New Years where it's not a New Year

Twenty expats in Saigon came together to celebrate a New Year in a country that doesn't acknowledge January 1st as a new year. Yes, they will now consider the date to be 2005 but the Vietnamese will wait for their annual celebration of Tet before they celebrate their New Year. Nonetheless, us foreigners threw a party on the new big pimpin' home of Saigon that belongs to Mike, Linda, Mat, Euan and Tiana. We drank an exorbitant amount, played good tunes, shouted out the count down and generally had a eastern new year with a western face.

What's a New Years without resolutions? I have resolved to not only learn how to play pool but also bowling and badminton before the end of the year. Hopefully it won't take me 12 months of frustration to become decent at these games. Our social lives in Saigon tend to gravitate towards activities and I have become determined to master the skills.

So, Happy 2005 to all my friends and family throughout the globe. Have an awesome year and hopefully we'll get together at some stage in 2005!