summer nights are made for...
i had a 21st to attend to on friday night but because it was somewhere in prahran and my designated driver had just started his new kumon correcting/tutoring job up in glen iris and only finishes work at 6pm, i got driven up by mum to his work place to save him the dreaded trip of having to travel back down to glenny during peak hour traffic and then having to drive up again to prahran.

as the party began at 8, it gave us more than enough time to flip through the pages and admire (and criticise) the cars in the magazine 'top gear'. by the time we had finished, there was still enough time to allow ourselves to find a nice place to eat dinner. as the names of shops seem to whizz by very fast when you are sitting inside a moving car, and sometimes it may be a bit unclear, we were however able to catch a glimpse of the word "african" and immediately we wanted to try african cuisine. we stopped and parked the car, and began walking in the direction in which we saw the sign. but as we walked closer to the "african" sign, mind you it was big and bold, our supposedly african restaurant turned out to be a shop that sold african antiques. only just slightly disappointed, only slightly because there were many restaurants surrounding us, and this time we could actually tell whether a shop sold antiques or a place that served food. in the end, we settled at a highly acclaimed and fancy japanese restaurant called aya. what was amazing about the place was that while walking through the resutrant to our table, was that hiding behind panelled walls were those traditional japanese style dining rooms. we could only take sneak glimpses of them because i dont think we were allowed in. (hint, lets making a booking next time). dinner was delicious which consisted of lots and lots of seafood (and sake).

we arrived an hour late to the party but i dont think that mattered because we were not the only late arrivers. the 21st was held at morroco lounge, which i thought had a very very very exotic feel to it. the birthday girl stood out in her beautiful red dress amongst the guests who were dressed in black and white. you could say that the night had ended early but it didnt stop the festivity. we left at around midnight, and to my amazement as we stepped outside we were greeted with the warm night air; something i dont think we will get to feel until next summer.

ps i saw watchmen yesterday. it was a long movie but i really enjoyed it.