nearly New Year

Hello, probably for the last time in 2009. What are you doing for New Year's? In a bid to be more sociable (Hubby and I took a personality test recently, which proves we are both sociopaths) we have arranged to go out for a meal with two other couples (sadly I am not going alone to a fancy dress pirate party with missionaries this New Year). The only problem is we don't know where. All the big hotels seem to be doing amazing New Years spangly events, but all we want is a plate of pasta and a bit of bubbly (not even that in Hubby's case as he is on duty so will not be drinking). Hope we can find somewhere normal where we don't have to pay a million rupees for a seat and watch some dubious 'entertainment' all night.

Feeling quite un-festive now as all the chocolate has gone. Went to the gym this afternoon to get the bad news - only put on one kilo this xmas (didn't stuff my face quite so much as last year, also the portion sizes in Thailand were paltry and I was hoping in fact to have lost some weight as a result, but no such luck).

I'm getting through the post Christmas holidays, although tomorrow looks a bit dire as we have just been blown out by the kids only friends (everyone else in the expat community has sensibly fled the country for the chilly, depressing post-xmas lull). I took them all riding today, which was a jolly expensive way to spend an hour, so I'm not doing it again tomorrow. Might have to resort to feeding the pigeons in Patan Durbar Square (kids have no interest in the seventeenth century erotic carvings/stunning architecture/religious symbolism on the temples and palaces in the UNESCO World Heritage site, but show them a plate of corn and a few scrawny birds and they're happy), or even the play park on camp (please, no - surely I can think of something better than this?). Oh well, only two weeks left to go...

Happy New Year!

ps - got given a Christmas present from the hairdresser today when I took the girls for a trim. All the kids got a painted head of the Hindu god, Shiva (who as I recall, is the god of death). So that's a nice cheery Christian gift for the customers, then.

Anyway, must give computer back to Hubby, who desperately needs to do something geeky.

xxx