You can call me Angela today

Wednesday morning at the office. The Hag is offsite to recruit more nincompoops into the fold. So Crazy Cube Neighbor decides she wants to get chatty.

9:20am
Crazy Cube Neighbor: Hey Max, how's it going?
Me: I'm ok.
Crazy Cube Neighbor: Oh wow, you and Becky have almost the same necklace on today.
Me: Oh really, I haven't seen her so I can't tell.

Crazy Cube Neighbor then goes and asks Fungus Face if she wants to go on a smoke break.

9:23am
Crazy Cube Neighbor: Hey Max, how are you today?
Me: You just asked me that.
Crazy Cube Neighbor: Oh.... Sorry.

Note to self: Bring headphones to work tomorrow. And never play tennis with Crazy Cube Neighbor again.

Yes, the Tsu-man is right. I am a very angry person.

Phone Advice Needed

I'll be leaving for Hong Kong and China in three weeks time. I've got lists of things to purchase for my sister, friends and myself. But the one thing I would really like to take home with me is a new smartphone. Apparently, the gap between the Asian and North American cell phone market is beginning to close in. But we here in the west haven't quite caught up. So here are my top choices:

• A Nokia N series phone. Preferrably the N96 but I'll be good with the N95.
• The Samsung F480. Sounds like it might be a plane, not a phone.
• The LG KF510.
• The Blackberry Curve 8320. I hate that everyone has a friggin Blackberry.

So once I've figured out which one of these would suit me best, what should I watch out for to ensure I'm not going to be bringing back a brick? I'd like to think Hong Kong's capitalists aren't out to swindle me of my money, but one never knows. If anyone has any advice for lil ol' me, please feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email.

Where did the month of January go?

The last time I blogged, I had grand plans for travel and celebration. Well I did travel. And there was much celebrating. I think perhaps this last month was a case of time flying when you’re having fun.

I commemorated my twenty ninth glorious year of life with a marathon day of sugar, vino and good friends. (A few of my favorite things, if you don’t already know.) I had French pastries and a heavenly cup of espresso from Avenue Bread in the morning. I spent my day at work doing absolutely nothing. Not new and unusual, yes. But I wasn’t about to start picking up the slack on the anniversary of my very being.

It was off to the Bellwether for happy hour with the select gal pals after the grind. Had some calamari and pinot grigio for an aperitif. My whirlwind day continued with dinner at D’anna’s Cafe. The rich, luscious pasta, andouille sausage, shiitake mushrooms and spicy tomato sauce went perfectly with La Crema’s Pinot Noir. For dessert, it was opera cake from the Mount Bakery. Ahh.. I should have been in my twenties during the eighties. Excess suits me well, don’t you think? The cherry on top? I had another birthday celebration with the fam the weekend after. More cake, more vino and this time all my fave Chinese dishes as only Eddie Baby can cook them.



Who needs TV when you've got friends this entertaining?


Opera cake.. mmmmmmmmm...

On the 23rd of January the Tsu-man and I boarded a plane to Montreal, Canada. We were there to complete the final step of his immigration process, and to see the sights of course. Long story short, the trip was a success. I plan to blog about it in more detail the next chance I get. I’ve yet to organize pictures and unpack my suitcase so as you can probably guess, the state of my affairs are about as backed up as a constipated geriatric.