So after a full week of what felt like endless fireworks, they finally seem to have stopped! During the week wasn't so bad, they only had a few during the day and they went for a few hours each night but the weekends have been shocking. I keep saying it feels like living in a war (at least my idea of a war zone), explosions and flashing lights everywhere. Some of the fireworks were nice ones but most of them were just loud.
Still it seems they are done for the moment. The actual holiday started last Sunday (so people had to work on the Saturday) then all through the week and people were supposed to go back to work today. There certainly aren't many people around so maybe they have gone back to work.
I'm just pleased it's finished, I am SO sick of fireworks. On some of the days they were starting just after 7am (in the morning!) and going fairly continually until 2 and 3am the following morning. That's 19 or 20 continual hours of fireworks. Since the place in the apartment blocks to let them off is just outside my window (and most people's really) it's hard to get away from them.
However I think it's done for the year, now stuff will reopen and we can get back to "normality"!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Chinese New Year
Hi All!
I haven't written anything on my blog lately, partly cause not that much has been happening but I've also fallen out of the habit so I will try to post a little more in the future.
It's currently the middle of Chinese New Year (called Spring Festival in China). This is one of the times of year where the Chinese get a whole week off that they usually use to visit their families. The news said they were expecting upwards of 3 billion trips (planes, trains, cars and buses) over this period and also explains why I'm not in the US. The tickets were going to cost me way too much so I ended up staying home.
The other thing about CNY are the fireworks. There was a sign in the lefts in the building saying that they are only permitted to let off fireworks between 7am and 12am (only 19 hours a day!) but they broke that in the first day!
As of Sunday, they started just after 7am and went until a bit after 3am the next morning, then started again around 8am or so. They have calmed down a little now (so they're not going constantly) but in the evenings it's still pretty regular. I'm not a huge fan of fireworks, probably even less of a fan now, but they have been nice to watch. I took a video at about 10:30pm the other night (people with no bandwidth like grandparents may not want to watch at home :)
That was from my apartment window looking out over the frozen lake in the middle of the complex.
It was also my birthday the other day which was nice. There are some people here that it was nice to see (hi Adam and Anita!!) but I was definitely missing Jane and everyone back in Aus. Usually we have a nice big birthday party with everyone who's around and I really missed that this year.
I haven't written anything on my blog lately, partly cause not that much has been happening but I've also fallen out of the habit so I will try to post a little more in the future.
It's currently the middle of Chinese New Year (called Spring Festival in China). This is one of the times of year where the Chinese get a whole week off that they usually use to visit their families. The news said they were expecting upwards of 3 billion trips (planes, trains, cars and buses) over this period and also explains why I'm not in the US. The tickets were going to cost me way too much so I ended up staying home.
The other thing about CNY are the fireworks. There was a sign in the lefts in the building saying that they are only permitted to let off fireworks between 7am and 12am (only 19 hours a day!) but they broke that in the first day!
As of Sunday, they started just after 7am and went until a bit after 3am the next morning, then started again around 8am or so. They have calmed down a little now (so they're not going constantly) but in the evenings it's still pretty regular. I'm not a huge fan of fireworks, probably even less of a fan now, but they have been nice to watch. I took a video at about 10:30pm the other night (people with no bandwidth like grandparents may not want to watch at home :)
It was also my birthday the other day which was nice. There are some people here that it was nice to see (hi Adam and Anita!!) but I was definitely missing Jane and everyone back in Aus. Usually we have a nice big birthday party with everyone who's around and I really missed that this year.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Pics from Paris
So I've been a bit busy (well sort of busy) lately and have finally managed to get through my photos from Paris.
I've got a lot though so I'm going to sort of string them out a bit, so people (assuming people are reading this!) don't get too bored of my idea of a nice architecture photo.
This album does have what is currently one of my favourite photos of all time (that I've take anyway) so see if you can spot which one!
I've got a lot though so I'm going to sort of string them out a bit, so people (assuming people are reading this!) don't get too bored of my idea of a nice architecture photo.
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| Walking around Paris |
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