A Wishful Thinker……

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!!!

This year, CNY happened to fall on the same day as Australia Day, apparently the last time this happened was back in 1930. So while every other year CNY passes relatively quietly here in Perth, this year was full of noise and celebrations. =) As it is Australia Day, we had the annual fireworks happening, and because of CNY, all over the city, the lion dancers were doing their thing, and firecrackers were in abundance. Everywhere we went this year, everyone was celebrating either Aust Day, or CNY, or both.

I woke up on Monday, and laid there in bed, trying to decide what I whether or not to get out of bed yet, or roll over and sleep in a little bit more. Then I got a phone call from MB, as I didn’t get to see him the past two days before, as we both had other commitments. Him with his lion dance crew, and me for my friend’s hen’s night. After the expected greetings and wishings for the new year, we chatted for a bit, until I heard my dad muttering down the corridor. He stuck his head into my room and went: “HEY!!!! It’s Chinese New Year!!! Why aren’t you up and wishing me a Happy New Year?!” LOL! Then he realised I was on the phone, so he went back out muttering that I don’t even talk to him first anymore. LOL. Then mum stuck her head in and goes: “Your dad wants you to greet him.” Then she realised I was on the phone, so she just pulled her “Ooops, my bad!” face and left. We ended up having family breakfast, rather than lunch, after which they went to the temples. I didn’t go, as they didn’t tell me until a few minutes before leaving, and by then I had already made other plans.

After lunch, I made the potato salad that was for the BBQ later in the evening, and then played Singstar for a little bit before heading out to Lil’A’s place to meet up with her and Mr Capsicum. We then went to check out the Haviana Party up in Hilliary’s, but by the time we got there, the event was over, and people were leaving. =( We were bored, and had time to kill, so we went to Scarborough Beach to get some ice cream. The damn ice cream melted so fast. >< But how can I stay angry at ice cream? =D

After awhile, we went back to collect the salad, and then realised that we had to go get another salad. So we dropped by IGA, and got the ingriedinets, and went back to Lil’A’s place to cut up the salad. We then met up with Jj, Sunshine and Gn in East Perth. We got there just as they had finished cooking the sausages, and Jmy just arrived. once we finished the BBQ, we went to the top of the hill and attempted to slide down the hill in the cardboard boxes we found in Mr Capsicum’s car. After several hilarious attempts, we accepted that there was just way too many ditches in the grass, and sat on the hill chatting for a little bit, watching the helicopters and the planes for the sky show fly over head. Once it got too cold, and I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, we headed off into NB to bum around for a bit as we were told by Sunshine that the fireworks weren’t until 9.30. I thought it was at 9, but she insisted it was at 9.30. At 8.50, we headed out to the building where we were going to watch it from, and we just happened to come across MB and his crew who were jsut about to start their performance. But as we were walking, we didn’t stop to  talk to him, instead we all walked past screaming his name. At 9pm, as we were crossing the road outside the bus station, we heard the first crack of fireworks. We all stopped to glare at Sunshine. Realising that the show starts at 9 and not 9.30, we ran for  it. Except VnT, Mr Capsicum, Jmy and Sc.  We made it in time to see most of the fireworks. Pretty good view point we got.

After the fireworks, we went to walk Vanni back to her car which was parked in NB. We came across MB and his crew again about to start another performance. So we stayed and watched. We also ran into other friends who are in a different dance troope, and were performing next door. In total, there was about three troopes in one area, and we got to watch them all.

It turned out to be a pretty good day. For Mr Capsicum, Lil’A and myself, we got to experience the whole day for what it was. Australia Day with our trip to the beach and BBQ dinner, and then CNY with the lion dance performances. The only thing that would have made it better was if I got to see more of MB over the long weekend. I only got to see him mostly on Friday night, when I went to pick him up for the birthday. But even then, I didn’t see him for a lot of the night, as I was at a friend’s going away before the party. It’s made the week seem longer. =(