Horse racing

SJ asked why I haven't updated - heh, was out on Wed, watching horse racing and was in the office till abt 11 on Thurs, on our bloody fortnightly totally-pointless-but-the-bosses-think-it-is-a-good-idea conference call to NY.

Anyway, went to Happy Valley race course on Wed after work - I learnt to say 'Happy Valley Race Course' in Cantonese.... of coz I had to practice it a few times with my colleague so the cabbie will understand me.. the receptionist was amused by my funny pronounciation..hey i'm trying!

Met Adrianne and her Singaporean friends at the horse racing place... and frankly, apart from being able to speak Singlish, I don't think I have that much in common with them. They are all bankers and only one was kinda nice but I think there's just no spark if u get what i mean. The only thing we have in common is probably huge interest in local food and that's it. Oh well - won't be counting on them to call me out anyway. Well we discussed what horses to buy and I started out small, just buying HK$10 on the placement of the horse. I.e. as long the horse I placed my bets on comes within the Top 3, I will win. That's like a really safe way to play but u won't win big bucks.... Nonetheless, I just randomly picked a horse in one of the races for 'Win' (bigger winnings) as well as 'Place' (Top 3 position) and I won! Hehe! Altogether I won only about HK$120 which isn't too bad considering all the bets I placed were like HK$10 here and there........

After the horse racing, it was apparently within walking distance from the race course to my house. I now have a better understanding of what's beyond Causeway Bay. Heh.

Nothing else to update except I learnt a few new canto phrases for spoon, hungry, disgusting and 'get off the car'.

Very random I know but hey, key words to get me by!

Okie am bored on a Sat morning - need to buy some stuff for the horse i.e. mattress protector, a rack for me to hang my wet clothes to dry (right now it's very pathetic, all over hangers in the bathroom & spare bedroom!) as well as perhaps a mop. The house can't stay clean!

Going to find some grub now.