[hullexile]

Originally Posted by A-J

Family and baby.. Yeah, maybe those are what I'm missing. I've 2 cats but they pretty much entertain themselves. Not much input from them

It would be a lot cheaper and less work to join the gym

[A-J]

Touché ... Gym is the way to go then. Man.. weekend is 4 days away.. I better watch my plants grow, i think i saw it move

[shilo507]

Usually finish work around 8pm due to the damned time difference with Europe (but worse in the Winter months) then hit the gym in Wan Chai which I dread but somehow the anticipation is worse than actually being there.

Usually take a stroll up Lockhart Road to get some motivation to go the gym - a quick walk past some of the bars and its patrons gives me all the encouragement I need.

Get home around 11pm. Check if I got any nasty letters from divorce lawyers or bills. If not my day has been a good one.

Then check work email. Damn time difference again means too much work at back end of day. Check personal email. Again, if no emails from divorce lawyers the day has been a success.

Go to bed around midnight. Get up at 6:30 am and take a shower then check work email. Check personal email. If no emails overnight from divorce sharks and there is something to eat in the flat for breakfast and a clean shirt then the day gets off to a good start... If the sun is shining even better.

[A-J]

Originally Posted by shilo507

Usually take a stroll up Lockhart Road to get some motivation to go the gym - a quick walk past some of the bars and its patrons gives me all the encouragement I need.

Hey, what are friends for? I'm glad that my drinking actually benefits someone in some way

[Trebor]

Get home about 6:30pm....sometimes i stop off at 7/11 for food other times the bakery next door...usually just some noodles or a sarnie does me.

If there is a decent film on HBO i'll watch that if not it's football manager 08 on the laptop.

I have to do my laundry on some days as well....that's about the excitement of my weekday evenings.

Usually hit the sack about 1:30/2am and up at 8:30/9 as i start work at 10 and it's only a 5 minute walk.

[gazmario]

Originally Posted by A-J

I've got everything except sports channels.. First I laughed my ass off reading your post then, sadness took over because I actually watched that Maasai tribe wedding (don't ask me why) We might need to import some "life"

Yeah, but it's even worse when you've watched it more than once, just in case you missed anything amid the frenetic pace of the 'action' or need to get your head around the clever twist that confused you the first time around

True enough, sometimes the working week is a drag. But while Maasai docos may not be my idea of a good time, I'm awfully thankful I'm not sifting through rubble for my family or trying to put my life back together after a nasty storm tore it apart.

And like some of the others have said - the gym punctuates the week nicely, and is a constructive use of time. And if that doesn't work, there's not many ills a cold beer can't fix.

Did you say four days until the weekend? Surely you don't count Friday?

[A-J]

Originally Posted by Trebor

I have to do my laundry on some days as well....that's about the excitement of my weekday evenings.

oh yeahhh, laundry could be fun but I let the laundromat lady to have that fun for me. I even pay her to have fun.

Yeah, but it's even worse when you've watched it more than once, just in case you missed anything amid the frenetic pace of the 'action' or need to get your head around the clever twist that confused you the first time around

hush... don't let our biz secrets out!
thanks for correcting my maths, suddenly weekend got a day closer! 3 days, that I can handle. Now my friend is coming over and we're gonna opt for a cold beer solution.

[gazmario]

Originally Posted by A-J

suddenly weekend got a day closer! 3 days, that I can handle. Now my friend is coming over and we're gonna opt for a cold beer solution.

Well, I never count Fridays. I mean, I know the working week takes five days because the calendar says so.

But there's something about Friday that sets it apart. It's not Saturday, true, but it feels a lot better than Sunday, and there's no Nat Geo involved.

It's one foot already in the weekend.

[wtbhotia]

travel 2 hours to get home from Shenzhen, arrive around 8.30 pm, try to eat dinner by 9 pm then get bugged by the 3 huskies that need to go out, take the 3 dogs out for a 1 hour walk, stagger back into the house after i have taken for a walk by the dogs, not the other way round. LOL. ignore the blackberry buzzing like crazy due to time difference in US office.
take a rest, then its back on the pc answering emails until 2 am, stagger into bed and hope that i can wake up in the morning to travel 2 hours back into china.

[Mat]

If no party/diner plan, then leave office around 7.30/8.30, reach home around 8.15/9.15, cook/buy food, Read/Watch TV/Talk with gf....

At least once a week however there is a diner outside with friends....that means leave office around 8.30 and then head of to TST, Soho, Cwb...for diner

Once week/two weeks also there will be the "traditional" after work socialising event with my team and/or a client...

Workout session for me is in the morning from 7.30 to 8.30 ;-)