My Friend Lao Giam

Attempting to log in to this blog yesterday got me a rude shock for a message from google read, Your account has been locked, please refer to -insert's http address- for more details.

This got me puzzled as I'm pretty confident I did nothing illegal with this account. No porn arts materials, no nothing. Luckily the issue was automatically resolved within 24 hours as stated by google.

Nevertheless, yesterday was another trapped-at-home day with my lazy arse stuck at home. A hastily arranged dinner cum look at pretty girls session with my friend Lao Giam and gang felled though when too many people had pre-arranged plans.

Now, you'll be wondering why my friend is known as Lao Giam. (Lao=Old, Giam=Thrifty). On our trip to Taiwan, his reluctance to spend money unless absolute necessary earned him his, I suspect, life time nickname. He is so giam siap that he chose to lug his 25kg luggage home on bus and foot rather than hail a taxi from the airport after a 8-days energy sapping holiday trip.

But my friend, Lao Giam, can be quite smart and funny at times. On MSN, he stated and I quote,

Christmas is only fun for people who
1)have girls to call girlfriends
2)have invitations to attend christmas parties

And so for people like us who do not belong to Group 1 or Group 2, we find our skinny arse rotting back at home.