London Fog

Probably one of the cool things about writing in a blog is the ability to look back a year ago and see what I was posting about, trying to capture back the memory during the time of that post.

I took a quick peak of what happened last year and its like taking a little time machine with all the memories in the past come rushing back. Memories of a quick visit to NYC and experiencing the first time home since moving revealed how much I appreciated and missed the States so much. I can't believe its already been a year later since then. Its amazing how time really flies.

As I sit here in the airport lounge, waiting for my flight to depart, I can't believe how fast time has gone by. But I'll be glad that I will be back home for Christmas, the New Year, and of course, officially leaving my twenties to join the crowd of "thirtysomethings."

I can't help but count my blessings to have the opportunity to experience what I have in the past year and be lucky enough to be returning home and spend time with close friends and family for the holidays.

Let's just hope the London Fog won't cause any delays or cancellations!

See you all very soon!

Stream of consciousness

I found it surprising that most of my colleagues own a tuxedo. Perhaps it just falls under the whole British mentality of being Prim and Proper. Not only do I not own a tuxedo, but I can't even tie a bowtie.

I've never seen so many Indians go crazy to Beware of the Boys by Panjabi MC. It was simply.. amazing. I was speechless. Now I know how to dance to it when it comes on.

The best part was the beautiful Indian woman I was dancing with. You can't get any luckier than dancing to an Indian song with a beautiful Indian woman. Would Bollywood take me?

One of the best clubs in London is Umbaba on Thursday nights. Great music, beautiful people, and if you ever order bottle service, everyone knows because the waitresses hold up the bottle attaching huge sparklers that light up the whole club. It basically captures everyone's attention and lets everyone know "Hey, look at me!! I'm rich!" This event happened a few times during the night, one being a large crowd of guys ordering magnum size bottles of Cristal. When this happens, man do the women flock. I always wanted to taste Cristal so I worked my magic.

Well, I cheated. I fancied a girl that was carrying one of the many champagne glasses and started chatting her up. She was quite cute of course, but my eyes were on the Cristal the whole time. It was like I was Gollum in the movie Lord of the Rings..

Precious...

I wanted to taste it... so sure enough, I was bold enough to tell her that she was drinking very expensive champagne and I asked her if I could taste it. She happily agreed! After a couple swishes in my mouth and the experience of tasting a 1100 quid bottle of champagne, my thirst was quenched and my curiosity was satisfied. To be honest, I didn't have enough to drink to tell the difference from a cheap ol' bottle from the local convenience store.

I never forget a pretty face. And with the many club hopping adventures, I noticed "her" again. I've seen her before and lucky enough, I finally got to talk to her and had a pleasant conversation. Half Irish / Half Filipina with an English accent. Freckles too. So cute. Too bad body language reveals all. That and I saw her holding hands with her boyfriend. doh! Too good to be true.

Warsaw Poland - Interesting city. Beautiful Women. Separate post on that later.

Mince Meat Pie - Finally tried this. No thanks.

1 more week and I'm home. Wicked.

Tuxes, Panjabi MC, Cristal and Poland

Its been a whirlwind few days with a combination of a holiday party, typical Thursday night partying and weekend getaways. Mix that in with late nights at work and out comes my excuse for not updating this blog! Apologies!

The craziness continues on this weekend as I visit a friend from University in her home of the past three years- Warsaw, Poland! Should be good times!

As I'm literally almost out the door, just wanted to leave placeholders for more elaborate thoughts later...

• Tuxedos - Don't Rent, own!
  


• Beware of the Boys, Panjabi MC - I've never been to a party where this has been played 3 times in one night! Yet the dance floor filled up more and more each and every time it played! At least I finally got to dance with a beautiful Indian girl when it came on. A dream come true to any guy when this song comes on. =)
  


• Hmm.. Cristal.. finally your sweet taste quenches my thirst and my curiosity is finally satisfied. And no, I can't afford the 1100 quid bottle. But alas, are you still boycotted by PDiddy and JayZ?
  


• What's better than a Filipina with a British accent? A half-Irish half-Filipina with a British Accent! God does amazing things...
  


• Poland? What adventures will you bring? My first visit to a proper Eastern Block country, I hope you don't disappoint!
  

Stay tuned next week for proper updates!