Travelling Mates
21st February 2006, Tuesday
Had dinner as mentioned with Matthew, Ferris and Karen last evening at the "Mr Bean" just across the shop.
The food was quite acceptable and economical for Matthew's (the "boss" of the night) wallet sake and we had a hearty talk which transcended into as late as 11 pm in the night with work beckoning for all of us today...
The usual rumblings about anime and incidents with strange customers at the shop, wedding plans (since the 3 guys are groom-to-be sooner or later) as well as travelling overseas, Japan being the most mentioned.
While we do missed the likes of the enigmatic Chan, the conniving Reedy or the bumbling Vincent, the chat between the more level-headed individuals in the group is always leading to somewhere and of last evening I think I found some reliable travelling companions for future toys hunts overseas.
Before this, there had been an unofficial pact between me and Ferris about going to the next winter Wonder Festival in February 2007 though he was also the one always backed out on such agreement due to budget constraint. But with a year to plan and especially for me who would most probably go when the mind is set, the 2007 trip is well packed up and in the bag.
Karen once more being tied down to work commitments could not oblige and as usual we cajoled her to come out with medical excuses such as wisdom tooth extraction to take a week break from her school which during normal semester will not allow any teacher to go on vacation as they do not have flexible paid annual leaves.
We also sprang the idea of going to the a cool wintry Hong Kong at the end of the year for my maiden toy hunt there which had been in the back of my mind for a while and should be much less dear than the Japanese one for sure.
And it sure looks bright for me to find a reliable source of companions for future trips and I could envision the whoel lot of us stuck in Akihabara, spending one entire day, rammaging the "treasures" well hidden within the premises.
All this rattling is cool but not condusive to be held on Monday evening as I got home just before midnight, slept at 2 am and now 3 in the afternoon, I am feeling groggy due to a lack of sleep with a RT session coming up later..yikes...
My curse of newly acquired stuff spoiling continues and this time is my Casio Edifice active dial watch which I got from an online retailer barely a year back taking the brunt of a carless swing of my wrist which hit the elevator's facade and suffered a great crack on the otherwise elegant glass face.
My heart sores upon looking at my treasured possession and tried hard to replace the face despite it was stated that it is not part of the warranty which I am still enjoying since the watch is barely a year into the purchase.
It seems like I could only rectify it at the distributir at UBI!!! Good grief, I wouldn't want to go so fast East just to get such a trivial issue settled but that seems to be the best available option till my mom gave me a call that she has enlisted a help of a neighborhood watch retailer to replace a new face for my watch despite that not been an original face and it is prone to seeping of water...luckily I don't intend to swim let alone dive with my time-piece and make sure the watch will only be worn under sunny or fine weather....
It seems lik all the issues are under the water about my lass' Italian stint and as planned she went to the bridal shop and hope they could accomodate the timing for the photo shoot and suddenly I felt 3 months might not be sure a long time afterall...and truly hope she returns a more nourished person both financially and knowlegde-wise but not physically...
BY smsed me before lunch, once more beckoning me to join her at the rival research institute, staking claims that some of the new employees who like her jumped ship to the new place seems to get an promotion in grade as well as in wage renumeration.
It sure sounds honey-coated sweet and tempting, well I would really consider but after April when the performance bonus is been issued....
Had dinner as mentioned with Matthew, Ferris and Karen last evening at the "Mr Bean" just across the shop.
The food was quite acceptable and economical for Matthew's (the "boss" of the night) wallet sake and we had a hearty talk which transcended into as late as 11 pm in the night with work beckoning for all of us today...
The usual rumblings about anime and incidents with strange customers at the shop, wedding plans (since the 3 guys are groom-to-be sooner or later) as well as travelling overseas, Japan being the most mentioned.
While we do missed the likes of the enigmatic Chan, the conniving Reedy or the bumbling Vincent, the chat between the more level-headed individuals in the group is always leading to somewhere and of last evening I think I found some reliable travelling companions for future toys hunts overseas.
Before this, there had been an unofficial pact between me and Ferris about going to the next winter Wonder Festival in February 2007 though he was also the one always backed out on such agreement due to budget constraint. But with a year to plan and especially for me who would most probably go when the mind is set, the 2007 trip is well packed up and in the bag.
Karen once more being tied down to work commitments could not oblige and as usual we cajoled her to come out with medical excuses such as wisdom tooth extraction to take a week break from her school which during normal semester will not allow any teacher to go on vacation as they do not have flexible paid annual leaves.
We also sprang the idea of going to the a cool wintry Hong Kong at the end of the year for my maiden toy hunt there which had been in the back of my mind for a while and should be much less dear than the Japanese one for sure.
And it sure looks bright for me to find a reliable source of companions for future trips and I could envision the whoel lot of us stuck in Akihabara, spending one entire day, rammaging the "treasures" well hidden within the premises.
All this rattling is cool but not condusive to be held on Monday evening as I got home just before midnight, slept at 2 am and now 3 in the afternoon, I am feeling groggy due to a lack of sleep with a RT session coming up later..yikes...
My curse of newly acquired stuff spoiling continues and this time is my Casio Edifice active dial watch which I got from an online retailer barely a year back taking the brunt of a carless swing of my wrist which hit the elevator's facade and suffered a great crack on the otherwise elegant glass face.
My heart sores upon looking at my treasured possession and tried hard to replace the face despite it was stated that it is not part of the warranty which I am still enjoying since the watch is barely a year into the purchase.
It seems like I could only rectify it at the distributir at UBI!!! Good grief, I wouldn't want to go so fast East just to get such a trivial issue settled but that seems to be the best available option till my mom gave me a call that she has enlisted a help of a neighborhood watch retailer to replace a new face for my watch despite that not been an original face and it is prone to seeping of water...luckily I don't intend to swim let alone dive with my time-piece and make sure the watch will only be worn under sunny or fine weather....
It seems lik all the issues are under the water about my lass' Italian stint and as planned she went to the bridal shop and hope they could accomodate the timing for the photo shoot and suddenly I felt 3 months might not be sure a long time afterall...and truly hope she returns a more nourished person both financially and knowlegde-wise but not physically...
BY smsed me before lunch, once more beckoning me to join her at the rival research institute, staking claims that some of the new employees who like her jumped ship to the new place seems to get an promotion in grade as well as in wage renumeration.
It sure sounds honey-coated sweet and tempting, well I would really consider but after April when the performance bonus is been issued....
Japanese word of the day: 協定(Pact) Well come February next year, Ferris would most probably forgotten about our pact as he was commited to a trip to Istanbul to see his latest Turkish idol craze Baeyong Sehart
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