Cosmo/Taika Combo

Usual Friday night. Dinner at Cosmo Village followed by a few drinks at Taika.

Sharon and Joo Tong have never been to Cosmo Village, so this was a good introduction. Vippin called out of the blue. Haven't spoken to him since before I left for Mongolia and haven't seen him in way longer than that. So asked to join us. A Japanese friend of his joined us as well. Ayumi works for Infosys and is like Miki's replacement. So Vippin hasn't lost his Japanese connection at all.

Ayumi lived in New York for six years, so there's no problem understanding her English. Unfortunately, that also means we will not have as many funny stories to tell about her. Of course we rehashed all the Miki-chan specials: from the morning-after pill to the pubic hair saga.

Geena was supposed to join us but she backed out at the last minute. Excuse this time: Sunny's calamari. She was LS'ing all night long. She told Thomas that she thought the calamari wasn't right when she put it in her mouth. And yet she ate it. You tell me!

We skipped the appetisers but had some peanut massala, which everyone liked. Main course spicy lamb curry (my favourite), pork vindaloo, spicy pork, Thai green and red curry chicken and pad thai. So we kinda sampled the Asian menu and everyone loved it. I think Joo Tong was especially pleased that he now knew a place with a nice ambience where he can go to as a stag.

Next stop: Taika. Good crowd. DJ Ivan was playing.

We just mainly stayed in the lounge area. As you can see, some people (JT) took lounging very literally and seriously. If Ternasser was here, I'm sure she would have joined right in, separate chair of course.

Closing time: 11.30pm. What's new?! After party: Thomas'. He still had lots of alcohol to clear before he left Bangalore for good. Thomas made some Long Island Iced Tea... conversation and salsa ensued. I left at 1.30am.