So Friday was my birthday, yay me. I started the day off in a boiling hot room at a breakfast meeting on Collins St. Once that was finished I made my way to the office to spend the day without the rest of my team … yup it was great. Kim made time in her day to take me out to lunch which was good, we scoffed some dumplings from Shanghai Village. After work I met up with Tim (he works across the road from me) and we went down to Trunk. Cheryl and her friend Brooke were next to arrive, followed by Laura, then Raj and finally Dhillon, Jimmy, Chinmay and his wife Ushma. We had a few drinks and shared a basket of hot chips. Around 7.30 the rain started so everyone from the beer garden squished into the building. In a break in the rain we made our way outside under one of the big umbrellas. We were waiting for the rain to stop before we headed home, but as there was no signs of it letting up we made a run for it. Alas we were all dripping wet once we made it home, so to warm our insides we decided to play a drinking game. Laura’s friends came over too and we played ‘Circle of Death’. Oh my lord, we drank 1 litre of gin within about 40 minutes. Dhillon and Raj stumbled out at about 10pm and I spewed in the loo and then face planted in my bed not long after.
Saturday morning I woke up and felt ill from not eating any dinner. I forced myself to eat some porridge then had a shower and went to the hairdresser. I had my roots done, along with some highlights, a wash, a trim and she straightened it for me. Once I was done I came home and had some lunch then headed out to the airport to pick up Mum. On the way home, Bulleen Rd and Xavier College were flooded from the rain so we had to go the long way. I got back home around 6pm and started to get ready for dinner straight away. Khrissa arrived around 7 and we went downstairs to catch a taxi. The poor taxi driver had been driving in the floods the night before and his car kept stalling due to the water in it. He dropped us off on Chapel St and we walked up to TGI Fridays where my birthday dinner was to be held! Khrissa’s friend Marcus met us out the front and Cass, Bec and Ben were already inside. Dhillon, Vishal and Monika arrived not long after, followed by Linda, Sov, Lynh, Ly & Kevin and Trang. We had garlic bread with chilli flakes for entree, I had chicken fajitas for mains and Khrissa and the girls shared dessert. After dinner we all went to Katuk Bar which is pretty nice. We scored a couch and had a good talk over a few drinks.
Khrissa and Dhillon stayed over at my place (not all in the same bed mind you) so on Sunday morning we got up and went down to Russell St to check out the Chinese New Year festival. We had some food at Chinabar and checked out the Lion Dancers before I drove them both home.
