Had a rather exciting weekend..
Received a phone call from a friend around 2.30 in the afternoon offering me a pair of free tickets to the Xmas ball the very same evening.. I was trying to organise something to do that evening anyway cos Mike is hosting a poker game at home, I was dreading the thought of having to sit there and watch those smelly guys play poker the entire evening. So I jumped at the chance for a free meal and free night’s entertainments.
The trouble is who would be available in such short notice, bearing in mind it’s a black tie function - I franticly phoned around to see who’s free and willing to be my partner, and thank god Magnus is at home watching TV and happened to have a new suit ready
The night was quite a laugh, it’s nice to meet some new people and to see some of old friends aswell, and Mags was such a great company. But I have to say, this Xmas ball is so over-rated, it feels like a Thai Square on a Friday evening only everyone is more dressed up, the games were enough to send me to sleep, not to mention the food is awful!! It was an experience but honestly, never again!
Anyway.. there are some pictures (1. me and Mags 2. me with Chi & Sabina & 3. me and Ellen)
Wait! best part of the evening had to be when I got home in the morning at around 2, the poker game was still on, I took the liberty of taking over Mike’s place, initially for one game but after I have won the first game followed with the second, I’m not gonna give up my seat! I was un-stoppable and carried on winning more or less every single game, Guess what?! I cleaned-up in 20 minutes! Haha! it was so fun being the winner for a change!! My performance definitely took them all by surprise and there are some of the comments being made:
Alright guys.. Thanks for coming and I hope you all had a good time. I certainly did and I’m already looking forward to the next session! However, maybe we should bar Josephine from playing until we’ve all raised our game a bit. Mike
the wallet god was smiling on me when I smartly refused to join that game
Alex
Ahhh…. I appear to have missed the carnage, after I "luckily" left early!!
So when is the next game??