Props to Chad for finding this! I knew I was related to famous people! Please line up for autographs kthx!
First I present an equal opportunity collection. Asians, Emperors, Soccer players, Wizards and Lesbians reprazent yo!
Next a more Asian oriented collection, with vampire slaying garnish
Finally, the black edition. I think its purely coincidental that I'm 50% similar to 50 cent.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Tis the season to be jolly, and eat like you're a refugee from Somalia, and get sunburnt!
I suppose I had better post about my migratory patterns over the Christmas and New Years period. Most of my readers will have been involved in some sort of shenanigans with me, so feel free to NOT read this and save yourself 3-5 minutes of your life so that it maybe better spent downloading illegal software, killing brain cells on YouTube, searching for pornography, or doing something outside to take advantage of this lovely weather that no one in the world seems to be getting ;-)
The season of jolliness actually began a full week before my triumphant return to NZ. Scott (an ex-Synergite mate) passed through Singapore for a week with friend Parmesh and was dragged in to what almost ended up being a week-long piss up with them (definitely NOT complaining guys!). Hilights included consuming giant novelty sized burgers at Brewerks, and giant novelty sized margaritas at Cafe Iguana. I left them to their own devices during the day, and invariably Sentosa, the Zoo and 500 malls were visited.
The flight back was one of the worst I've ever experienced on Singapore Airlines, I got shoved into the back-most row of the plane with no leg or recline room, and decidedly average looking air hostesses (perhaps my standards for them have risen now?). The lads and lass (who joined us half way through the week-long piss up) kept me well entertained at least. Let it be known that this is the first flight where I did not endulge in Super Mario Bros (yes... I even played Super Mario Bros on business class over to Singapore, albeit drunk on champagne! :D).
Parted ways with Scott in Auckland as he was sticking around for a few days for a wedding, found Wellington to be just as I expected, around about 15 degrees :D. What I didn't remember was the severity of the wind as I made my way back into Wellington for Synergy's Christmas shindig, my lightly producted and carefully crafted hair was devastated by the Wellington wind in mere seconds. I just want to say here, New Zealanders (and Synergites especially) you guys are awesome, despite having left for 8 months, I felt like I hadn't left at all, and thanks heaps for inviting me back!
In the next few days I undid the month and a half of hard gymming in Singapore, 2 BBQs, numerous lunches and coffees :S. It was so worth it though :) and great fun catching up with everyone, the week climaxed with the Twenty20 International between NZ and Sri Lanka where I proudly donned the green and gold impersonating that loveable rascal Shane Warne once more (with a cut blonde wig this time). By chance, the larrakins sitting next to us happened to have smuggled in a giant inflatable phallus, I couldn't let this opportunity slip and neither could they (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=175300 for those not in the know), unfortunately the hawk-eyed and rather grotesque looking security guard confiscated the phallus before any incriminating photographic evidence could be procured. The Duckworth-Lewis system affected play and Sri Lanka was declared winner much to our chagrin, the chagrin was remedied later on that night with 2 bottles of Veuve Cliquot and numerous ridiculously cheap cocktails (compared to Singapore), which reminds me... I have to get the recipe for the Dirty Clint at Ponderosa again, anyone back home wanna help me out?
Was good to spend a few days with the extended family over Christmas, big ups to the family for all the cooking. Despite being surrounded by Chinese food, nothing here in Singapore quite captures the flavours and subtlties of cuisine from my home town (Xi'an). This of course did not help the burgeoning waistline issue, but they're forgiven :D.
New Years was spent camping on a wicked little secluded bay (Anaura Bay) about an hour's drive north of Gisborne. I'd never been camping before and this was certainly one of the best experiences in my life, and something I'd like to do properly again. I was spared of much of the set up hassles as Jess and Nathan kindly offered a portion of the main tent (the marae) to me. The emptying of the chemical toilets, while not a very envious job provided a few hilarious moments as I got urine and possibly fecal matter over my hands and feet in the dark :O... not to worry though, our campsite was right by the beach and a quick swim remedied that problem quite successfully... poor fishies... ;). I'm also fairly dark now as an added bonus of catching some rays on the beach, still peeling in some areas though :(. Oh yeah, chur for the Darren on NY's, you know who you are ;)
Three weeks just wasn't enough :(, I'm keen to head back later in the year, but I've got to find a better excuse than Crate Day :D.
The season of jolliness actually began a full week before my triumphant return to NZ. Scott (an ex-Synergite mate) passed through Singapore for a week with friend Parmesh and was dragged in to what almost ended up being a week-long piss up with them (definitely NOT complaining guys!). Hilights included consuming giant novelty sized burgers at Brewerks, and giant novelty sized margaritas at Cafe Iguana. I left them to their own devices during the day, and invariably Sentosa, the Zoo and 500 malls were visited.
The flight back was one of the worst I've ever experienced on Singapore Airlines, I got shoved into the back-most row of the plane with no leg or recline room, and decidedly average looking air hostesses (perhaps my standards for them have risen now?). The lads and lass (who joined us half way through the week-long piss up) kept me well entertained at least. Let it be known that this is the first flight where I did not endulge in Super Mario Bros (yes... I even played Super Mario Bros on business class over to Singapore, albeit drunk on champagne! :D).
Parted ways with Scott in Auckland as he was sticking around for a few days for a wedding, found Wellington to be just as I expected, around about 15 degrees :D. What I didn't remember was the severity of the wind as I made my way back into Wellington for Synergy's Christmas shindig, my lightly producted and carefully crafted hair was devastated by the Wellington wind in mere seconds. I just want to say here, New Zealanders (and Synergites especially) you guys are awesome, despite having left for 8 months, I felt like I hadn't left at all, and thanks heaps for inviting me back!
In the next few days I undid the month and a half of hard gymming in Singapore, 2 BBQs, numerous lunches and coffees :S. It was so worth it though :) and great fun catching up with everyone, the week climaxed with the Twenty20 International between NZ and Sri Lanka where I proudly donned the green and gold impersonating that loveable rascal Shane Warne once more (with a cut blonde wig this time). By chance, the larrakins sitting next to us happened to have smuggled in a giant inflatable phallus, I couldn't let this opportunity slip and neither could they (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=175300 for those not in the know), unfortunately the hawk-eyed and rather grotesque looking security guard confiscated the phallus before any incriminating photographic evidence could be procured. The Duckworth-Lewis system affected play and Sri Lanka was declared winner much to our chagrin, the chagrin was remedied later on that night with 2 bottles of Veuve Cliquot and numerous ridiculously cheap cocktails (compared to Singapore), which reminds me... I have to get the recipe for the Dirty Clint at Ponderosa again, anyone back home wanna help me out?
Was good to spend a few days with the extended family over Christmas, big ups to the family for all the cooking. Despite being surrounded by Chinese food, nothing here in Singapore quite captures the flavours and subtlties of cuisine from my home town (Xi'an). This of course did not help the burgeoning waistline issue, but they're forgiven :D.
New Years was spent camping on a wicked little secluded bay (Anaura Bay) about an hour's drive north of Gisborne. I'd never been camping before and this was certainly one of the best experiences in my life, and something I'd like to do properly again. I was spared of much of the set up hassles as Jess and Nathan kindly offered a portion of the main tent (the marae) to me. The emptying of the chemical toilets, while not a very envious job provided a few hilarious moments as I got urine and possibly fecal matter over my hands and feet in the dark :O... not to worry though, our campsite was right by the beach and a quick swim remedied that problem quite successfully... poor fishies... ;). I'm also fairly dark now as an added bonus of catching some rays on the beach, still peeling in some areas though :(. Oh yeah, chur for the Darren on NY's, you know who you are ;)
Three weeks just wasn't enough :(, I'm keen to head back later in the year, but I've got to find a better excuse than Crate Day :D.
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