although i was feeling a tad stomachey, i headed along to the 2nd annual hedge fund fight night in causeway bay last night. alex was one of the 12 fighters and was second to last fight – the business end of the evening.
ended up having a great time – we had a good bunch of...
Monthly Archives: October 2008
hedge fund fight night
an expat onboard smoothes the ride
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a real conversation with a coworker about an hour ago:
her: “are you catching the bus again tonight?”
me: “no, i only caught it last week as i had to pick some tickets up from kowloon”
her: “oh. it is good when an expat gets on the work bus. the driver drives more slowly and carefully if there...
rugby this weekend
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i feel it my duty to point out where we will be sitting this weekend so that you can find me on tv… (click to see it bigger):
good narly started back at the gym yesterday…
Proof (sorry about the gratuitous urinal shot):
killing time in a café
sitting in a café having a hot chocolate waiting for our excellent yet rather unreliable obstetrician to arrive at his surgery. my work office location sucks for many reasons, but this is a big one. 20 min taxi to central and if the appointment is delayed (which it usually is), i have to kill time...
hong kong “super”markets
honestly, the sheer incompetence and crappiness of hong kong supermarkets is sometimes astonishing. today i went to get a salad that had chicken slices, lettuce, some dressing and – a little weirdly – some ravioli on it. the salad was simply called “chicken salad with ravioli”, and i just wanted to know what sort of...
a few more edinburgh photos
am back from singapore – it was an exhausting weekend (not helped by a 5:45am pickup for golf on monday) and i finally got back on tuesday.
a few things to do this weekend; i think we are buying a cot or something like that this saturday, then on sunday it’s little sam binnington’s 2nd birthday...
back again. again.
just back from singapore from the apaa conference (bunch of patent lawyers from around the world gathering to talk and socialise). i’m absolutely shattered and am looking forward to a good sleep tonight. there was a social event each night (including tonight – i’m missing it) and i even got up at 5:45am on monday...
a few more photos of the wedding
just pulled a bunch of photos from rachel’s camera from damon and lynn’s wedding in edinburgh. first a few from just after the ceremony (my photos from the ceremony are on film, so they’ll be up in a few weeks):
… and then some from the reception. first is damon and second is when...