a little update...

It's been a little over a month since a decent update. So here it goes for the August wrap up.

• Toby's Birthday Bash. Starting at Manchuria for Peking Duck Rolls, Wasabi Peas and a few drinks to loosen us up. Then headed to Baroq to hit the dance floor with the hard house beats to get us into the groove. But, that wasn't enough. Off we went to The Loft for Club R&B. Another Asian Night, I wasn't too pleased with myself, but I was in good company. So, no real complaints there. Toby, Yi, Chena and myself needed bit of a sober up time at the Supper Club. A great night. See: http://flickr.com/photos/HuyC/sets/72157601212491137/
• The Chau family met up for my Grandparent's Anniversary of death. A family gathering where there was plenty of food, playing pool and just catching up with everyone.
• Had work drinks at Penny Blue, the little sister to MOO (owned and operated by the guys at MOO). This was probably a dumb idea. I was battling a cold and went out for a night of booze. Met up with Doogs, Chena, Nick, Weymin, Simon, Brendon, Betsy and went on our merry way to Liz's birthday drinks at Ondergrond Lounge. A few drinks, a few catch ups with the likes of Wendy, Susie and Mira. Of course, the birthday girl had a blast!
• A phone conversation with my pal Bergio. Who was in Sydney for a business trip all the way from Amsterdam. Was great talking to you buddy.
• Had dinner and movie date with Brianna. Die Hard 4.0 was an enjoyable film with some pretty crazy scenes.
• Doogs invited Kay, Ash and myself to Cindy & Allan's Cocktail Party in Southbank. A fantastic venue and plenty of booze. It was all fine and dandy until I mixed myself a killer drink: One part vodka, one part white rum, one part peach liqueur, one part gin, one part soho and half a part of green tea. All I remember was Ash saying that my breathe smelt good (go the Soho!)
• The massive Yum Cha. I booked 26 people at the Golden Dragon Palace in Lower Templestowe for a huge feast. All I can say is that (1) It satisfied my Yum Cha cravings and (2) We ate like kings.
• Quite a number of Indoor Soccer matches with the Zebra Tonsils. Currently sitting 3rd on the ladder and looks like we could be in the mix for the finals. Some highlights (1) Our usual dumpling rituals, (2) Meeting up at Wu's place, (3) Playing indoor after my massive feast from Yum Cha, (4) Playing some decent football.
• Coffee Club is back.
• Had a DVD night of watching all the Bourne flicks before watching The Bourne Ultimatum.
• Lunch / catch up with Flic! It's been a long time since I have seen the biggest smile from her face. Had a very long lunch catchup at Ludo. Was great seeing you babe!
• A grand BBQ, at the House of Hello Kitty, to farewell Yaozer before he embarks on his HKU study experience.
• Finally have booked my HP Free Flights! Last year, I won a return flight from Melbourne to Sydney. Will be in the Harbour City in mid November.
• Jing & Mayling's B'Day drinks and catch at Transit. Was great catching up with Susie, Mira, Wendy, MJ, Chena, Wei, Bee, Leanne (and finally meeting her beau), Doogs and of course the birthday couple.
• Tee in town! Brianna and I took Tee to see the Melbourne Victory vs. Perth Glory match at the Telstra Dome. Afterwards, went to Grossi Florentino's Cellar Bar for some delish pasta! Introduced Tee to Melbourne's bar scene; heading out to Gin Palace (where Tee got a free drink!), Kitten Club and ended up at New Gold Mountain.
• Father's Day lunch. Yum, yum.
• Went to see Ratatouille. A very enjoyable film, the Pixar guys are still producing the goods. Afterwards, had dinner with Mel, Bri and Dino at Pelligrini's.
• Had a great catch up with Courts, Nanda, Tom and Bri at Basque on Chapel. Some fine Tapas was consumed and great conversations. Oh, and it was for me to finally give Court, Nanda and Rita's belated birthday pressie of Pole Dancing lessons!
• One big night in September. Simon's birthday! It started off with dinner at the Waiter's Restaurant, lots of drinks at Loop and ended up at some bar and coming home at 6am. There is now a massive hole in my wallet, but it was all good. The following day, headed to Simon's place to help install his new DVD Home Theatre system that we got for him. It was real sweet.
• Finally took Brianna to Xocatl on Maling Road in Canterbury. Yum, yum. Also did a little shopping at the Lolly Store and the Fine Foods store.
• My packed Sunday - Another Yum Cha, this time with Courts, Oliver, Bianca, Marcel, Kat, Anna, James, Bri and myself. Oh my gawd. We simply ate too much but it was good. Then off to the city to do a market research survey. Back to the Eastern Suburbs for indoor soccer, a new team, with Ari's Agents. Playing with Toby, Doogs, Chena, Nick, and Warrick.

Things coming up... Socceroos vs. Argentina on Tuesday. Melbourne Victory's second home match. Rosebud 2007. Studies...

Also, I do apologise for virtually no photos. The camera comes along to most events, but I just dont take any photos. You will have to see the photo albums of Doogs and Yi for most of them. I know that WeyMin took a few snaps on the Yum Cha gathering... So yeah, hopefully I'll get my groove back to take some photos.