Fireworks

23 May 2005
Dinner at Paulaner
Beside Huangpu River

Fireworks suddenly appeared over the river while we were having dinner. We thought there was a celebration or something because this boat was cruising along the river while spewing out magnificently colored fireworks.

For others, it may be a normal sight, but for us, it was an unusual sight. I normally see fireworks being displayed during New Year or 'fiestas' and there was definitely no special celebration or event that night.

According to the waiter, "you're lucky if you see the fireworks..". This actually made me think...Am I gonna be lucky because I saw the fireworks? Do they have this superstitious belief that fireworks will bring a person good luck because it scares away the bad spirits? OR does it simply mean that it's one of the random day that they select to display the fireworks?

I am keen to believe and go with the former.You can call me superstitious but I would like to think about good luck being on my side than believing in logical reasoning or practicality.

This adds to the positivity that I seem to bring in my life and hopefully to others.

Home by Michael Buble

Another summer day has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome but I wanna go home
Maybe surrounded by a million people I still feel all alone
I just wanna go home I miss you, you know
And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two “I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat and you deserve more than that
Another aeroplane another sunny place
I’m lucky I know But I wanna go home,
I’ve got to go homeLet me go home
I’m just too far from where you are I wanna come home
And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside when everything was going right
And I know just why you could not come along with me this was not your dream
But you always believed in me
Another winter day has come and gone away and even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home let me go home
And I’m surrounded by a million people
I still feel alone let go home I miss you, you know
Let me go home I’ve had my run baby, I’m done I gotta go home
Let me go home It will all be right I’ll be home tonight I’m coming back home...