Christmas party

We were invited by a friend to go to her Christmas dinner/party on boxing day. I met this friend through work. We were on opposite sides of a deal in our first encounter, I was impressed by her telling off a not-too-smart colleague of mine in front of everyone and then four years later, we became colleagues. We are as different as you can imagine. She's all about looking bling bling whilst I am happy to wear the same black fleece jacket for the entire winter. There's one thing in common though, we are both labelled as "feisty woman".

Anyway, my friend didn't invite anyone from work or in fact from the same industry. It was a very pleasant change of scenary. Most people in my particular line of business cannot talk about anything other than work. I spent at least 12 hours at work on most days too but talking about work off hours is simply too suffocating as our line of work isn't particularly interesting. Drinks started at 6:30pm and we were a little late as Changunnie and I took a very long nap. To our surprise, most guests were there already. Daddy immediately realized that he and the husband of the caterer (who's also a guest) represented the 10% male population at the party. Hmmm.... interesting.

The people were very nice and interesting. One of them is a private tutor for kids studying for their IB diploma. She also teaches AP and SAT (remember it was 1600 during our time?? Now is three papers and 2400. Apparently, 2400 won't get you into Harvard these days! My preference of Cal Tech for Changunnie remains the "right" path. Kekeke). Another one is a marketer turned interior designer/real estate agent. The profile varies but there is one common theme: lots of them are either single or having a new life post divorce.

It really makes me wonder what guys want in women. Smart and interesting women are available whilst lots of guys prefer someone completely the opposite. Look at Tiger Woods! Elin was a swimsuit model and supposedly not brainless and Tiger went for....