Parties!!!

True to my reputation as a party animal, this past month has been full of parties. The locations and type of party were many and varied, just like...my spending habits.

First was Chen's on the 3rd of January at Chelsea Beach. Very interesting, given it was a day of sub-zero temperatures. Catching up with friends was very amusing and interesting, as was the semi-cold water and freezing winds. I rediscovered my skill with an AFL ball (strange, as I never actually did play AFL), and found out that volleyballs are better for kicking than footballs. Fun in the not-so-sun. Thank Chen.

Next up was Victor "Yiusless" Yiu's party at his house in Box Hill. The highlight must have been five man FIFA, which pitted me, Victor, Ken "I've never seen a football in my life" Ong (meant in a nice way) against David Lee and Meng (the Meng bit was correct, not sure about the other kid). We won, with both goals scored by me as Drogba. Brilliant defending kept a cleansheet. Next game was not so good, due to Victor's leaving and Ken's inability to identify which goal to attack. We lost 1-0, but only marginally due to a scrambled goal by Meng and co. Thanks Victor.

2nd of Feb was my very own 19th birthday party held at Red Emperor. Although it would have been better if more people were able to make it, it was nonetheless a blast. There were many highlights at this event (from a completely unbiased perspective), one of which was my receiving two versions of Guitar Hero from my friends - one for DS, and one for Wii, each present from a different group of friends who did not consult each other on what to get. What a blast. I'm still on the path to becoming a Guitar Hero, and am almost Guitar Heroed out, and have now got my siblings into the game/s. A very good gift idea, guys. Another highlight was the food, and of course, the mousse cake, which had Banh and others singing its praises. The third highlight was all of us (bar Victor, who doesn't really count) not losing any money at the casino. I came out even, JC won 30 from 100, and Banh won 15 from 30. Victor lost something in the region of 15. This was all from blackjack. A great night. Thanks Andrew, and thanks guys for coming.

Next up was Meng's birthday on the 5th. This had a number of highlights, and probably the most intriguing of all the parties attended, because of it's location (or lack thereof) and interesting personel in attendance. The location was listed as, I quote, "tgif on chapel next to jam factory no need to buy presents." I was going to be shunted out to the city about two hours early, so I decided to meet up with the Orrinator and hang for a bit. He duly bought a card for Meng, signed it and wrapped it in his mX. The more astute of you will see the warning signs there. Anyway, we went upstairs at MC, had a look at the Torres poster which was selling at a ridiculous price of 950, and went back downstairs. On the way, Orrin says "Let me chuck my mX in the bin." You can kind of guess what happened after that. As we approach the train barriers, Orrin goes "You don't have my card, do you?" realises that I don't and, to make a long story short, goes nuts searching at Maccas, Gloria Jean's, and other places, before realising that he had thrown it in the bin along with his mX, and subsequently fetching it out and said bin with suspicious stains. We finally embarked to South Yarra, where we found Victor playing DS in a suit. I don't know why people say I keep weird company. Little did I know that the DS would play a very significant part in the unfolding of the night's events.

We went to tgif, with Meng, David Lee, Victor and Orrin, when Langus just popped out of nowhere on the way. We got there, went in and sat, and along came Anh Ha. He's not that important to this part of the story yet. What was immediately (or relatively immediately) more interesting was Meng's friends, June, or something like that. I have not met anyone that immature for a while, bar myself. No offence. Here we were, talking about Krudd handing out money to all and sundry Anh and I didn't agree with it. June goes "What's wrong with you people, money doesn't grow on trees you know," and "I bet if you got the money as well you wouldn't be complaining." To which we replied "We get the money as well," which I thought was enough to shut her down for the moment. To the former comment, I just laughed, as I couldn't even be bothered explaining. There's nothing to say to people who can only see the immediate gain to be had, rather than the future larger pain that's likely to occur with this indiscriminate and profligate spending. The lesson to be learnt from America is that a little pain should be dealt out now so that larger pain is avoided. All I was trying to say is that there are other ways other than handing out money, and I get savaged. Like I said, immature.

Later in the night, at bowling, I smashed Victor for a six in air hockey, and played DS. Anyway, when we were leaving, Anh, who I always hated, and he has always hated me, bade me farewell. I promptly ignored him, as he didn't even greet me when he arrived, and has always done annoying, deliberately antoginising things to me (i.e kick ball away with insolent stare, throwing ball at me and calling me a tool when I kick said ball away, etc.). I just don't associate with people like that. Thanks Meng.

Last (but not least) was Banh's bash on Friday. Was a delightful event, with many interesting characters turning up, namely Chen and Tallon, and...interesting food, such as the five kilos of potatoes and homemade bread. Thanks Banh.

Well, that's it for party season so far. Hope it was as interesting for you to read/attend as it was for me.

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