fire-cracker 鞭炮

i remember vaguely that when I were young, about 8 years old, I were still staying in those old attap house in a village. During Chinese New Year, we were still allowed to set off fire cracker. There were this one time when we were playing it. After the whole roll of cracker were set off, everything went quiet. After few minutes later, I were picking up one of those blind cracker (those that did not explored) and out of sudden, it explored in my hand. It was damn painful and I could fell the burning sensation, even now when I talked about it, I could still remember the pain. Anyway, fire cracker was banned in Singapore in early 1970 due to fire hazard particular attap houses.

Staying in China the last 2 years, I get to see or hear fire cracker very frequently after more than 30 years. The Chinese set off fire cracker whenever there are happy events occurred, such as marry, give birth, opening ceremony and many more. During the Chinese New Year in China, you get to see so many particular the eve as well as the 15th day. The best part is it is inexpensive. A roll such as this cost about 40rmb.

Keith posing with the roll of 5m long fire cracker.

reunion dinner + firework

因我将在7月回新长住所以在这新年就不回新加坡团圆了，但是团圆饭是不可缺少的。人就我们一家3口，菜就多一点，平时晚饭最多也3道菜罢了，今天4菜1汤，有一道还是我亲手做的。呵呵。。。其它的当然是老婆大人煮的好菜。

5道菜是 1。五香虾肉卷 2。芹菜炒蘑菇 3。蚂蚁上树（炒东粉） 4。卤味（卤鸡翅，卤蛋，卤香菇） 5。ABC汤（罗卜，马铃薯，肉骨，洋葱）

简简单单的团圆饭，意义深厚。

晚饭后大该在9点钟和同事一起在我们小区去放烟花，小孩放得开心，大人也开心。

过后11点的时候和大为骑了电瓶车往金鸡湖看烟花。天太冷我们边骑边发抖。我的电瓶车也开始有点小毛病了，没骑多远电瓶很快就没电了，所以上坡就得推。到了金鸡湖大桥，觉得不对劲，好像没有烟花吧！听说金鸡湖有烟花，被骗了。郁闷！半夜12点到，园区酒店，公寓都开始放烟花了，我们从金鸡湖大桥往西骑追看烟花。园区的烟花榜极了。没拍到好看的，只有这一张。