It hadn’t immediately occurred to me that when the clock struck midnight on December 31 of last year, it wouldn’t be just an ordinary year coming to a close but rather, the first decade of the 21st century. I only realized this about a few days ago when all these lists and awards started coming […]
Archives for January 1, 2010
New Year 2010 Fireworks Musical in Marina Bay, Singapore
This year we decided to try something new (last year we had gone to the Siloso Beach Party) and watched the Marina Bay fireworks. Thank goodness we decided to go at 9pm and were able to secure a good viewing spot without having to pay or get chased off by the police (which happened to […]
New Year Superstitions
There are all sorts of superstitions involved with the first day of the year. the most famous, of course, is to make noise to drive away the evil spirits, that is why we have fireworks. In the Philippines, we had quite a few – set 12 round fruits on the table to represent good luck […]