Sunday, August 19, 2012

Of lost phones and clubbing

and so for the gazillionth time, my phone is officially lost.

can now add to be never-ending list of misplaced phones, my 6 mth old iphone 4s.

so yes to the lucky bugger that managed to kope my phone, i hope smth not very nice happens to you (everything else that pops up in my head is too awful to officially document).

as it is, im trying to recall which i've lost at which point of time but im fast losing count.
aug 2012 : iphone 4s
feb 2012 : iphone 3gs
feb 2011 : BB Curve
jan 2011 : iphone 3gs

strangely enough, when i was younger (ahem, ok fine, i meant not yet an adult), i was also losing phones at exactly the same rate, but more misplacing (ie. leaving on cabs etc) cos of forgetfulness, rather than losing cos of drunkness and dark clubs. i seem to have overcome the leaving stuff in cabs now by making a conscious effort to check cabs before i leave. so i guess if i can make that a habit, i can make another conscious effort to not get drunk? ha ok just typing that out and i know i cant.

my speed of drinking increases at the same rate as my level of intoxication.
like a speeding out of control car whose brakes dont work.

i dont quite enjoy clubbing anymore, the constant throngs of people, the darkness (i swear im getting more and more night blind, think its an age thing), side stepping puke, never ending toilet queues and worst, is my total lack of ability to control my drinking speed.

back in the day it used to be "shit, ok must stop at 3 drinks cos thats all i can afford", now its more like "ITS FRIDAY! GO GO GO!" then out comes the bottles and its gg from there on out.

much as i wld like to push the blame to my party hardy colleagues (these are the girls who can club 2 days in a row - while im still nursing my hangover from the night before, theyll be asking "so, whats the plan tonite?"), i know its really a personal choice.

i love drinking. im ok with clubbing, but i fear losing out. like on mondays when everyone is back in office and they start discussing "omggggg, fri was epicccc etc", i just sit there feeling sad and wondering if i shld have gone. i dont wanna lie on my deathbed and wonder if i shld have clubbed more. but every single time i go, im just reminded of how i shld really stop doing this so often, for fear of losing my phone, my dignity and my carefully maintained image of a good girl (ok jkjk, that ship has sailed a long time ago).

but.

friday was pretty epic. even by our lofty standards. table at mink, 5x champagne magnums, belvedere magnus, patron, jagermeisters, being chased by bouncers, apparently watching a crazy bottle hurling fight, policeman and ambulances, and calling my friend the next morning to tell me what happened in the 2 hours that my memory was blacked out.

at this point, ive given up beating myself up over nights like this, and just embrace the stupidity and irresponsibility of it all. i just hope that i manage to say to myself sometime soon "been there, done that, no need to revisit".

that and the fact that everything in your phone is now stored up there somewhere in the clouds, so losing your phone no longer means losing your life line. just buy a new phone, plug it in and you wont even know its gone (just that your wallet feels significantly lighter).

and i hope my 4s blows up in the douchewad's ear when he's using it.

:)



Monday, August 13, 2012

A Sedate Weekend

it seems that along with my renewed energy to blog, has come a push for me to do the gazillion other things on my to do this weekend.

that and the fact that i was displaying really annoying flu-like symptoms after 3 straight days of drinking on mon-wed last week. and going through abit of a social funk (i dont want to go out, but if i dont will i lose my friends? will i regret not having a good time rather than staying home and doing boring things? but didnt i just do this last week? will i lie on my deathbed regretting i didnt club this week? very deep existential qns basically.)

im proud to say that this week, i have accomplished the following :

- officially started on the travel wall : hung up the maps (which have been carried arnd daily for a mth) in preparation of planning for the aussie trip

- went through a bunch of the travel books

- organized my belt collection (which may not SEEM like a big deal, but now i am forced to face the fact that i have waaaay too many brown belts SO I NEED TO STOP BUYING. any reason to stop spending money is good.)

- went shopping (FOR NECESSITIES. thats not counted as frivolous. yes, silver accessories, sunglasses and eye cream are necessities.)

- read my book

- played my game

- ate a (semi) home-cooked bfast (admittedly the coffee was from a starbucks satchet, ham pre-packed, fish fingers from a box, and bread from a loaf... but at least i cooked the eggs myself!) whilst rewatching the ole fave, "Forrest Gump"

- ate damn good pasta

- AND FINALLY (after 6 mths of procrastination) REBOOTED MY LOVELY MACBOOK AIR.
seeing how ive almost thrown it out of the window (and did physically smack it against a wall in frustration once), felt that it would be healthy for both my sanity, my laptops physical wellbeing, and my wallet for me to do smth abt it.

gotta ♥ domo


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not clubbing is really awesome for my productivity.

that and i realized i shld really take more photos - if im going to bore people with my day to day completions of menial tasks, at least couple them with pretty photos.