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New Years’ Day and Eve are usually big holes in my memory mostly because of hangovers and football on New Years’ Day.
But thanks to technology, we can remember (albeit painfully) what happened on New Years’ Eve. I do remember getting a late start to the evening, squeezing three guys into my small small car and getting to the party around 2300. Right after they closed the doors because of capacity limits due to the Fire code. Bleah.
But it wasn’t too bad. We were shielded from the wind and we started our own party on the sidewalk with smokers who came outside for a puff as well as other late arrivals that eventually got in. We all got a great view of the fireworks outside while the people inside kanna see them! WAHAHAH!
We all finally got inside after midnight. But the best part, we didn’t have to pay the cover charge and drank gratis for the rest of the night! So there’s some consolation there…

This is how it looked like inside. It went on full force until 0200…

Some of us took the opportunity to dress up
The alleged theme (alleged because that NEVER gets observed at Asian Occasions here) was “period specific dress”. That meant dress up as a 70’s person or an 80’s person or what have you. We saw 70’s tuxedos with the ruffle-y shirt, one really tall skinny guy dressed up like Saturday Night Fever. Sometimes it was hard to tell what period in time people were dressed up as.

Can you tell which one is the 70’s lounge lizard and the 80’s swinger?

I went as a 30’s enforcer, except I forgot my violin case…and we dun usually smile lidat

Just some other partygoers that I posted for no specific reason…
Of cors, the night always ends with someone getting carried back to the car, and ultimately, up the stairs…

Drinking time: 100 minutes, 11 shots and drinks: Free, Getting carried to the car: Priceless!
New Year’s Day was all about football, a big brunch involving spam, bacon, lots of eggs, rice and brown gravy. And for some of us, sleeping off our hangovers. Happy New Year!

New Year’s Eve is coming up. But for me, the real “dress up in a tux” event is six days later. See below.

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There’s two events. One is the inauguration where a suit is appropriate. The other event requires black tie. Probably going to dat with frens, since my short list of dates I’d like to bring are *ahem* out of the country right now. Bleah…

Inspired by SassyJan’s results(are they REALLY accurate?), I decided to take this silly survey (click on extras then click on the box that says “What’s your Seduction Style”).

Sometimes these silly online surveys really nail it on the head! WAHAHAHAH

It’s been a busy week for me, as the week before a trip always is. I think I’m getting better at packing and prepping though.
I’m continuing to follow my “go places I’ve not been” resolution by visiting Taipei and Guangzhou on this trip in addition to a visit to Singapore. I’ll be flying into Hong Kong on SQ, to Singapore on UA (I need da miles!) and to Taipei via CX, which will be the first time I’ve flown them in over four years!
It feels good to be back on the road.
Speaking of “da road”, I was sent a last minute (4 days!) invitation to a party in Los Angeles last week. Flying down for a day plus car would have cost over US$350.00! Even I’m not that desperate for 1000 EQMs!
So I drove. And strangely enough, it wasn’t too bad. I spent 12 hours and around US$50 for gas. Stayed at a fren’s house and had yum cha the next day in Rosemead.

Always working, always on da phone!

The staple of all yum cha, a dish of good siu mai!

You gonna eat that?
Oh yeah, the party the night before was at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

Confetti drop! Lots of green and orange flakes!
And the guest of honor (by a frakkin’ landslide!)

I vin again!
Yes, that is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and this was his Victory Party. This was the best pic I could take with my lil’ Ixus using maximum zoom. It’s a bit grainy but what can ya do?
Afterwards, it was out poolside in the balmy Southern California night, smoking cigars and enjoying the palm trees (and copious amounts of alcohol).

Yes, this was an inebriated photo again!

Continue reading “Busy Week”

While trying to shop at Costco today, I had an revelation.
If you want to tell how someone drives their car, watch how they drive their shopping carts. If they block the aisles or cut you off with their carts, chances are this is how they act on the road.
And don’t even get me started about those people yakking on their cell phones while trying to drive their carts! Once, I got my ankle rammed by some l’idiot who was trying to shop and talk on the phone at the same time!!!

Went out for yet another late evening. Drank too much. Ate too much.
Wound up at Rouge this time. Drinks and bartenders weren’t bad. Bartop dancing could use some work. But the highlight of the evening was the entertainment as we wound up the evening. See below.

Too much to drink? You may look like this!
At Roughe, we met some girls who joined us for supper at a late night Korean joint in the Fillmore.

Some kind of (spicy) hot soup. Yum!

The first round!
After this there was short ribs and bbq pork. No pix of that because all eight of us were eating fast!

Guess which one is the accountant and which one is the teacher?

Went to Russian Hill to visit a fren and her new swanky pad. Except that it’s not quite swanky yet because everything is still in bubble wrap and not all the furniture has been delivered yet.
But check out the view outside the door!

The view from the left. Stick you head out the door and turn left.

Do the same as above, except turn your head to the right and look.

How about an eastward rooftop view? Gorgeous day today too…
When everything arrives, then you’ll see pix of the interiors!

And here it is a moment later on the Fulton Freeway. Party goers exit their vehicle while another one goes to warp…

Whoooosh

This was taken on a Saturday night before heading out. No flash!!

Taken with a GR Digital; click pic to enlarge
Pictures come out real purty if you can hold the camera still!!!

Last week, an amazing thing (for San Francisco) happened. We actually got a new mall! It was built on the site of the old Emporium that went out of business in 1995.
Yes it takes a very long time to build things here.
But one of the things that the new mall builders restored was the big signature dome.

The symbol of the new San Francisco Centre
You can click on all the pix on this blog for a bigger version…