An Oktobor October

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With Katy’s time among us here in London Town almost spent, it was deemed time indeed for an Oktobor reunion. When counting up, the incredible number of us here in the UK is quite suprising, and the timing seemed auspicious, so a group of us met up in Soho for an evening of food, reminicenses and general misbehaving, as evinced below…

Ten of us started off in true London style: at the pub. After the catch ups and "Wow, I didn't even know you were here's" were over, we moved to a local Indian place for dinner, where some of us were too busy chatting to notice that the chilli warning system is not quite the same as at home - and ended up with the hottest curries we have ever had! (Thank goodness for yoghurt.)

Very full and breathing flames, we had a nightcap on our way back to Oxford Street and various forms of transport. It was a great night to meet up and all swap stories and news of home... I will let the photos tell the rest of the story!

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Photos

Me and James at the Oktobor dinner
James assured me it wasn't the spicy food having a wilting effect on his hair, but rather a less than satisfactory hair gel.

Rachel, Josh, Marie and Paul
In the Masala Zone, prior to ordering - our table was a constant blaze of camera flashes as we all strived to capture each other for posterity. (And then hunched over the cameras, looking at the pictures!)

Chimping!
Ben, Guy and Katy admiring their image in Ben's mobile phone. (Great definiton here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimping )

Josh dancing to his own tune
At the end of dinner everyone gathered down one end of the table, contributing piles of coins towards the bill, which Mr Rogers took charge of (and probably contributed too much to. Thank you, Ben.)

Katy and Guy at the Masala Zone
Tape room buddies, re-united over pappadams.

We are not amused... but Ben is!
Guy trying hard not to laugh? Ben was the only native out with us, as Matt couldn't make it... and everyone else was antipodean. (But we're picking up the customs as easily as the pints.)

Me and Katy
Slightly manic after our Chicken Madras Grand Thali dinners - turned out a two chilli rating where we ate was the hottest of the hot!

Creatures of the night
Ben, Katy, James, Greg, Marie and Guy outside after dinner.

Happy Tree Friends
Josh, Marie and Guy absorbed in the tiny flickering screen of Guy's iPod. This was Marie's first introduction to the gory delights of these sweet little animated animals....
http://mondo.happytreefriends.com/

Poseurs
Josh and Katy about to take a picture, just before closing time. (Katy wears H&M.)