mahjong and rugby fever

On Sat, my Uni group came over for a work/social bbq, and although it was a bit drizzly out, "Matt the Super Chef" cooked up a storm while we held a group meeting about our experiences at our practicum school. We ended the afternoon with a few hours of mah-jong fun. Although we didn't actually bet real money on it, we are ready to go back to Canada during Xmas and kick-a$@ and win some BIG money!

That night we went to see South Korea get absolutely pumelled by Japan during the last Asia Rugby World Cup game here in HK. It was a fantastic match, the stands were full of enthusiastic fans, the hazy drizzly weather provided perfect rugby weather, and we managed to get ourselves a free beer!

Sunday morning was a lazy one, spent playing around with our new surround sound speakers bought the previous night (the difference in sound is absolutely phenomenal! As Matt puts it "You can hear the fingers actually plucking the strings of the guitar"). By about 4pm we thought a walk to the beach and some disc throwing was in order, so off we went. Turns out every Sunday there's a pick-up (touch) rugby game and we were invited to join in. I've only just gotten into the sport (having seen 3 live matches in 2 weeks) and so it was great fun trying to learn on the fly how to actually throw and catch the ball, nevermind the fact i've never held one before. The guys were kind and helpful and it was a great exhausting (!) run-around. We inherited a second-hand rugby ball from one of them so now i've no excuse not to get better!