New Year's in Hong Kong

2009 has finally come and gone.  And quite frankly, it's been one of those years that I'm thankful is now officially in the past.  Now, I can look forward to 2010 with a renewed sense of purpose and adventure, and I kicked off 2010 by spending the New Year's Eve Countdown in Hong Kong with my boyz of yester-year from over a decade ago.  So as I raced off to the Alive Not Dead New Year's Eve Bash at Zuma with my friend Terence Yin, we got stuck in some major street traffic when our taxi driver took us to the wrong location.  Inevitably, Terence and I got to do the Countdown on the streets with throngs of spectators enjoying the fireworks display, which actually turned out to be quite cool...

With no "viable" (or enviable) options for a New Year's Coundown Kiss , we opted to ditch the cab and march on down to the event...

Someone forgot to give me the dresscode for the night so I was definitely a little "tourist casual" for the elegant soiree!  Our other fellow CAL alum Steve Hsieh was at the door waiting to get the party started too...

The Alive Not Dead New Year's party was a huge success with over a thousand people dancing and making merry into the new 2010.  I had an "amazing" time catching up with everyone including this familiar face from TARA3, Vince...

Celebrating into the next evening, we enjoyed the harbor view after some sinfully delicious steak from Ruth Chris Steakhouse with Terence, Steve, and my longtime hommie Daniel Wu...

And after another night of catching up with old friends, it was time to take one last picture in the elevator before we all tucked into bed for the first night of 2010...

...and just for New Year's kicks, here's a pic from 2000 that tells me, " !"

...or almost the same--Minus the big smiles and "party favors" strewn all over the table!