Hangin’ out… Merry Christmas

What a month December was. Those 80 hour weeks, those 16-hour days, those workin’ weekends, just to get a magazine out. Naoko and Zen weren’t here the whole time, hanging out with mum ‘n’ dad, it’s all so different. But now it’s concluded. Whew!

I worked the deadline about 36 hours longer than I had initially planned, but it all got wrapped up by noon on the 24th – just in time, because it was Christmas Eve and we were all working a half day. I went off to practice with my band. I got lost trying to find the jam studioy, but I wasn’t the last one to show up either, so it all worked out okay. We did a few great songs, and had a lot of fun. Afterwards, went off to drink beer. I got on a bus, and was at home by 6:30. Had a nice dinner, then went for a walk around the neighbourhood. Got to sleep not too late, exhausted. Weight dropped to 77.4 kilos, whole body was aching.

Christmas Day, spent some time tidying up and writing emails and messages to friends and acquaintances, watched the heavy rain coming down, checked out “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, then wished I hadn’t.

December 26th, woke up, took care of some chores, went off Christmas shopping on Orchard. Hit Swee Lee guitar shop for some strings (and to try out some bass guitar – they only had right-handed basses, so I tried it out that way), then to Grammaphone, then to HMV in the City Link, then to the Esplanade to borrow some DVDs (The Last Waltz, The Rolling Stones Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus, Big Brother and Holding Company with Janis Joplin, and Abba-The Movie). Took a bus to Wheelock Place and bought some books, then to Toys ‘r’ Us for some… toys, then to Kinokuniya for some books, then to the old HMV at Somerset and the new HMV at Somerset, and then back to the City Link HMV, then by MRT to Clementi; it was raining, and I had just missed my bus, so I took a cab. Bought some tonic water, then headed back, had dinner, watched Abba-The Movie with mum ‘n’ dad, and then watched Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny. Funny. Interesting. The first five minutes are, of course, the best part of the movie.

Here we are, in Black Dynamite style:

Peter

Naoko

Zen

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