On May 13, 2006 I had a party for my two latest videos, Secrets of Love and  Amazing Life. The party was attended by 60 guests and we all had a great time. Meteor was the perfect place for the party. The manager, Armando, and his staff were nice and kind. The party guests who have not been to Meteor before expressed to me how much they like the place.
My co hosts were my friends, Ian, Gary, Annie, Diana, Sandy, Ngoc and Jessie. The five ladies passed out Mardi Gras beads and gift bags to the guests while Gary, Ian and my childhood friend, Katrina helped me set up our buffet reception.
There were plenty of food courtesy of my brother, James. We had Vietnamese spring rolls, Vietnamese meat pastry (pate chaud), chicken salad and crab salad finger sandwiches, turkey wraps, veggies and dips, ham and cheese plate, duck pate (I made this myself) with crispy mini toast. The deserts were plentiful with assorted petit fours, fruit shaped marzipan and cream puffs. The glucose level on the desert table was enough to send a diabetic like me into sugar shock.
I took the mike right before show time at 8:40 PM to thank Meteor and my brother and introduced my guest of honor, Ray Hill. Thank you Ray for being my guest of honor. As a human right activist, Ray Hill is an inspiration to me. Ray’s kind words about me left me speechless and I forgot to thank my hosts and hostesses.
Up to show time, I was actually very nervous about showing my videos. The cheap and old equipment I have at home did not play the videos well and I was preparing for a major embarrassment. To put it this way, “it looked like crap” when I played it on my 5 year old DVD player and my three year old computer. What a pleasant surprise it was to see my videos exactly as I had envisioned it to be. There was one small exception. The small exception was that the word Clip ended up looking exactly as Cllp. I thought it was a typo, but it was not. The process of transferring the videos from my hard drive to a CD disc via VCD format distorted the letter i. Regardless, the videos looked and sound great coming from the fine and expensive equipment of Meteor.
I want to also thank everyone who attended this party. My guests made this party so nice and great. I met old friends and made new friends. This was the first of an annual event. There will be a “Love Party”2007.
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