Happy New Year!

A bit bigger lul between posts than I expected... and this is starting off with the blog - I'd hate to see this 6 months from now. Its a tribute to my laziness.

Anyway, since the first and only previous post there has been a fair bit of merriment and alcohol consumption that has taken place which has left me with more hangover induced symptoms that I would have liked. Christmas was spend getting a bit to 'happy' at a co-worker's gathering but I managed to keep it in check for the New Year. A word of caution for people intending to visit Hong Kong during this period - if you like keeping the feelings in you limbs and don't want to be pre-occupied with a chance of a stampede I would suggest avoiding Lan Kwai Fong - the bar area frequented by expats, its fairly crowded on any given weekend but during New Years its just insane... at least by my standards coming from New York.

The other major developments here is that my apartment is slowly transforming itself to an IKEA showroom. Only after I bought some of the furniture did I realize that there is a very vibrant second hand market for with people constanly moving in and out of Hong Kong. It really helps to have a friend around to help you figure out with things that you don't normally think about (or at least what I don't normally thing about) when you get here.