New Year's Eve
New Year's has always been an eventful holiday for me, seeing that it is also my birthday. I've partied with all types of people at many a location. Never did I expect to celebrate it almost directly on the other side of the world from where the "Big Ball" drops with a bunch of British guys though.
Since Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, doesn't have a "Big Ball," it celebrates by shooting off fireworks in front of the Petronas Twin Towers at midnight. Fortunately for us, Kevin and Nancy's apartment balcony conveniently overlooks these towers from about 9 floors up. After a home-cooked birthday dinner (mmm... Chicken Parmigiana), the wine, beer, and liquor flowed freely. Friends showed up to the apartment at around 10 and the party took off. I chatted with a couple of the British guys who had been all over the world. They had fantastic stories to tell about the places and people they had seen. The travel bug is very contagious.
After counting down from 10 about three times, the fireworks went off and the motley crew of us rang in the New Year together. I kissed my love and sat back with my booze and enjoyed the phenomenal show halfway around the world. Very awesome night.
(Oh, and I did not pray to the porcelain gods this year... an amazing feat for me)
Since Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, doesn't have a "Big Ball," it celebrates by shooting off fireworks in front of the Petronas Twin Towers at midnight. Fortunately for us, Kevin and Nancy's apartment balcony conveniently overlooks these towers from about 9 floors up. After a home-cooked birthday dinner (mmm... Chicken Parmigiana), the wine, beer, and liquor flowed freely. Friends showed up to the apartment at around 10 and the party took off. I chatted with a couple of the British guys who had been all over the world. They had fantastic stories to tell about the places and people they had seen. The travel bug is very contagious.
After counting down from 10 about three times, the fireworks went off and the motley crew of us rang in the New Year together. I kissed my love and sat back with my booze and enjoyed the phenomenal show halfway around the world. Very awesome night.
(Oh, and I did not pray to the porcelain gods this year... an amazing feat for me)
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