High - Low

#85: Friday Rundown

I used to play High-Low with a friend. We got it from this movie starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer. That person is gone but let me see if I can still put some high-lows together.

1. On Lunch
(+) Had free lunch at Pho Hoa with a fellow pundit. Intensely enjoyed the conversation.
(-) Threw up all the food because of the beverage I ordered (Don't mix milk with your coffee jelly when you're eating something with sugared vinegar Bleh.) Intensely disliked seeing my lunch in reverse.

2. On The Feature Film for this Friday
(+) Watched "A Lot Like Love" complete with corndog, barbecue-flavored popcorn and grape lemonade. There was chemistry between Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, and a couple of quite endearing moments.
(-) Plot was predictable and ordinary. And some characters kept on repeating bloody lines throughout the film.

3. On Favorite Things
(+) Bought Jack Johnson's new CD! (Love this guy. I was so excited to let my friend listen to his other CD last year. My friend just gave me a blank look and a polite smile. Jack Johnson's brilliance was totally lost on him.) "Banana Pancakes" and "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" from this new album are cool.
(-) Lost an earring. Argh. Ye, my favorite one too. The chandelier ones I bought in Bangkok last year for only 150Baht. Pretty ones that always get compliments. It won't be a pretty sight to have me wear the remaining one on just one ear now, will it? And you know I'll be restless until I find a suitable replacement. Yech.

4. On Teas
(+) Had this incredible Blueberry Tea Latte at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. (Am I the only one addicted to tea latte? This stuff is good! I'd always choose to go to CB&TL over Starbucks or Seattle's Best or Figaro any day. Really. Plus they have Pink Cards. I'm a sucker for loyalty stuff.)
(-) Their Iced Tea sucks. Bleh is the only word that comes to mind. This then drove us to Seattle's Best to order Mango & Strawberry X-Tea which Cathy ended up hating. I downed it and gained for myself another pound or two. (Keep them coming! There's no use saying that your metabolism slows down when you reach your late 20's without being able to prove it in a very visible and measurable way! Who's afraid of the big, bad pounds? Uhm... actually, I am.)

5. On Friends
(+) Got an encouraging text from a new office friend and a new laptop bag from my old office friend. Coolness.
(-) Got to see for myself that those who sound really good on the phone are the ones that really don't look it. (How come I don't believe my friends when they tell me these things?)