To Hell and back...Carmo's tale (there we go JW!!)

After a horrible week's graft and with festive cheer non-existent, I took it upon myself to go for a few pints with the lads after work on Friday night. All was going well until I woke up on Saturday afternoon with the hangover from hell and a session praying to the almighty on that glorious porcelain telephone. I felt like I was really living the Japanese dream now, but thankfully I managed to keep my troubled stomach in check until the privacy of my own gaff. No public vomitorium for me!! We ended up going out in Shinsaibashi, one of the main club/pub districts of Osaka. Generally I'll shy away from all that as it's a tad depressing. Desparate folk trying to grasp something that would not ordinarily get back home. I hate looking upon it so I avoid it. Plus the fact that the clubs are brutal and not worth paying 25yoyos(!) to get in. However, a couple of white russians down the gob and I was up for anything. After the drinking came the club, at about 4am mind. Went in, looked around, had some water and caught the first train home at 5am with a couple of the Japanese lads from work. These two boys are a good laugh and over 6 feet tall so I feel like normal being next to them! The rest of the day was spent sleeping, upchucking and writing. I was supposed to go out again last night but I could barely keep water down let alone anything else so I cried off. Oh, to have had a bit of greenage to take away the pain...

All's bright and beautiful today, up since 8am and getting stuff done. I was going to go birding but I need to get the article finished in the next couple of days so it's just been me writing all morning. All good.

Sorry I've been slack on emails, will remedy this once the article is done. All's well here other than that. The weather is cool, but nice. Work is busy and a few days off are just around the corner, which will be nice. No birding this weekend (again, the collective sigh springs a hurricaine over this way) but will remedy that next weekend, hahahaaaaa!!!

until then...fare thee well, anon

ps: this week I've mostly been eating weetabix...nice