Just when you think things are working out - it all goes to hell!

Woe is me! I got into work at the crack of dawn, and by 8:30 already had been irritated by a number of stupid ass users. (And no people, I am NOT the helpdesk!) When Pau-Ling rocks up at 9am, she asks how I am and I tell her "it's going to be one of those days".
I HATE IT WHEN IM RIGHT!

Most of the time at work I can ignore the fact that what I do is a total waste of time and serves no purpose whatsoever. Today it was hard to ignore. The highlight (or lowlight) of my day was an impromptu team meeting that was called by my mgr Pip. Pip is the reason I took this job - Pip is cool, Pip is fun and Pip is probably the best mgr I've had (sorry McCabe). Well who wants to guess what happened. Bloody Pip RESIGNED!
So now I'm stuck in Hong Kong, doing a job no one cares about with a manager who's never met me - and who will be managing our department along with her own - I'm sure that'll work great.

So I wandered home past a dodgy dvd store and picked up these classic buys (for less than $20 for them all)
Xmen
5th Element
Black Book (who knows, some chick flick)
White Stripes Double album
Arctic Monkeys album

And now I'm watching a very scary (in the shockingly bad way ) movie called aneconda 2 (or something) . Oh bugger the hot guy just got eaten - how annoying! (heheh he's name was Ben! He now has no legs!Oop now no head! Poor Benny!)

My dinner is smelling yummy - fish baked in tomato, olive, parsley, sauce with rice. Looks good. Then I have to clean up my kitchen. This is why I need a guy - to impress with my cooking - and tidy up after ;)

I'm sure I have plenty more to say - I had a great night out on independance day - and really like my new friends (although they haven't invited me out this wkend yet:(
Time to check out my dinner....I really need someone to impress with this cooking!

9:30pm - Dinner was yum. Watching some random local "lifestyle" show. No wonder I haven't found a hot boy here yet--> I'm watching this show about latest fashion for men (in HK) and they have one asian model and one gweilo model , and both are foul, and have less muscles than me! I shall be alone forever!

Caity's gone- independance day - and too much grog!

So I had a brilliant wk with Caity, I just dropped her at the airport train station, and now im sititng here after once again too many drinks, and this time watching an exciting abc reality show called "The Shearers". Yep you guessed it, about sheep shearers in aus - exciting stuff!
Other highlights of today - i bought a new wrap dress from Zara (thanks Trudes) - a red one, and we (for the last time) enjoyed happy hour in hong kong. Oh and the teachers invited me to join them for Independance day - so more drinkies tomorrow. Oh and I got a text from the gay boy I met on Thurs night - so at least the gay boys still love me - I haven't lost my charm! So I still have married men and gay boys - at least all ain't lost -> now back to reality tv....ABC style

Have a good flight Caity - and thanks for my new friends!

A boat full of drunken teachers!

Well it's been a busy week and to prove it I slept to 1:30 today! Was great and very needed! Caity got up at the crack of dawn to meet her friend and go to Shenzhen for massage and shopping. Apart from sleeping, I got laundry done, uploaded some photos and sorta tidied (not really). BTW my new photos are here: Nats new photos!

Thursday I had an irritating day at work (as per normal) and called up Caity to meet me at a bar near my place,that has 2 for 1 happy hour that I had wanted to check out. So we had a couple of drinks, then went to another pub to meet a friend (but missed her) had another drink, then headed to another pub for some food. We then decided to check out another pub near me, that has open mic night on thursday that I had wanted to go to for a while. A lovely bar with friendly (canadian) owners. We ended up getting quite drunk and meeting a lovely group of teachers with musical skills. (aussies, brits, yanks and canadians).

Friday morning (slightly hangover - and the day off work) we were heading to one of the islands (cheung chau). On our way to the ferry stop, Nick (one of the teachers from the night before) called us and invited us a on a junk party on saturday, with 45 others! So instead we decided to head to Lamma on friday. We had a yummy seafood lunch, and walked to the other side of the island, stopping at a deserted beach (about 5 other ppl) and coming across many spiders and a snake!! We have had such amazing weather - and a brilliant time discovering Hong Kong.

Friday night we met up with my friend Pau-Ling and some random canadians - and heading home, ran into a bunch of very amusing aussies and kiwis - another bunch of teachers. So ended up staying out half the night with them - before getting up early to meet Nick and the teachers for our boat party!

Had a great day on the junk, and met some lovely people, and we both got sunburnt knees! We then got invited to one of the girls places for pizza and cranium (a board game), a perfect day and hopefully some new friends!

Oh and Nick is Derya's equivalent. I don't think hes as psychotic as she is, but he collects friends and organises events - so definitely a good person to know! Oh and all the teacher's on the boat knew each other because they were in the same intake for the english teaching program in HK a couple of yrs ago. And Boz, it turns out teachers in HK can make a fortune, maybe something to consider ;)

It's sunday night, and Caity's on her way back from China - so the big question - should I cook or buy some dinner?

Oh and Basil is sooo almost dead - I'm sorry Basil...

Caity leaves tomorrow night, and them I'm on my own again. And another week of work ahead - gotta love sundays night....

I now know why chicken (rare ones) are tied up

So Caity has spent the day in Macau, and she sent me a text that she was running late. I decided to make her a yummy dinner. On Sunday (as well as spending the day in Stanley - more about that later) we bought an electric oven. Very cheap, and very functional. For Sunday dinner, we made roast veg and lamb. Today I decided to try out the rotisserie function of the oven. So it took me 3 supermarkets to find an affordable, non avion flu effected bird. I finally got home, with bird, mango and brocolli (and ice cream) turned on the oven, and started reading the instructions for the rotisserie. I dressed the chicken in garlic, onion, salt, pepper and oil and was finally ready to begin. I managed to get the chicken in the oven (on skewers) and turn it on. And I noticed the chicken legs were scrapping the bottom of the oven, so I took the chicken out, and found some cotton and tied up the legs, and managed to get the chicken back on the rotisserie. It started up again, and one of the wings kept falling, so it wasn't roasting smoothly - out came the chicken, and more cotton to tie it up. Unfortunately not enough cotton, or not tight enough knots, and the wing was free again. So getting fed up I managed to find a hair elastic, and now (after spilling my wine) my chicken is cooking happily. (I really need to get kitchen string). And more importantly Caity got home, after a fun day in Macau, and was very happy with my rotisserie experiment. Oh and she's presently preparing the veg, because it seems rotisserie chicken only takes about 30-40 mins!
BTW we had a great weekend, and discovered the other side of Hong Kong Island. Who knew it was a tropical island? Check out this:

More to discover this wkend! I've got friday off work to spend with Caity and whole wkend of fun before she leaves on monday. Lucky Me!! Oh and Basil is dying :(
(Oh and the chicken here didn't come tied up!)
10:30pm OK The chicken kicks ass!! I love my rotisserie! I love that i paid less than $50 (aus) for it! And I'm sure it bakes too! Bargain!! Yummy rotisserie chicken with potato/pumpkin mash and oyster bay wine, with monaco bars and chocolate fridge cake for dessert. A perfect meal. I stated to Caity that I generally prefer what I cook to what I buy out. And Caity reminded me, that I am a brilliant cook. She's right!

Caitys Here! Caitys Here!

Well Caity arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon (I skipped work a little early to meet her). I took her back to my flat, where we opened the Oyster Bay, and twistes, cheezels and chips and had a lovely entree. (While talking to Niamh, Zeina & Brendan on Skype). We then went out on the town (Lan Kwai Fong of course), there was some expat drinks going on at one of the pubs, and I even knew a couple of people. Had a fun night chatting and drinking, and was home in bed by midnight. (early for HK). On our way back home, we ran into another person I knew (one of the journalists) so Caity got hte impression that I had lots of friends (or at least knew loads of people). I planned it well - heh ;)

So today were going to wander round the food markets and buy some fruit and veg. Then head on to some shops for some clothes shopping. Looks like sales are on, and my clothes are never going to arrive from Oz and I'm so over everything I have here with me!!
Oh and havent seen Mr Short Shorts, but last night in the lift we met Mr Pink Stripy Shirt, who lives the floor below, and is not bad at all ;)

BTW Basil is looking a little sick - Im hoping caity can save him - if anyone has advice.....