the long awaited "reunion" dinner with 4/12 happened on tuesday at spagheddies. some of the night's many memorable incidences:

1. carol, who suggested the venue, decided that she had dance practice till 8, and therefore would not be humanly able to attend the dinner at 7. which was a problem because once we were seated, everyone sorta realised that we did not, in fact, feel like eating italian pasta. at which point mandy announced that she wanted to "grab hold and break carol's little ballet knees" for making her have to endure spagheddies. and for those of you who know mandy, you'd also know that with her, Violence Is An Option, and so this explained why i got a bit nervous sitting opposite her and her full setting of sharpened utensils.

2. jeanne has a new boyfriend! given that this "brand new addition" (in fong's words) has only been since saturday, i wasn't expecting such major PDA, especially when we were still getting over the question of "is it just me, or is that not wesley?". and when i asked what happened to the previous one, fong was only to happy to pipe that "pop goes the weasel", echoing general consensus that jeanne had been putting up with a jerk for 4 years too long. for the record, this "new friend" bryan/brian appears to be a step in the positive direction. public groping aside, he is at least easier on the eyes, which is a welcome change.

3. audrey and i brought the SAME bag!!! the first thing i noticed when i saw audrey walking towards the restaurant was "OMG, we have the same bag!!", which is completely unbelievable for a few reasons:

a) the bag is from sydney
b) we went to sydney at different times
c) there are a thousand and one other bags we could have bought from sydney
d) we both have a thousand and one other bags we could have used
e) WE BOUGHT AND BROUGHT THE SAME THING!!! ARGH!!!!

seriously, that was almost beyond freaky. like, can you imagine going to a party and seeing that your best friend is wearing the same dress as you??? only, instead of aud and i wearing the same dress, we were carrying the same bag. although, as aud quickly pointed out, there are 2 different patterns on the front and back of the bag, and so, for the rest of the evening we both made sure that we carried our bags with different sides facing outwards. i guess it's kinda cool in a way because we have such similar tastes, but this will definitely be something that i'll remember and laugh about when i'm 70. i mean, so maybe it's a roxy bag and roxy bags aren't super exclusive or anything, but still- what's the probability of that???

anyway, there were lots more discoveries and -moments- during the outing, but i think i'm already cutting it a bit close by giving the mandy comments, and contrary to what you might think, i do value my life. and so i shall shut up now.

tomorrow is april fools, and the girls have planned this really cunning trick for the guys. it's not really elaborate, but it's a damn good one, if you ask me. if all goes well, i'll have something really interesting to post tomorrow, and hopefully a few incriminating videos to boot! ;)