Lunar New Year Celebrations....

Gong Xi Ya Gong Xi, Fa Da Cai....(background music)

Lunar New Year is here! As usual, we are assaulted this year by the numerous loud, cheesy, merry songs. Wahaha, but I think it is an essential ingredients to the whole CNY celebrations. My last year of receiving hong bao and celebrating it "Gao Jia" style.........

We had such a boisterous Reunion Dinner with lots of yummy food. See pictures below. Whereas, my future-in-laws had such a quiet CNY spent on the mountain top. Oh dear! Is that what my future CNYs are gonna be like? Well, if we are gonna spend it on the mountains, I must must insist on at least a steam boat worthy of CNY.......

Anyways, I stuffed myself with so much good food I literally felt the fats squishing into my tummy. Yes, my problem area.....all the fats just go right to it. I gotta start dieting immediately after CNY to be in time for my photoshoot in Indonesia. Hehehe, but CNY is a full 15 days.

{Jin Qian Bao or Money Bag........}

{Dumplings.......}

{Glutinous Rice Rolls.....the stuff in the middle is century eggs & ginger}

{Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (look at the fat abalone & sharksfin)}

{Dong Fen, Chap Choy & Tempura.....hehehe, international cusine!}

{I know its unbelievable but yes, more food.......}

As you know, I am going to Surabaya tomorrow so I am writing this blog first cos you do not know how absolutely difficult it is to get internet connection in Surabaya. Its probably easier to find an aligator in someone's backyard. SERIOUSLY!

Caricarture

I was reading some ladies blog yestertday. All just married for about a year. I got their blog addresses from the Female Brides Forum which I frequent considerign my impending marriage.

Anyways, they all had very similay threads: CHINESE NEW YEAR COOKIES. These ladies were busy making cookies, learning to be a good wife. They even make thie rown Pineapple Tart Filling. Can you imagine how much time and effort that requires? This leads me to wonder why they have so much time to bake cookies? Goodness, are they all housewives?

WAHAHAHAHA (crying, in case you mistake it for laughing), I WANNA be a housewife too? Tai Tai to be accurate! Why are some people so fortunate? I wanna spend my day baking, scrapbooking, shopping, going to Salon, etc......

Well, I guess I am not as fortunate as some people and need to slog till I die.....

Anyways, found another interesting thing on the web. Elouai website allows you to make a cartoon character of yourself which I found totally cool. So, view below for the cartoon charater.

Does this look like me? I had the hardest time trying to decide on my nose and my mouth and sort. They had 1000+ hairstyles and 200+ mouths and 100+ noses to choose from. I know that I probably made myseld slightly prettier but why not since I can control it? No one would delibrately make themself look ugly if they can help it. Anyways, the dog beside me is suppose to be Alpha. I could not find a Golden Retriever in the website so thsi one had to do. At least the colour and size is about there. Hehehe!

Compare with cartoon above? I know I know, my figure not as good, my hair not as golden and my mouth not so sexy but that is really the best I can do.....

Presenting to you RH!!! Hahaha! There was something wrong with the program as I was doing one of RH and so there was a woman's head on top of a guy's body.....HAHAHAHA! I am so mean!
Fixed! The end result....

Compare with picture above! Look alike?
For fun, I placed a piece of Poo on his head.....hahahaha! I am so MEAN!
How about the this one?

Grandparents in 19 days...... and counting down still.

Hmm, would SB really call her son Justin or Nicholas (pronounced as Ni-ko-las). It has been a bad few days. Most days, I would just pass out on the bed before bathing cos I was so so mentally and physically tired. Imagine staying up till 2 am and waking up at 7 am......that is a pitiful 5 hours only. :(

And yesterday, I just met the most most rude person ever. RH's associate, this guy who works in CCIC Singapore (China Certification & Inspection Co.) Rh is suppose to engage his company to inspect a set of Bauxite that needs to be loaded on board a ship and to be sent to China.

However, this guy was the most rude person ever. Never do I want to call him again and if not for RH, I would definitely have not called him the second time.

Our conversation went roughly like this but in Mandarin:

Me: Hi, I am calling on behalf of RH. He would like me to find out from you how long it takes to produce the weight certificate from the time of the inspection?

Jerk: Ya, you are calling on behalf of RH ya. He seems to be very urgent on this matter and keeps rushing us but does he actually have the goods? If he does not then don't keep calling us to ask questions.

At this point, I was a bit annoyed as I was wondering why is this guy insulting his customer. Talk about bad customer service but nevertheless I persisted.

Me: Well, the loading is now dependent on his customer. Once the customer says it is ok, they will want to load the goods at speed time. Therefore, RH is calling so often to make sure everything is ready should customer nod.

Jerk: Is RH an inexperienced person? Normally experienced person dun need to ask any questions, If he has the goods then call us back to discuss.

Then he proceeded to inform me of all the required information.

Next phone call......

Me: Hi Mr. Wang, I am calling on behalf of RH. We spoke on the phone previously. RH is in Bintan now and would like you to call him as he has some matters to discuss with you.

Jerk(all the time speaking in a very loud and demanding tone): Why does he want me to call him? What does he want to ask me?

Me: I am not sure, it is best that you call him and speak to him directly.

Jerk: Ask him to call me lah.

Me: He is currently in Bintan so he would like you to call him.

Jerk: Ya, ask him to call me, I am in the office all the time.

Me: It does not take long to make a phone call. Do you not have time to call him?

Jerk: No.

Me: Is it troublesome to make a phone call?

Jerk: No.

Me: Then, could you please call him?

Jerk: But I have lots of things to do.

By this time, I am fuming already. I don't understand why he does not want to call RH.

Me: Ok, I have already informed you that he would like you to call him so its up to you whether you want to call him or not.

Jerk: Ask him to call me lah. You mentioned that he is roaming in Bintan but it is the same whether he calls or I call, he will still get roaming charges. Isn't it?

Me: Ya, but it is cheaper if you call.

Jerk: What does he want to ask me? Is he experienced or not? An experinced businessman only needs to make one phone call to discuss everything.

I am thinking in mind "Even if you believe your customer is inexperienced, you do not say it to them to insult them"

Me: Well, it is up to you whether you want to call him.

Jerk: Miss, I think that your Mandarin is very lousy and you need to improve your Mandarin. You say things that are very agitating.

Me: WHAT? I find your speech agitating.

Jerk: No, I am from China so my language is very proper and polite. So, I just call this number?

Me: Ya, thanks.

And I proceeded to put down the phone. Well, I REALLY do not think that I have been rude to the guy. Had the guy not been complaining and insulting his customers, I might have been more polite to him. No one has ever said that I had bad mandarin and that I am rude. I absolutely can't believe he said that he was polite and proper just because he is from China.

I seriously do not think that it is considered proper and polite to insult your customers no matter what country you are in. And so that 5 minute conversation totally put me in a bad mood the whole day.

Another thing happened. My precious Maroon Honda CRV is gone today. Yup, Dad sold it BEFORE the new car arrives. I just lost my mode of transport. The new car is only coming end of FEB. Dear Dear, what am I gonna do?

Anyways, its not really the loss of transport. I was actually quite sentimental about the car having driven it almost everyday for the past 2 years....it was a relatively good car and I love that it was so so spacious.

Anyways, I managed to take a few shots of the car before it is gone forever.




Side View. Its not really my car lah! Dad bought it but I am the primary user of this car.

Back View, its a year 2000 Honda CRV so the back looks kinda old. The new one has a flatter back which makes it not so rugged looking.

Front view.......bye bye car!
Guess what car my Dad is replacing the CRV with?


Only car freaks would have guessed it. Well, at least u all know its another Honda from the logo in front......

Now, can you guess it? Yup, he bought the new 2006 Honda Civic. In the exact same colour as the picture above. Its suppose to be bigger than the old Civic but definitely smaller than the CRV which makes me feel like he downgraded my car.......booo hooooo!

SK Bitrthday

It was Syn's Birthday yesterday. I think she was kinda relieved that she did not have to work last night. Cool! First holiday in a while now.

So anyways, we went to try a new French Restaurant yesterday. It was quite good, actually! Depending on what you ordered. Totally recommend the steak and the potato thingy that comes with the pork chop although the pork chop is kinda tough actually.

If you are looking for no frills and affordable French food, you can head down to "The French Stall" at Serangoon Road. You gotta go past Farrer MRT station. Kinda far, I think!

But guess what? I forgot to snap pictures..... URGH! Hating myself right now. I promised myself to snap more pictures and alas.......I forgot again. URGH!

Anyways, my cousin (who is visiting) bought a handbag yesterday......turquoise color althopugh she really preferred the purple. So, she went: "Ya, I really like the purple but I got more clothes to match with the turquoise."

ME: "Well, ya, its good that you bought the turquoise bag although you could have bought the purple bag and buy more clothes to match your bag."

My Cousin: "Hahahaha, that is so true, ce luan!" Hehehe! (peace sign) Yup, alternative thinking!

Choosing PIctures

Went to choose pictures from Milan on Sunday! Spent 4 hours there!

Phew! I thought we were gonna need longer because my sister actually chose pictures from 2 pm to 10 pm at night. So mine was relatively fast. Luckily, I had RH with me cos he helped to "delete" many pictures. Plus my pictures were relatively not as nice as SB's so its quite alright!

After the experience on Sunday, I found out a few facts about myself and RH. I am very not photogenic while RH is actually quite photogenic. There were many shots of RH alone that were quite nice but my alone shots were just horrible but I still chose more alone shots than RH. Hee Hee! That is my perogative as the BRIDE.

Next, I found that I totally look good in bright red. And it absolutely has to be bright red and not dull red. Cos, my face just looks so bright and rosy when I was wearign the KUA compared to my darker red EG (evening gown).

Was really disappointed with the pics as Botanic cos RH and me both love greeneries and we really wanted more green pics but the photographer chose to take those pictures in black and white or sepia or some sort.

But I think RH was right in choosing the yacht club scene over the beach. It had water but looks different from everyone else's. :)

Anyways, I was so scared before viewing the pictures cos I know that RH and me will get into an argument about topping up for pictures but luckily my SWEET Fiance gave in and top up 20 over pics which is not cheap lah.....but on the other hand, I had to give up many pics that I liked too.

Hope the Indo photoshoot will be nice too! I think I am gonna give the sparklers another shot and maybe some poses that I kinda regret not doing the first round. Pictures to follow later!

My parents are gonna be grandparents in 26 days!!!!!

Hehehe! Yep, my older sister, SB, is gonna have a bb boy soon........so lucky to get boy! Hah, you must think that I am a sexist with my previous statement. But then it is our society that makes me like that. Imagine not having a boy for the first born in rural Surabaya. You are so gonna get ostracized.

Anyways, we all thought that she was gonna have a girl as her first born because my cousin, FS, calculated using the ever "absolutely accurate" gender calendar to calculate the gender of my sister's kid based on her age and month she conceived. This year was suppose to be really "not good" for her because she had a lot of female months so probability of getting girls rae much higher. Afther this inaccuracy, I think I am gonna give up calculating the gender of my first kid.

Mom has been so busy buying stuff for her unborn grandchild who is either gonna be named Justin or Nicholas.....I personally think that one sounds like an Ah beng and the other sounds like a dracula.....(remember Interview with a Vampire). Oh well, it is SB's son and she does have a right to name her first kid any name she likes even though it might sound awful.

Imagine my parents being called Niama and Niaung (means external grandma and grandpa in Hokchia) by some little kid although that technically would not be happening until a year or two later when the bb actually learns how to speak. It is weird to imagine that though. Its the same when SB first got engaged and there was an "extra" person calling my parents ma and pa......ewwww! Of course, my parents are ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED. I was on the phone with SB last night.

SB: "Mom is buying so many things for the baby. Dunno who is having the baby, me or her!"

Me: "Well, it is her first grandkid, just let her be excited lor."

HELLO HELLO!!!!!

Feeling much better health-wise but not so mental-wise! Still stuck in the "cannot think" state of mind. Anyways, kudos to Chinese Medicine. Was sick for 5 days, went to the Chinese Physician on the 3rd day and got well on the 5th day. It was quite fast and I mean, I REALLY got well. No left over flu or anything. You know how if you are on the antibiotics and you get well but still be sniffling for a few days? Well, I have got no sniffles...... downside is that you have to endure the bitter bitter concoction....

Oh well, I forgot what I was gonna blog before I thought of the Chinese Med thingy..... proof of the "cannot think" state of mind.

Oooooo, yes! I REMEMBER! I was reading Galatians 2: 11-21 right before blogging and somehow the text made sense more than it ever did before and I have read this part of the Bible several times, mind you. It tells of Paul who was rebuking/admonishing his fellow Christian, Peter and Barnabas about how they were hypocrites. P & B were eating with the Gentiles or Non-Jews before but suddenly when other Jews were around, they stopped doing that. Gentiles were considered "sinners" at that time.

Paul was talking about how Peter as a Christian still did not understand the basis of Christianity and that we are saved not because we are righteous and sinless but because we, just like the Gentiles are full of sin, but because God so loved us, he pardoned all our sins. Pardoning our sins does not make us sinless because we sinned and did wrong in the first place. It just means that God love us despite our sins. Just like if we owe money to our parents and they tell us not to return them the money. Does not mean that we did not borrow it in the first place, just that they love us enough so that we do not have to return them the money. Cool ya!

BIG SORRY

Sorry for the NO-Show!!!!

• 9-10 Jan Big issue going on with MIL resulting in wedding date shift to 18th June
• 11 Jan Sick
• 12 Jan Sick still
• 13 Jan Sick
• 14 Jan Very Sick
• 15 Jan Wanna die liao!
• 16 Jan Finally went Docter
• 17 Jan Rest at home...
• 18 Jan Still not feeling well.......resulting in above blog.

I know I know, excuses excuses excuses but this is my blog so I very well can choose when to blog.

I NEED AN ALL IN ONE PRINTER

I seriously need one........HELP! Remember me saying in the last post that I wanna scan my scrabook page to show? Well, I just realized "no can do" because my scanner at the office is non-colour one. Ya lor, scanner also got no colour one leh.

Anyways, RH says that he will buy one at the next computer fair......WHEN IS IT? Wahhh, gotta go check now......

What happened this weekend? Oh yeah, got forced to attend a Futsing Association Meeting on their IT needs. IT???? I failed my programming class in college or at least I would had I not gotten my boyfriend to do all my assignments. Hehehe. So, I need to get Dad to stop forcing me to help out at FA (Futsing Association). Not that I do not wanna help but seriously, with my schedule, it is quite hard to comply especially when he LOVES to give me last minute notice on potential meetings. What else? Oh, I got sick. I broke out in rashes on Saturday........some allergy thing confirmed by the GP. Luckily, its almost all gone this morning. The itch was so terrible on Friday but just on the soles of my feet....hehehe.

Watched "Derailed" yesterday. The movie is not nice! Not nice at all. I hated Jennifer Aniston's rape scene and it turns out to be a hoax. Urgh, made me feel all pitying then urgh.... A

nyways, mom made claypot rice & vinegar pig trottters......will share recipe with you all.

Mom’s Claypot Rice

Ingredients:

Garlic (washed but not peeled)

Garlic (minced)

Oil

Pinch of Salt

Chicken Broth

Chicken, cut into bite sized pieces

Carrots, sliced

Black Mushroom, soak in hot water till soft, drain and cut into bite sized pieces

Cauliflower, cut into bite sized pieces

Chinese Sausage, sliced

Chinese Cooking Wine

Light Soy Sauce

Oyster Sauce

Pinch of Pepper

Pinch of Sugar

Uncooked Rice

Cornstarch

Dark Soy Sauce

Method:

Wash uncooked rice until water runs clear and leave to dry in strainer Fry unpeeled garlic with a little bit of oil until fragrant. Add in washed uncooked rice and continue to stir fry for 5 mins. Transfer rice & garlic to claypot. Add enough chicken broth to cover the rice. Chicken broth should be about 2 cm above the rice. Cover claypot and cook at high fire. Add 1 tbsp of cornstarch to chicken and mix well. In a wok, add a little oil and fry garlic till fragrant. Add in chicken, Chinese sausage and carrots. Continue to fry till carrots are semi-soft. Add in the rest of the vegetables and seasonings. Stir-fry till fully cooked. When rice is almost cooked, uncover claypot, add meat and vegetables to rice and cover claypot. Lower heat to small fire. When rice is cooked, remove meat and vegetables. Add dark soy sauce to rice and mix well.

Sorry, there are no quantities cos Mom does not take down quantities, she is the more feel type, meaning, she adds ingredients by feelings.

Scrapbooking

Time to talk about this topic now. Its painting the town red with the recent opening of "Made with Love", a store selling scrapbook materials and tools.

Yup, although there have been a few stores around but I really think that this one located in Singapura Plaza is the one that has caused it to gained recognition. Its really good though cos I have been so tempted many times in USA to do it but alas I am not creative enough and there are just not enough resources in Singapore.

BTW, the price in USA for the tools and such are sooo much cheaper. If you can get it online, try to do it. For me, I asked my sisters who are studying in USA to purchase for me.

Die! So many hobbies and now got new one some more. I have spent so much on the toold already and am proceedign cautiously in terms of buying tools cos I am very well known for my 3 min interest in new hobbies. Look at my poor guinea pig. I am still taking care of it lah, just rarely play with it liao. Very mean though!

Hmm, so many pictures to put down in scrapbooks but alas, the ideas are slow in coming. I think the most important toool for scrapbooking is a printer.

IS say : "You got one at home mah"

Me: "Ya but not colored plus cannot print photo paper"

IS: "Then use office one lor"

Me: "Cannot lah, so unprofessional, I only have two printers in the office and they are both black and white."

Note: by the way, IS stands for Imaginary Someone So, right now, I really can't wait for the new apartment to be ready so that I can buy my own personal all in one printer.

IS: "Buy now lah. Why must wait till new apt is ready?"

Me: "Cannot, you know how many people live in my house! If I buy now, they will all use and spoil it and I can't bring it over then!"

IS: "Put in your room lah."

Me: "Cannot, my room so cramped liao, where you want me to stash my printer, underneath my pillow????"

So you see my dilenma. Anyways, recently, my friend, JT (who just recently got into scrapbooking too), asked me whether I wanna attend a free vintage scrapbooking class at MWL. But nothing comes free and I need to buy a vintage scrapbook package before I can get the "free" class. And the package cost $90 plus!!!!! REALLY!

So, I figured that I would rather go to Laine's Papeterie and join the vintage class for a fee of $50 plus. I figured it is still cheaper. Tell you when I have attended.

Second day of work, engine is still not revving up yet so I tot of sharing some pictures I took last week. Look below for details.

It was Dad's Birthday on the 19th. The day I got back from Surabaya. we had dinner at OCBC building. Have not been there for ages. Used to play hide and seek in the carpark when we were younger (notice the word younger, not young). Not anymore though, it would look weird to see a twenty something playing hide & seek.

I bought Dad's Birthday cake from Conrad Hotel's Bakery. Recommended! I love chocolate cakes and this one was good. Kinda expensive though. $24 plus for a small cake.........it was a good size for us though cos our family are not really cake eaters.

{Dad is already 54 years old. Can you imagine!}

See the little face on the left? Looks like little Clement is waiting for Dad to hurry and cut the cake.

{Had to squeeze in to get into the shot!}

Family picture or wat's left of the family anyways! Qiao & Xin Dong! Bixue and Yong are in Michigan having their own fun!


Adrian & Tanya's wedding. Hmm, probably our last picture iwth them because they are moving to England after the wedding.

{Dress designed and made by my friend, Widya}

Got these dolls on the day that RH and me got together. For those who are wondering about the inter-species union. RH is born in the year of the tiger while I was born in the year of the sheep. Ever heard of the chinese saying "Song Yang Lu Hu Kou" (sending the sheep into the tiger's den, HAHAHA)

I added the veil and butterfly tie myself AFTER I knew we were getting married. I can't help thinking that the sheep's face look bigger than the tiger's face (look at pic above the above pic)which is quite true in real life.

Went to the site of our new apartment on Saturday to check out its progress. The property agent actually told us that it would TOP in early Dec 2005. Its already Jan 2006. Hopefully, it can TOP before CNY. It looks almost done.

Its funny but were there green and purple walls in the aprtment mini model. Check out my previous posts. Well, the purple and green walls make sit look like a playground......

{Ronny insisted we took some pictures to show our 'future' kids}

{My trusty anti-UV ray umbrella......need to keep my skin looking fair and pretty}

{Night view of the swimming pool area}

Holiday Season

You must think that I am the laziest blogger alive. See below for my excuses. I shall compensate with pictures.

1. Company shut-down for a week, no free and readily available internet. (not that I would travel all the way to my office during holidays)

2. Home internet down, due to some setting error which RH finally found out yest.

3. Went KL for 2 days so did not bring laptop to KL

Wow, lots to update, where should I start?

Hmm, many wonderful dinners for this year's holidays. I should probably wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year before I start on the food........ :P

I missed my Christmas Eve dinner cos of RH. Supposed to go for my buffet at Pinetree Club with my family members and RH HAD to call me up and say that he needed me to pick him up from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Do you know how far the ferry terminal is from my YUMMY dinner?

Oh well, a good wife is suppose to support her husband in his business endeavours and that is excatly what RH was doing in Bintan. Showing the bauxite mine to some customers from China. Bauxite is actually some by-product of Iron mining. Luckily it paid off and they actually signed a contract for that.

But alas, Christmas came and it compensated for my lack of Christmas Eve Dinner. We went to the Brazilian Restaurant in Sixth Ave. Stuffed ourselves with MEAT. Brazillians just love meat, ya! Well, another thing famous that start with Brazillian is of course the B********* W**. Yup, why do they call it that. Its not as if the Brazillians all go bare.

However, I forgot to bring my camera to the dinner so no pics. Sorry! Food is yummy though and would be better if they were more vegetables.

On the 27th, our small group had a Christmas potbless. Wonderful, wonderful food again. There was pasta, beef stew, mashed potato, pizza, etc, etc.......The beef stew was really really heavenly! (No pun intended) Also, we had turkey with stuffings, courtesy of Uh-hum, ME! I must confess that most of it was done by my cousin, Fanny! Hmm, pictures below. Have to practise more!

The Voodoo Turkey, hehehe! Look at all the sticks poking out of it and those are bacons covering the Turkey in case you were wondering. We had to really skewer the Turkey to keep all the stuffing inside and the legs folded in.

Our Christmas Sacrifice is ready for roasting, bound legs and all! HAHAHA (evil laugh)! Hmm, it actually does not look so appetizing this way. Oops, forgot to take picture of the cooked turkey. It was quite delicious! You just gotta take my words for it.

{Apple Stuffing! I love stuffings especially Boston Market Stuffing!}

{All the ladies around the dinner table. I guess ladies are more greedy! :P}

{Eh, there are guys too, my mistake. The biggest glutton is here!}

{The Tans!}

{Daphne & Baby! But not her baby lah! Its Nij & Carole's. Can't help but feel the baby looks more like Nij}

{Some of the gang! Su li, our host, is the one wearing a blue t-shirt! Thanks for welcoming us into your house!}

{Group picture with new addition baby Mikayla}

Then, me and RH went to KL........lots of good food there. Most of them by the roadside though! Forgot to take pictures! Sorry AGAIN!

RH took this picture because he kept forgetting where to turn right for his beloved original Ampang Yong Tau Foo. As if he is gonna bring this picture the next time he goes to KL. Anyways, Foong Foong Yong Tau Foo is very nice. Should try it next time you go to KL.

The address is 621-A Jalan Besar Ampang68000 Ampang, Selangor Darulehsan.

Sunway Lagoon Mall! RH tot he ought to be a tour guide and bring me there since I have never been to SLM and he was working in KL for 2 years. Notice my new necklace. Bought it at Petaling Street for 15 ringgits. The next day, another vendor actually tried to sell me for 25 ringgits. Of course, I did not buy it from him bit found another vendor who let me buy it at 15 each.

{NG! That was not intended to be like tat!}

{Much better!}

Then came New Year's Eve. Turns out that Dad booked three PANAROMIC rooms at Pan Pacific and booked us all a buffet dinner that hotel.

{View from 19th flr elevator!}

{Really cloudy that day! Luckily, it did not affect the fireworks}

This is such an artistic picture. I should just blow it up and put it in my new house. (just talking to myself, please ignore)

We ate from 7 pm to 11 pm. You should see the way we rushed to the buffet table for second, third, fourth fifth helpings after the waiter informed us that the buffet is going to be closed in 15 mins. Hehehe, we are gluttons indeed.

Being Silly!

Must be the wine!!!!!

New Year's came with a big bang. Literally! The fireworks at Marina Bay lasted for a full 10 mins. Cool and we had just the best view ever on the 29th floor of Pan Pacific facing Esplanade. Actually, there are no pictures cos I actually took video of the fireworks display and I dunno how to put it on my blog. Sorry! But there are some night view pics below.

So after all the feasting and stuffing, (I actually feel a little like the Christmas Turkey), I think I need at least a month to burn off all those extra fats..........I feel so bloated!