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it was absolutely fantastic catching up with the GE crew tonight. we had so much fun!!! i have missed them sooooo much!!!

we went to our usual haunts with the usual people and the usual drinks.

est and ryan's.

met some new ppl :-) haha some were funny, some were lame. but hey, no one complained.

mr David (kaz's man) is pretty cool. really easy to talk to and veryyyyy nice guy. we had a bit of a girl's conversation about him afterwards. ;)

took it pretty slow. . . i think i was high on berocca more than anything else. good times.

cabbed it home with MT. pretty early but poor kaz (it was her party!) was gonne. hahaha.

would love to do it again sometime.

it was a sad and happy day.

we were all pretty much getting pumped, getting pumped, pumped all day for tonight.

i dropped a bombshell this morning to kaz and loz. :-( they were in shock. (so i was for that matter)

prettttty alrite day workwise... basically cause i'm just so on top of things and we had morning tea.

THE A-TEAM (i.e., MY TEAM) MAKES THE BEST MORNING TEA EVER.

For $80 we had a FEAST. soooo much food and the troopers did pretty well in demonlishing a lot of it. dips, chips, nuts, lollies, little boys, crackers, cheese, banana muffins, tim tams, chocolates, fruit platter and vege platter.

wowsers.

i think we set a really high benchmark for next month's management morning tea. WOOHOOOOO~ it's on!

then after lunch, loz is trying to like highlight her fields on her excel spreadsheet. and LOLOLOL she couldn't do it.

so me and kristy try and help.

and we both did the same thing - i.e., FLIP HER SCREEN UPSIDE DOWN. omg we laughed so hard we cried. cause loz is like WTF DID U GIRLS DOOOOOO *tries to use her mouse to fix it to no avail*

BIATCHES.... FIX IT!!! *chucks funniest temper tantrum ever*

LOLOLOL and he and kristy and like laughing our asses off and the whole floor is looking at us.

yeah. that was good just what we neded to get high for the night.

and i got phone calls right on 5. the first one was bob... he said hurry up and go out already. so i told him to tell greg to have a lovely holiday. =)

the second one went to voicemail. i'm willing to bet it was greg.

the third one that kristy answered was driver in WA. patience is a virtue woman! i'm getting it organised as quickly as a i can. calling me up 5 times a day won't help!!!

and then
and then
and then

THE NIGHT TRULY BEGAN.

ESTABLISHMENT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 drinks. and one maccas beef patty later

we were at THE RETRO HOTEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

partayyyyyyyyyyyy

it was so low key until like 7:30 it was ridiculous. drinking ourselves stupid with no one singing. but it slowly got there. i can't remember how many drinks we had. or what we were drinking. it was something like

cranberry punch with vodka and something - and we added champagne to it to make it more alcoholic
white wine
vodka and diet coke
champagne
tequila shots
wet pussys
beer

and lots of food that's bad for you.

bit of stuff i remember (about other ppl of course):
flashing boobs
knocking over drinks all night
burning a ciggy hole in loz tshirt
dancing ourselves stupid

we went back to the establishment around 10.

stopped at 7/11 on the way. LOL that was funny. kaz lost her phone and we had to call adam to bring it back. and then we met up with more ppl and drank more

vodka red bulls.

by the end of the night we were all stoned sober. (... probably just stoned). sooooo tired.

cabbed it home. took like 15 minutes to get a cab biatches!!!

me and loz shared a cabcharge. it was cheaper to go via the inner west than to go straight off the princes hwy/M5... unbelievable!

crashed when i got home.

and now i think to think about my christmas shopping list!

after a 3 week hiatus, we're back at our old haunts.

e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-m-e-n-t-!-!-!-!

and i said to myself.

"diet coke only"

it worked. until loz and kaz got involved.

but i had to change my much-loved vodka cranberries to vodka diet cokes.

never had it before. but i can roll with it.

apparently, it's the best choice i could have made if i were to start drinking on dukan. sooooo i'm ok with it. only had 2 anyhow so very very tame night.

altho loz did randomly shoved me into this guy and chatted to him for about half an hour. no idea who the f he was. HAHAHAHAHAHA. it was a ploy to try and make me stay longer. but mmmph... there was really no potential for a wild, big night.

so this random guy - latino - tries to read my palm. HAHAHAHAAHAHAA champ.

moses and i were cracking up.

left around 8. way early but it wasn't much fun. got there just after 5 and all the tables were taken so we had to stand around our usual spot. not as intimate.

but karaoke night with the parra ppl next week.

and then its the CHRISTMAS PARTY.

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~

(Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are)

it gets worse with age...

we "checked in" to the est and 4:30 yesterday afternoon (although we actually had permission to start @ 3, there was just way too much work to finalise and handover).

and we were planning to take it s-l-o-w. that worked for the first TWO drinks. HAHAHA

good crowd turn out. people came and went. so i think we all had a really good night all around.

janny-poo came after having dinner with her friends too!!! YAY!!!! i think by that stage i was pretty tipsy - but a couple others including my ex-TL (so sad... she's gone to the dark side) was absolutely gone - spilt two drinks at the bar, had to go to the toilet like 4 times, thank goodness we got there early enough to secure a long table and enough stools for all of us so that we didn't have to stand around all night!

so yes, we got to the stage where people were dancing and being really stupid. hehehhehe =D

janny and i left around 11. sooooooo tired still a LOT of people there for such an early start.

got to speak to so many people and learn so many things :-)

its hard to sleep when you've had 3 vodka red bulls as your last drinks (i can't remember how many drinks i was bought in between) but i bought the last round of red bulls...

woke up shitass early this morning too. like 7:30. didn't know what to do with myself. and it was so cold and windy!

also got my monthly that gets worse with age (i'll bet u were thinking i meant drinking and hangovers get worse with age!!) and the worse thing ever after a big night. i didn't even have a hangover but this just killed it...

girls only.

fucking awesomeeeeee and the some.

got bought drinks all night. funniest cabbie EVER.

best pizza ever.

fan-fucking-tastic.

just what i needed after this shitass week!!!

and we're doing it again next week. WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no, i refuse to take the blame for your mistakes.

and i am so glad that everyone around me has eyes.

another big friday night - big but tame!

drinks at the establishment started very prematurely... we were let off at 4:30!!! woot woot. only had a couple.. i don't think i like vodka much anymore... =S

occasion: colleague's farewell.

we also had lunch at a nice restaurant. PIZZA!!! i had ate half of mine... but so good. and wine. yummo!

went back to my homey to have dinner with the usuals. asian. lol. hilarious. talking all grown up. and then we went to a dessert bar. and wtf?

how can you have no pearls?????? =(

tiring night. tame. just how i love it.

and today... oh a whim. i woke up and this feeling that i couldn't suppress.

MUST GO TO DFO.

so me and sis went. and i all but maxed out my credit card.

and dont even know what we spent it all on.. well i do.. but its like. wow. there goes $500...

still need new shoes. flats to be precise.

but we got a very very good haul.

peter alexander. pjs for me. pjs for her.
bras n things bras for me. bras for her.
just jeans dress for me
billabong all things swimwear for me. all things swimwear for her.
quiksilver havaianas for me. havaianas for her. havaianas for dad.
jeans west dress for me. dress for her.
lumiere pearls for me.
esprit top and skirt for me.
BUnited davenport undies for her.
oroton umbrella for me. wallet for her.

<3

good exercise... for my plastic! ;)

slept in a little cause was a bit crook. but still got to work on time. and my desk wasn't trashed (YAY!.. no need to pick up confetti from the ground)

and people start coming in and saying happy birthday =D =D =D

and our RM saunters over sometime around 9. wishes me and colleague a happy birthday... and

"happy 50th birthday girls!!!"

..... SO clever. =D

got wine, lindt voucher, bracelet, flowers and a crown!!! teeheehehehe. super duper awesome.

and got shouted lunch at the belgian beer cafe. hoegaarden and a pot of mussels. hilarious thing is, its belgian weekend and they had this game that was going around all the tables. 3 dice - 2 chances - you have to roll 4-2-1 combination.

and i did.

YAYYYY!!!!! go me!!!

super awesome. we all cheered =D but it didnt make a difference since my lovely TL was paying. ;) better for her budget i suppose. hehehe.

yummy food. yummy beer. even with a bit of a sniffle it was still sooo good.

and funniest thing was, we turned into stalkers. lol. see him when we come out... see him when we go back.. see him at the station.. see him at the met centre... see hit at the gym... =D =D =D HILARIOUS.

cause we full played a prank on our TL about it too. we r so clever.

moving along, had cupcakes in the afternoon. more yummyness. i forgot to mention the cheezels we had for morning tea. and burger rings.

yes, we're pigs.

drinks at the establishment after work.

and dinner at small, cosy korean restaurant with my favouritist tarjay ppl and associates in the world. so awesome.. we ordered like. the whole menu. slow and pretty poor service. poor guy. we were hounding him and hounding him. lol. some pretty schnazzy food. and opened my bottle of sparkling i got today.

and they surprised me with a cake. nom nom nom.

and theeennnn we fronted vbar. walked in. and straight back out. lol. didn't even stop for one.

and went karaoke for like 3 hours. i think i may have lost my voice. SCREAMING at the top of our lungs. most awesomest songs too. (LOVE STORY, living on a prayer, eye of the tiger, my heard will go on, BAD ROMANCE...) lots and lots of cops around tonight. k-clubs are being targeted.

we even got to discuss the finer points of picking dates. fantastic. progress.

i loved how everything just fell into place. and that we all had such a goooooooooooooooooooooood time. haven't laughed so much in one night nor screamed so loudly nor enjoyed myself like i did. so excited for the next friday night!!! sans alcohol. who said u needed alcohol to have fun. come to think of it... our outings have been only mildly assisted by the concoctions.

good times.

friday. who doesnt love friday.

walking through the met centre in the morning and i don't know what ticked me off but i decided to go under the pass rather than up the escalators. GOOD GOINGG!. bumped into my TL and a couple of colleagues who were buying eggs benedict ( i have been told they are the BEST eggs benedict around) and coffee. and when i walked up to them, they all pointed outside. and i was like O_O its raining shitbuckets. and i had no umbrella. so it was the wisest move to walk underneath cause they had umbrellas. wYnner!!! epicly awesome when we all had shit to carry - coffee, breakfast, umbrella, bag, etc.. and trying to get as not wet as possible.

anyway, so much stuff to catch up and do cause we were having an early day for our "save the date" event.

the amazing race: the christmas edition

in the rain although the weather held up for the most part. good stuff. couldn't agree about the teams (they were pre-picked) but let's just say. i had the state manager on my team O_O there were both its advantages and disadvantages. and we had to wear santa hats for the duration of the race. embarassing.

anyway, so my team, cause we were *SO* enthusiastic, got to the first pit stop about 15 minutes AFTER the second last team. so we were like. oh shit, we're screwed. so we just did the race laissez-faire. cause like, there were 2 other teams that we REALLY into it. and full sprinting and taking it seriously (the prize was a half day off work).

anyway, so we get to each of the other check points in due time, managing to make up some time on the way. and LOLOL, we get to the last checkpoint and we were like, ok just tell us, we're last right? and the pit-stop-erer was like..

no actually, you guys are second.

COMEBACK OF THE RACE!!! so we full got into in then and got all fired up and we sprinted from the argyle stairs all the way back to out building courtyard.

we ended up coming second!!! wYwYnwYn!!!

epic awesome.

the highlights at the "awards ceremony"
~ the most enthusiastic teams ended up last collectively
~ we came in second after being the underdogs the whole race
~ the team who came first almost beat the pitstoppers to their designated locations cause they were so pumped
~ one team were so temperate not to come last, they caught a cab and paid the driver $10 to go down the road (approx 500m). LOLOLOL!!! HILARIOUS.
~ we had to sing jinglebells as an incentive for the managers to double the bar tab.

ended up across the road @ the est. for drinks. we were there for 5 hours + our $500 tab ended up being around $900. LOL. there were only like.. 12 of us. and it was $5 drinks. so that was a looooooooooooooooooot of drinks.

i can't remember how many i had after about 7.. but maccas was so bloody good inbetween. we need more of these events to build team morale.

today was supposed to be another epic day. grandmas birthday. planned this pretty big event at restaurant. relos from hong kong came.

and around 5, we get dreaded phone call. they had to call an ambulance cause she has a fever and she's feeling really cold and shaking.

=( =( =( =( =(

they're still in emergency. but they say she'll be ok.

so yes, so quickly things can change. just waiting for news...