two weeks altogether full of happenings, during which:

~ sven came to visit, bought himself flipflops, was inadequately fed and toured by me (no char kway teow! no oyster omelette! no laksa!) and has gone back to sweden (warmly shod.)

~ winnie had her wisdom tooth out (exhibiting considerable self-control throughout, but this is the woman who gave birth without epidural.)

~ des had yet more surgery on his foot (which, you will recall, was broken when he was thrown into a pond.)

~ lunch at maxwell market with the soon-to-depart yeenteck (during which i discover deep fried sweet potato flour balls, and establish that first secretaries, while being third in diplomatic precedence, is lowly within the MFA)

~ was refused for blood donation because of having taken anti-malarials on my cambodia trip.

~ saw joel again after four whole years! (but only briefly, for reasons i own entirely my fault.)

~ 優客李林 concert! (still a little shaken that they've ended their career here in my hometown!)

~ supper at chompchomp with winnie and aaron. (though the price of supper was getting more grilled than the stingray about my life and times. i shan't be such a damn fool next time.)

~ first wednesday with the girls at clarke quay (ramen broth brewed from seven different unidentified nuts.)

not to mention something VERY exciting and highly secretive, but wild horses would not, etc.