Happy 2009

Dorion invited a bunch of friends to spend New Year's Eve at his place because of the great view of Taipei 101 from his rooftop.

Around 9pm, almost everyone was there, and Kyle suggested a game of Catan.


Harry has never played Catan, so he was studying the rules.

Meanwhile, everyone else was getting the board and all the cards ready for the game.









Shannon and Sam were also new to this game, so Trevor explained the rules to them.

By this point, Harry had thrown the rules away. He decided to team up with Kyle.





Bill is a veteran Catan player, and he's all about "following the rules".

I was feeling under the weather and hardly had any voice, so I "benched" myself in this game.











While the game was going on, Dorion and Sharon brought plates of yummy barbecued food to the table. We had steaks, miranated chicken, and mushrooms. All of them were really good.

The game was paused at 11:40pm, when everyone got ready to go to the rooftop for the fireworks.

We brought everything but a clock (or a radio), so we actually missed the countdown. All we saw was fireworks going up Taipei 101 and all of the sudden, it exploded.












According to the news today, the firework display this year lasted 188 seconds, longer than previous years.

However, it seemed shorter and lamer to us.













Have a fan-fabulous 2009!!!