Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!!
I hope this new year will be another great year for all of you!!
This is an ornament I put on a front door of my home.
It should drive away bad sprits and bring good luck to me! (^^)
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Oh my God= ="
Your name is Kay but not Kai.
I am sorry for typing in that way.
About the fireworks, well it IS dangerous. The Health Department here used to report hundreds of fireworks-related injuries in the past years; however, due to a massive campaign accompanied by rainy weather in some parts of the country decreased that figure by tens to only 346 injuries and 2 deaths to date.
Well, sad to admit, but Filipinos are very stubborn. The campaign I talked of a while ago showed wounded persons rushed to emergency rooms. To give you a picture, think of the ff things: wounds(usually 1st degree burns ); bloody eyes(the firecracker exploded probably in that person's eyes); bloody hands(with doctors preparing a saw to cut the hands off to prevent infection); some patients even had their feet or hands nearly removed when rushed to the hospital...
PS:Injury figures include those shot by stray bullets.
Akemashtie Omedeto Gozaimasu, Kay! ^^
Masaganang Bagong Taon! (Have a prosperous new year!)
I spent the new year in my grandma's place out of town where only a handful of fireworks were lit up. I escaped the terrifying war zone-like revelries in Manila.
We had a sumptous feast right after the clock struck twelve. We had ham, spaghetti, rice cakes, an assortment of fruits, salads, and barbecued pork and fish.
I wish you all the best for this new year. Cheers! KANPAI! ^ ^
Happy New Year!
I hope you'll do a good job this year too.
By the way, my wife and I will be 54 years old this year. Actually, this is an unlucky year for us, which is "Happo Husagari" meaning "our eight directions closed."
So we visited a shrine and had our evil spirits driven away by a Shinto priest.
I hope that at least one direction out of eight will be possible to go through.
Write to you again,
I am not sure if this is spelled right, but "kong he fat choi!"
that is supposed to mean "Happy New Year!"
Ives Meng
Don't worry! As I wrote in this blog long time ago, my real name is neither Kei nor Kay (It is Akiko). So, it really doesn't matter for me.(^^)
In Japan, we usually don't have fireworks on New Year's Day...Only in the Disneyland.
We enjoy the sound of "Joya no kane"--a large cast bell at shrines or temples which is struck 108 times.
Jayson&JM
OK, I will avoid going to the Phillipines on New Year's Day...(^^;)
Takashi
I am sure you will be protected by Shinto gods!!
Maybe you can move to the vertical direction!
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