellboy (hmmm. Special effects. Ron Perlman must have loved his role — got to snog Selma Blair, after all)
- watched Dirty Pretty Things
- had dinner at Le Mezina
- saw the second half of the South Africa-New Zealand game (good show Springboks, bad luck All Blacks)
- watched one and a bit episodes of Mafia: The Inside Story
- did not make it to the Jazz Bar, which is apparently where everyone went (the only four who didn’t make it were the four who rocked up to The Londoner at 3am — guess who)
- helped Neil make ham and tomato omelettes (the boy knows how to make a tasty omelette. Mmm.)
- watched Neil make great advances in GTA: Vice City
- had dinner at Little Chilli
- had a banana smoothie at The Coffee Club
- plugged our television aerial in (finally bought one) — just in time for the Olympics!