What have you been up to?!?!

Good freaking question, my devoted readers.  Here are some event tidbits/random musings since I arrived home from HK.

- I was getting in a pretty good workout routine...and then work got really busy and ruined that.

- Pre-season football has started, eh?  I'm SO sad I won't be able to watch any of it this year.

- I knew Maggie in college, although we didn't attend the same college.  Now, years laters, she's living in Tokyo with her husband and she accompanied him on a business trip to SG, so we met up for a drink.  We were kind of unlikely friends back in the day, so it's super fun that we've kept in touch and now live similar lives.

- Been having regular dinners with my, now former, flatmates.  We went to Smith's, which apparently  is the only acceptable place in SG to eat fish 'n chips because they serve mushy peas.  I wasn't crazy about the mushy peas, but the fish 'n chips were amazing.  As was the "chip sandwich" which is two pieces of white bread slathered in butter with fries in the middle.  How America didn't invent that first, I'll never know.  We also went to pizza and tried our hands at trivia again.

- Lucy (Australian friend I met through Australian/Denver friend Jules) and I went for a Friday lunch mani/pedi adventure.  We got a Groupon which was only $18SGD and the experience....left something to be desired.  Our goal is to hit up every salon in SG and write detailed reviews.  High ambitions over here!

- Work.  Ah yes, I mentioned above it's ramping up.  Which is actually great because I like to be busy and challenged, but it's also scary because they're slowly taking the training wheels off.  Eek!

- One of my good friends in SG (and fellow Colorado native!) had a birthday and we did a fancy hotel brunch to celebrate her.

Alyssa lived in Vail until she was 13 and then moved to New Zealand, so I guess she's more Kiwi than anything, but I love my Colorado girl :)

The day started innocently enough at the Fullerton Bay Hotel.  There was a fully decked bloody mary bar, where I was repeatedly told I was the bloody mary expert.  It's true.  I'm just glad these foreigners realize it. 

 Casey.  Love this girl to bits.  As she said "We're the same person, just different colors."

A few drinks in I was very excited about this 27.  Because, ya know, I'm 27.  

The whole day/night was so amazingly fun and silly.  Highlights:  I tried to steal a non-English-speaking baby, I earned a new alter ego, Mandy, and I managed to stay out for 12 whole hours.  Happy birthday, Alyssa!  Please don't have another one too soon or we won't survive.

- I referenced the now former flatmates above.  Ben (Tay-Tay) and Karl (Karly) have been THE most amazing flatmates.  They gave me a roof and 90% of my social circle, they answer all my silly questions and they're always up for evening chats on the couch.  The might be the first flatmates I've actually enjoyed and I'm a bit sad that we're saying our goodbyes...just as flatmates, they can't get rid of me that easily!  "I'll fiiiiiind you."

- Soooo, with them moving out and the lease ending, I needed a new place.  And I finally found and finalized one!  One of my first friends in Singapore is moving back to the UK to study, so her place was up for grabs.  It's in an HDB (Housing Development Board), so it's kinda like gov't subsidised housing.  It's still in a tall condo building, just without the fanciness of condos.  For example, my current place is covered in white marble, has floor to ceiling windows and is just gorgeous.  The new place lacks some of that modernization and the pool and gym BUT it's much more affordable AND in the BEST neighborhood in Singapore.  The new place is a 2 bedroom, which means visitors have a dedicated guest room.  COME VISIT.  Andddd BONUS! Brandon is moving out in December!  Eeee!  He also just murdered the GMAT.  Like seriously murdered it.  I don't know what the world's business schools are gonna do without their go-to standardized test.

- My sweet, darling, hilarious, perfect nugget of a nephew turned 5 this week.  It was super sad for me to miss his actual day AND his birthday party last weekend.  My family is so great at keeping me updated with pictures and up to the day accounts of things, but I'm pretty obsessed with that kid and being away for something such as this has been pretty heartbreaking for me.

So, tell me, what have YOU been up to?  Seriously, send me an email or something just so I know you guys haven't forgotten about me.  And so you can tell me about your life and stuff.  :)