It's the New Year

I welcomed the New Year with home-cooked mexican food, mutliple games of twister, fireworks and an overwhelming international gathering. It was quite the celebration even though china doesn't celebrate the New Year on our calendar. They celebrate the Chinese new year in the month of February...this year it falls on Feb. 14th. None the less, there were still many chinese watching the amazing firework display on the streets of Yangshuo right at the strike of midnight. The crowd, along with myself, were standing about 20 feet away of where the fireworks were set off...a little too close. My friends and I were trapped in smoke and one firework actually hit the back of my leg. (Don't worry mom, I am ok). We left that scene quickly and heading to a pub and continued the celebration. A few of us counted and discovered there were over 16 nationalities represented that night, from

Australia to Israel. It was an amazing day. My Canadian friend Leslie, dressed up as "a warrior of peace," wearing a peace bandanna, a flowy hippy dress, and Barrack Obama earrings. We talked about how you celebrate New Year is insight of what is going to come to you in the upcoming year. I don't know if that is true or not, but if it is then 2010 may be the best year of my life.

Yangshuo, China