Somewhere between watching a small Filipina girl consume a deep fried pig knuckle the size of her head, and squeezing into Q-size women's stockings (a not wholly unpleasant experience), I realized ManDates had careened beyond either mine or Ankur's control.
Ebenezer Scrooge and his mean ways come in at the top spot this time around, which makes sense as it's high season for the corporates to come in and beat us up as we try and make our way back into the workforce. Looks like we'll have to cross our fingers that the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future are on our side - and that sooner or later we're all going to get paid.