Escapism to the Nth degree

Here I am, posting from far-away Shanghai.
I'm here for the Lunar New Year holidays for 9 days straight. Yee-haw!

I hadn't had a break in the whole of 2005. The pussy Duff didn't allow me to have one. Limey Bastard.

Its been great thus far. Arrived in the dead of winter. Froze my socks off. The North wind was at his best, and his frost queen was taking a leisurely stroll up my groin.

Had a wonderful Lunar New Year's eve. Right about midnight, the fireworks were going off like bombs in Iraq, but much prettier. I had my fare share of the bangs and booms. We had a few that went off splendidly. I nearly lost my hand, when amongst our stash was a dud that exploded almost immediately. Just seconds before, I was holding a similar one, and was igniting the fuse before setting it down properly on the ground. Major boo boo on my part. I kept imagining my hand lookiing like a bunch of sausages, held together by tendons and sinew. Would have had to use my other hand henceforth for all stress-relieving activities.

Played golf today. Sucked big time. Will have to work on it when I get back home. Ah... Home.... such a foreign concept at this point in time. Aching forearms, lower back and quadriceps thereafter. Even as I type, the bitching muscles are complaining to my now frozen brain, but to no avail.

Anyway, it was excellent weather today. The New Year literall ushered in Spring, and it was a balmy 15 degrees on average. Had a leisurely walk home after a hefty dinner that was coupled with Red Wine. Groovy. Stopped off for an excellent massage by a true blue blind masseuse. Excellent fingers. Pity I dozed off.

Well, my own queen will be arriving soon. I had better catch some Z's before picking her up at the airport an hour's drive away.

Anybody reading got any shopping requests?