Two bloggers have cocktails in Hong Kong and only one gets a hangover

It was a good thing Dani didn't call me on Monday, the day she arrived in Hong Kong, because that was the day when I saw the sun rise for the first time in Hong Kong from my office. So when she called me to meet up for dinner last night I was delighted to join her.

She did not get lost, as I had worried she might have. She was dressed in black and looked very ready for a night out on town. I was doing my best impression of a mop drying on a radiator (you try looking good after an all-nighter in the office) but Chinese Sad Associate looked fabulously stylish as always so I'm sure Dani got a balanced view of femalehood in Hong Kong.

We ended up in a bar trying out the selection of cocktails. It was great fun, as I expected, and it was a good way to de-stress. I don't know why but I think I mistook my fatigue for thirst, so a couple of cocktails went down my throat pretty fast. Dani was no slouch either, and she took to the passionfruit cocktails with gusto. The bar started off being very quiet with just the two of us, but by the time Chinese Sad Associate appeared it was crowded. We talked about blogging, boys and Sydney suburbs until I realised that while I was riding on the adrenaline rush produced by the lack of sleep, Dani and Chinese Sad Associate were wilting somewhat. So we decided to call it a night at around 1:00 a.m. (I think it was).

And now I am sitting here munching on a Tim Tam and some caramel koala bears that Dani has given me in an attempt to cure my dull hangover. My head hurts. I feel tired - I think I could sleep for at least three straight years. Why is it that when I have hangovers I get so grumpy? We need to invent cheerful hangovers.

<TOP TEN HANGOVER-INDUCED THOUGHTS>

1. My old boss has emailed me saying if it was him, he would jump at the chance of becoming a housewife (in his case, a house-husband). So I need to work out ways of convincing M. that me being a housewife is a good idea. For example, I would be able to make frosted cupcakes for tea.

2. I need to learn how to colour the icing for the frosted cupcakes.

3. Who said that you needed to be a full-time housewife? I would show excellence in also being 'a lady who lunches' part-time.

4. I need to find a trendy vegetarian restaurant for my performances of being 'a lady who lunches'.

5. Caramel koala bears are a much needed antidote to hangovers. I should market them as being better than Alka-Seltzer.

6. Should I learn to trade diamonds? A friend of Chinese Sad Associate does it, and she has three kids. I know I wouldn't be able to be a lawyer if I ever had three kids.

7. I shouldn't have told the trainee that I have a hangover. She just gave me a file of legislation to read. Argh.

8. Who said I should read it? Oh. Yeah. Forgot she is going on holiday from this afternoon. Darn hangover-induced memory loss. Rats to working with a hangover.

9. Should I drink more to build up resistance to hangovers? Or should I drink less to avoid hangovers?

10. Chips. Which are not the same as french fries - I'm talking big chunks of potato fried in fat. But not from McDonalds' - even if I am dying from a hangover and in desperate, life-threatening need of french fries I will not give my hard(ly)-earned cash to that corporation. Does Starbucks sell fries? If not, they should. Bleurgh.