20 APRIL 2006. THURSDAY. 03:34PM.

We took grannie out this arvo for some high class dim sum lunch. High class because it burnt a slight hole in my credit card, and i kept thinking since when did dim sum become such a luxury? The last few times i had it back in Oz, i got change back from a twenty. Grandma thought my camera was a phone, and she exclaimed how fast the picture was developed after the first snap. Such cuteness can only come about from someone who lived thru the pre-digital ages. Oh and of course, there was the obligatory guilt-trip just as she left for home, the big "why aren't you back home working?" spiel, followed by the complimentary "i'm not getting younger, please start sprouting offsprings" sob story which gets filtered thru my senses at top priority speed and fizzled out at the other end. So its 2 down and 1 more to go ... buffets that is. I tackled the last 2 with decent size servings and trips back for more, the last one at Equinox this weekend will be the toughest to handle. It will be a hard juggle of trying not to rock up with a hangover from friday night's activities which may be caused by friday arvo's attempt to detox before the next big feast. With little food to discourage the alcohol effects, i am in dire straits ... either way, i'm doomed at the buffet table!