Gom Bui!

...I haven't kept my promise this time either, 3 weeks with no news from my side, right after some people started writing the first comments (come on don't be shy...:p)..too bad, but unfortunately this period is getting extremely busy with work due to the Chinese New Year getting closer...people are now working like crazy, since in less than one week (almost) everything will stop to start the celebration of the lunar new year! but this does not matter since it still looks so far away, I need some vacation!!!

some of you will wonder what is the meaning of the subject this time...well, it's pretty easy, it's the classic "bottom's up", "alla goccia" common in the western style..with the small difference that when chinese people are involved, at least from what I have seen and experienced, the results are even more out of control.

The history begins this tuesday, after another hard working day, with the annual company dinner supposed to celebrate the Chinese New Year (with a typical chinese menu made of jellyfish, shark's fin - by the way, wonder why someone has to spend 50usd for a shark's fin soup that tastes like chicken :p - abalone, and other chinese delicacies). Wine, as mentioned so many times, is an expensive rarity here in Hong Kong so whenever there is an occasion, how can I miss it and avoid cheering up with locals? the problem, is that I have never got so drunk before (somebody I talked on the phone to can witness, right dodi/besso'?). Luckily this year not being in Italy there is no picture putting myself in a bad situation, but colleagues the day after at work (can't remember what time and how got back home, guess it was 4 maybe? just know that i slept on the couch and i could only wake up at 10 - supposed to be at work at 8.30 hihi) easily spotted what happened the night before since after 30 minutes of struggles in front the pc, I took the sane decision of going back home and close well in advance another work day :D legend! I wish I could tell something more about that night, but the problem is that I absolutely have no idea of what happened (and i am still waiting to know what I paid with my credit card which can be pretty scary...)

So, next year at the first "gom bui" mentioned by some local colleague I will start thinking that it's time to go home..

What else..I eventually booked my holiday, first week of April 5 days in Langkawi followed by 3 nights in Kuala Lumpur to assist to the F1 GP...maybe next month I will alos fly over Japan for skiing but still needs to be decided...the thing is that I though it was cheaper to travel around here in Asia but it's not really the case

to the next update....
ciaooooooooo