Festivities

There's something about barfing up half a lung that renders you unable to write. Anything. Or even speak properly. Hence the absence of posts. Or it could be I've had nothing interesting to say... such is Life in the Comfort Zone.

So what's happened in the last week?

Well, first-up, two of our fab friends from Japan, Kat and Daz got legally married in Tokyo last week. Read all about it.

Our department Xmas Party was ON last night - downed a few champers with 320 fellow revellers and felt all the better for it. Wondered why people were giving me a wide berth most of the night, though. Oh yeah, must have been the spittle frothing forth from my hacked-up bronchial tubes.

One thing that amazed me about the party, though, was that it was held at Queens Warehouse at Docklands, in and around the most outrageously decadent and expensive car collection I've ever seen (because, you know, I make it my business to visit car collections). People were chug-a-lugging next to $200,000 collectible cars and if I know Xmas parties the way I know Xmas parties, there would have been quite a few stains in and around the cars by the end of the evening (maybe even a reprise of Rose and Jack's Titanic love-romp).

Snog-fest anyone?

Didn't stay long enough to see all that, though - I headed home to watch "The Apprentice"...

Today is Day of Wrapping pressies for the Smith Family. Am not nursing mother-futsuka-yoi this morning (contrare to the number of champers downed last night in weakened state), so should be fun.

Have been feeling all natsukashii about Japan this week. I have the fondest memories of our Orphans Xmas Parties in Tokyo, getting blotto, stumbling down frigid, frosty streets and into karaoke bars in the wee hours, and recovering with a CoCos curry the next day. There was always a feeling of solidarity amongst those of us left in Tokyo without family to spend the festive season with.

Husband and I haven't spent Chrissie in Australia for the past 3 years, so it's all a bit strange. Will definitely miss the crowd we used to spend time with in Tokyo. All our friends here have their own family to spend time with, so in a lot of ways, people without family would probably feel lonelier here than they would in the same situation in Japan.

End of reflection.

Aren't you happy about that?