Party Follow-Up

The crowd...

Countdown aftermath

Then the party begins...

Now it is 1a.m., and only now I have internet connection since the new year (that is, since I came back from Penang). And of course the connection is having some hiccups. But then it is enough for me to get a flight ticket home. That's a homerun for me. Plus I get to update this blog too. So just had my new year fun. The party was good, the experience was unique, and the pain was relentless. Not exactly physically-inflicting pain, it's just that the Penang trip burns a hole in my pocket. Being broke does not ultimately describe my pathetic state now but having so little cash at hand is enough to picture it. Somehow just having a smooth running internet now gains me some sighs of relief despite of this casually declared state of emergency. Never forget that I still have my parents to back me up for it and no thanks to my ability (of course) to buy my home-bound tickets without the useless reliance of my folks back home to do it, I caught some glimpse of hope to hang on the amount of trickling money from them until I receive the huge payroll from the JPA fundings (FYI, this is the longest word that I managed to pull off on my blog). Now some accounts from the Gurney party - as I dubbed. The kick-off of the party was a little setback as more crowds were storming Gurney Drive. So off to the mall (nothing much to do anyway). Then some gigs were on and I bear those with the rest of the thousands of Penangites who were there. My friend bickered about how boring the gigs were. I did not completely agree with him but after seeing a group of Indonesians causing a scene among the crowd, made me very uncomfortable. So I just tagged along. Initially I did not enjoying to be with the crazy crowd that sprayed party strings and foam at random. Then I got hit. Revenge must be delivered. Spent RM10 to get just to get two cans. Emotions got a good grip on me. And I was my turn to hit them back - spraying at random people. We missed the countdowns from both organising parties - Celcom and DiGi (two main celcos in the country) but we did not missed the mediocre fireworks. Almost perfect. Then everyone on the spraying frenzy. It was a chaos - I liked it. Then we heard some music going on. We headed to it as soon as we could. It was the DiGi post-countdown party. Exactly what I wanted. Both of us were clad in tees and short pants. We did not care. Let the fun begins. As the tunes turned us down, we started to get grumpy and we want to get out! Suddenly house music. That caught our attention. Dance, baby, dance! Then the DJ interrupted - the party's over. The crowd was obviously disappointed but that did not contemplate his decision. Party's over and back to the guest house. Back at the guest house, my friend had some chat with a few foreigners there. A good way to start the new year, I believe - it is in conjunction of Visit Malaysia Year 2007 (VMY07). Then with the help of my local friend there, we have a final trip around Penang (just Queensbay and Gurney only anyway). The party aftermath? Me being very lethargic. Even right now, I am very tired, both from the party and the trip. Okay, I am way past my bedtime and I did not study at all. Ciao.

Ps: I really hate the internet connection here!
OnTrack: Waiting for the World to Change (John Mayer)