All the little sparkly things

Happy new year for 2008 everybody! And belatedly, a Merry Christmas. I was capped in the leadup to Christmas, but the new year brings uncapped internet once again.

Because of the capped internet, I spent NYE with a whole bunch of friends in the city to watch the fireworks. Lesley was the organiser and he did a bang up job of getting hold of the hotel room. The room itself was small. It was meant for two people and with around 15 people enjoying the the new year it did get a little squashed. But the views were excellent.

It was basically dinner at Fullhouse then fun and games back at the hotel. There was handheld gaming on, with several PSPs and Nintendo DS games. Mario Kart DS and Tekken 5 were the favourites. There was a poker game that basically went through the night and into the morning. I'm still new to poker and most of what was happening went right past my head, but I did get lucky in beating Olivio and he was forced to drink 8 shots of vodka (or was it tequila?). Not all at once mind.

The fireworks were good and there was plenty of cheers around when midnight struck. I still think the 2000 fireworks were the best. Whenever you were tired you did your best to take a nap with the the sound of poker chips and gaming dancing around your ears. Things got quiet early in the morning and everyone was suffering from the late nights and drinking. Breakfast at Macca's took away the edge though.

It was some good fun on NYE. It makes you realise that in the overall scheme of things one year isn't really that long. Time really flies and it's important that you cherish your friends and family. All the good times over the year add up and now 2008 starts on a very positive note.

Oh, and here's a little pic that Mi Zhou took sometime during the night or day.

I never got any decent sleep, so it was basically one-hour blocks of bad shut-eye, although I think I ended up 4-5 hours of sleep, which is pretty good. The bed was full so I grabbed a bathrobe to use as a makeshift pillow, put my feet up against the wardrobe and grabbed some snooze time. Here I was asleep with the legs propped up at 45 degrees by friction with the wardrobe and the arm resting on the strategically placed drawer. I did get a bad case of the pins and needles and there was some residual pain afterwards although everyone else thought it was pretty funny.

Proof that when you are dead tired, you can fall asleep anywhere.