how was your journey home? / energy high 2008

this january was the fastest month i've ever lived.  february was a little better; perhaps it's shorter to begin with and buffered by a ten-day break during chinese new year.  march?...

i think this is quite "unique" - i'm blogging about something that didn't happen three days ago, not three weeks ago, but almost three months ago!

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a small bunch of us gathered on the last day of last year.  it was very cold but in a nice way.  remember?

we drank, we ate, we laughed; we had music all through the evening and even had a special treat of some private pictures freshly taken in egypt!

i was a little nervous, being one of the hosts.  but i don't know about you, i had a great time!

of course i didn't let anyone leave before midnight!  we had to wait for that perfect moment to have our share of champagne.  we did manage to make a lot of noise with our glasses and our laughter.

at the end of it all, i walked you to the pier... how was your journey home?


"letter (of no return)" venus:  yes, we must've met a few times before, very briefly, but that didn't make meeting you this time less exciting.  the fact that we've heard so many good things about you, it almost felt like meeting a celebrity.  you automatically became our special guest.

"don't" s·w:  i welcomed the idea of a german yoghurty wine drink; what was it called again?...  (how do you like your personalized "definitive collection" afterall?)

"(悲しみに)sayonara" uwe:  you simply deserve a standing ovation for feeding us with your culinary creations.  your days of effort were well tasted and received...  i know this is unreasonable, but we'd love you to spend more time with us, outside the kitchen.

"call" maggie:  life's too short to wait literally years to see a friend, don't you think?  i want to visit you at facebook, it's just that i'm not a member...  now, would you cohost a bowling party with me, please?

"really" k·k:  your ipod left the party fully charged, did you?  your presence lit up the air...  and you know, uwe always loves you.

"night" abi:  you're our pleasant surprise, bringing the egyptian aura to us, one day after returning from your holiday.  it's very brave of you to share many of your private photos with us, unedited!  it wasn't hard to fall in love with your "handsome boy" right then and there.  and i hope you have not thrown away your ipod touch - just upgrade its software this june.

"大(切なあなた)" ahko:  you're stuck in the corner and got so hot, you turned red!  poor ahko.  i would've thought on a cold winter's night, people would fight to sit where you did...  by the way, you're not wearing eason's style anymore; your hair has become your own signature.

"新(宿物語)" d·fung:  we crashed - you into my chest! - when it's our turn to give our goodbye hug...  did i hurt your chin?  i have to specially thank you for letting me exaggerate and use you as a bad example during my introduction to our evening's musical amusement.  i must admit, this itunes game of mine was a little on the lame side, and i wish it's excusable considering it didn't even exist a couple of hours before.  it didn't take me long to better it though; maybe we could play it again, this round with your library?

"game" bernardo...

and we caught our neighbor brenda just in time, a few minutes until our built-up excitement could no longer be contained...


i thank each of you, my old and new friends, for spending that special moment with uwe & me.  together we witnessed the going of an old year and welcomed a new one.  ha, we also celebrated you-know-who's wedding anniversary!

as the year gets less new everyday, still i wish we all keep our energy high, like the sky we touched.