Portable Fireworks!

I'm not a fan of fireworks to begin with. But of course I was curious about it. So last February, I had my induction. This year, the man got his, in a double dose, since we got in before Lunar New Year's Eve. I think I've had quite enough of fireworks, be it seeing it or setting it off. I'm especially perturbed by those boxes bigger than I am, or half my size.

The man struggled to sleep through the continuous boom of fireworks that began last Friday and lasted all the way to Monday. I was able to block out the noise and continued snoozing. The crazy humans didn't stop the fireworks till 3am or so, and started again at 7am. Arrrrrgh. Luckily the man had earplugs and noise canceling headsets. Not exactly the most comfortable things to sleep with, but better than having loud blasts intrude upon his consciousness.

We went to the stall selling a ton of fireworks at the street corner, and bought many boxes. We threw it out on the balcony where the cold would ensure no accidents happen. There was so much intense light and sound on 除夕. A small box of fireworks that cost about RMB670 could shoot up to 7-storeys high. Many people went up to rooftops and maximize that height and to the joy of the many other viewers.

After our reunion dinner on Sunday, at 11.45pm, we grabbed the earplugs, hauled the boxes and hopped out to the street to set off fireworks and firecrackers for the next hour. High, low, flat, twirling, jumping, useless ones that only made sounds and gave out no light...all manner of badaboomboomboom. WOOOHOOO! Wear goggles if you intend to look up at the fireworks you set off. Otherwise, watch from the comfort of a building. Debris. No fun.

We saw so many different variations of fireworks and firecrackers. Was a little amusing watching the friends and others too, especially those who ran away pronto after setting it alight. After we were done, the others weren't. When we took a peek much later, the aftermath was well...very festive. The streets were littered with red bits and cardboxes. Poor cleaners had to work really hard to clean it up by sunrise.