What's Your Age Again?

Either I have a freakishly large appetite or the KFC Fully Loaded Box Meal is a bit of a joke! I finished the supposedly “Man Sized” meal comfortably even after having 2 packets of Doritos, a cup cake, a piece of tart, scrambled eggs, beans and chorizo sausage on toast and 3 scoops of ice cream. Hooray for cheat day Saturday. Hmmm perhaps the KFC marketing team should go back to the drawing board seeing as this man is only 5ft nothing and barely pushing 60kg!

So I made a slight mistake organizing the coffee club at Gelato Mania this morning…seeing as how they only open at 12:30, but thankfully there was an awesome spot called Miss K right next door to serve as back up until Gelato Mania actually opened. Miss K is great and has tons of awesome little treats, the whole vibe, setup and food reminds me of my favourite Jozi breakfast spot called Tashas.

Raeanne’s Birthday yesterday evening at Relish was tons of fun. The birthday girl and Paul surprised us with some party accessories, and throughout the course of the evening, as a party rule we had to wear these monkey masks. Should ever you were caught not wearing the mask you were fined and had to do a shooter. Seeing as how I’m on a mission to lean down, meaning 6 days of extreme dieting eating ridiculously bland food I want to make sure that the torture I’m enduring is worth it, the last thing that you will catch me touching is anything containing alcohol.

Because of this I had the mask on almost permanently. I even kept it on while going to the bathroom. It was quite entertaining when some guy walked in, and Ernst and I greeted him while both wearing our masks…I’m sure that he thought he had walked into the bathroom, through some trans-dimensional worm hole and into another world.

After a while I grew pretty comfortable behind the mask and actually developed a new persona! Since no one could identify who I was behind the mask (except for perhaps the name which had been written our foreheads), I got up to all sorts of mischievous activities, for example trying some cheesy lines on some poor promotion girls. My M.O. was: I was wearing the mask because my face had been horribly disfigured while trying to save a bunch of babies from a burning orphanage…for some reason though I think they saw through it…

Tonight is Suzelle’s 21st, ahh to be 21 again. Do you remember when you were very young, and how massively conscious of your age you were? I mean you’d never forget how old you were would you? I remember when people used to ask: “How old are you little girl? 5?” I’d answer “Firstly I’m NOT a girl, I’m a boy and I’m actually I’m 18 and ¾.” So it was quite a foreign concept to me that older folks could “forget” how old they were. Sometime mid-week this week was the first time that I’ve forgotten my own age, I had to work it out by subtracting my birth year from the current year….this is seriously not a good sign, it most probably means I’m pushing on and soon becoming an old man.

Fresh

Gosh! Idiot!... When I left home I was trying to figure out why I was feeling so uncomfortable, then I realized I had forgotten to brush my teeth! I swear if I didn't have my head screwed on I'd leave home without that too.

Nothing is worse than walking around without brushing your teeth (okay perhaps get maimed and killed by a badger is worse...but only that)...besides having "furry" teeth, morning breath is certainly unpleasant, not only for yourself but everyone around you too.

Stimrol Fresh Zone saved the day. Before entering the office I stopped by a corner cafe to pick some up and shoved the whole pack of gum into my mouth. Minty Fresh! It still doesn't mean I'm not aware that I haven't brushed my teeth and any chance I get I'm going home to clean these pearly's. Take that Gingivitis!

Anyways going to Relish again this eve...and again it should be awesome.

Relish

Getting too much of a good thing can’t be bad for you can it? I haven’t been to Relish in quite a while, at least over a year, and all of a sudden, in a single week, two engagements have popped up there.

The first which happened tonight, was held courtesy of the company I work for called DVT. I’m beginning to sense that these little soirees occur on quite a frequent basis - its quite refreshing that a company genuinely wants to get to know its people. Just as an aside DVT specialises in the analysis, development and delivering of custom software solutions, so if anyone is looking for some software developed why not give us a call? Tell them that Benny sent you…they’ll take special care of you, if you do.

The second engagement at Relish is Raenne’s Birthday bash which is going to be held this Friday evening. A little dinner! Awesome! Although afterwards I’ve been warned to drink plenty of Red Bull’s to have enough energy to keep up.

To be honest I forget why I don’t frequent that place more often, as Relish is a great restaurant with some pretty decent chow, it also has an amazing lounge area above, with some spectacular views for chilling out and having a couple of cocktails with friends.