Yey! It's 2009!

January 1, 2009, 11:55pm

Come New Year, expect that each and everyone would really cling to their own practices which are fervently followed whether Chinese or not. Some would wear polka dots just like Minnie Mouse, some would collect 11, 12, 13 fruits. Well some would skip completing the number 'coz fruits are quite expensive. Others would either buy several pieces of oranges then display them on the window pane for luck or throw coins and count money when the clock strikes 12 then jump as high as they can para daw tumangkad. *sigh* This I've proven wrong...pandak pa rin ako *grin* So better not waste your kids' time by asking them to jump and jump next year. But what the heck! It's the fun that counts. While some would open the lights, the windows and the doors; others would bang anything that could make a loud sound to banish all the evil-spirits-that-were and usher in good things for the new year ahead.

We practice some of the things I've said back home and I'm sure they did them last night. This time, however, only the lights, windows and the doors we've kept open here. I had no time to even count money to millions..trillions ;-) But mind you, just hours before the stroke of midnight, Hubi unluckily stepped on dog poo..and whenever this happens to him, he encounters good luck. Well, sana nga!! And hopefully he can share the luck to me...whether he likes it or else! *kidding*

So, instead of adhering to the customs, we instead feasted on circles...circles and more circles. See...(tnx Hubi for the foodshots)