wow what a concert. Just finished at like 11 pm. Later than I expected. Definitely enjoyed the 2+ hours of entertainment. No regrets despite I'm still not sure how I'll get back home. ON the way to hong kong. I'm thinking maybe I shouldve just stayed at the
hotel and just take the earliest ferry back to Shenzhen, instead I might have to brave the night somewhere in Hk. Hmm I could be wandering the streets for a while. Anyways whatever it was still worth it. I don't think I'll ever do this again. I'm getting a little old for this.

Well the concert was amazing. WLH just kept it up for more than two and half hours at the Venetian. He sang a whole bunch of songs from different albums and with different styles. I think of the first hour there was a lot of rock music  which was kinda unexpected but fun to hear. After the first hour I was wondering if it was all just going to be rock. After a small video transition he kicked into the slow songs. Swapping the electric guitar for the piano and violin. Cool. Sang some the old goodies but he didn't play my favorite songs from last album but still good.  He ended it off with a litle magic trick where jumped into a box and appeared at the back of the concert area. He played another two songs from the back and inteoduced his last song. Of course a encore was needed.  a few minutes after he left (obviously to run back to the front of the stage ) and a hard effort by the band to stir up more noise from the crowd. He did his encore. Awesome. Another three songs to call it a night.

Coming out of the concert I totally have no idea how to get back home. I just kinda followed the crowd hoping they can "take me home". I
just listened for the people talking Cantonese and English and assumed they were heading to hk, so far so good, I'm on the ferry to hk right now. Now I gotta find out how to get to shenzhen. 11:46pm,30 minutes till I reach hk, what to do next? sleep

observations in hong kong (central)
1 am - expats drinking, still people walking around outside
2 am - expats drinking, just as busy
3 am - expats not drinking but still walking about
4 am - expats start to head home, still see a whole bunch of benz and bmws parked along the street (near the bars)
5 am - at Mcdonald's, bunch of hk kids come in. not sure if they woke up early or stayed out late.
6 am - go home.

Well, it was a "blah" jump into 2009. Didn't really do much, spent most of new year's eve talking with my "co-workers" about work in ShenZhen.
but ya, time for another year, another adventure. What will 2009 have in store?

To kick things off, I'm in Philippines attending a wedding. This is a friend from back home in Toronto, he got hooked up with a local Philippino girl (he's Philippino too, but grew up mostly in Canada). I can't believe how long I've known this guy. I've known him since 7th grade, that would be over 15 years! Amazing how fast time goes by. I'm glad I came to Philippians to experience the "Philippino wedding". Actually wasn't anything particularly different from a Christian wedding in US. Went to the church and then the reception. I can say it is nice for a change to understand most of what the people are saying since english is quite normal there. Although there were times when they did speak the local language. The last three or four weddings have all been in Chinese, I'm slowly getting to understand the chinese weddings :) Luckily the next wedding will be all in english and in hawaii!! yea!

As for philippians, its an interesting place with some interesting things to say about it. But I'll let you see some of the pictures first. You'll have to wait until I post them up to facebook. (once I get back home)