And so horror of horrors the day before the holidays started I got handed a big assignment, a large piece of paper to write. I had no idea how to get it started and worse still I was in great fear that I could not get it finished before my long awaited holiday road trip to Japan !!!

I slogged through much of the Chinese New Year holidays and went back to the office twice to work on it even though JinBear and KaiBear were visiting with their parents. Had CNY eve dinner with them and FredBear before going on the midnight tour of the temple and praying with his family. Unfortunately this year there was a slight drizzle and it was getting pretty wet. It was pretty interesting though, just like last year. Lots of cultural and religious learnings, and though I did not pray at the temple it was interesting to hear about why they did what they did. Though a little ludicrous.

The days are a bit blur, but I do remember it being freezing cold the whole of CNY weekend. I could barely get out of bed and when I did, it was to work and to eat. Did some minor visiting and of course some tiny bit of mahjong and also had dinner when RoxBear and MrChris came over to visit. We also celebrated an early birthday for RoxBear with HaagenDaaz ice cream cake and a Coach baguette. I believe I won five bucks from KaiBear at a very short game of 3 player mahjong.

A very short week at work later it was the weekend again. I had my Chinese class before returning home to help a friend move his stuff into my apartment as he would be sharing the place for a few months. I also treated myself to a very hard massage that night. Sunday I spent having a meeting on my Japan trip with my fellow road trippers before going off to SaiKung for a round of golf at the driving range and a steak dinner at Tom's Bar and Grill.

Now it is midnight on Wednesday and it is only 1.5 working days to the weekend since I took half of Friday off to start welcoming the guests for the weekend. SailorJeow and GAJan and MrKap and MrLin are all coming during the HK marathon period. And very soon the marathon on Sunday will happen and I shall be flying off that night itself. Au Revoir Hong Kong !

The best news of course is that I have just completed the final draft of my large paper and have handed it up again. Just in time to have a great holiday !!

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