Thursday, January 1, 2009
2:42 AM
Completely shagged, but am still doing this post because it's the first post of the first day of a new 2009! The last few hours of 2008 was spent er.. gorging and stuffing food in our faces at seoulgarden!! And the last 1 hr and 50 minutes was a bore at Esplanade because everyone around us was anti-climax and we didn't know where to go and there were many Bs a bit intimidating. But there were two very heartwarming sights!1) There was this couple and the boyfriend was carrying a bunch of really colourful ballons about 7 -8 probably for the girlfriend. And then this dad carrying his daughter went to him and asked if he could have a balloon for his daughter. Awww. So the couple gave away the balloons to that dad and then to another bunch of small kids! Aww again.2) This small boy was crying and eehwee thought he was laughing HAHA. Then there was a couple near that small boy and they figured out that he was actually lost! So the lady held the small boy by the hand. :) Back to story, fortunately.. The last few seconds of the year were quite a blast because we found ourselves in the middle of a big enthusiastic crowd(surprise. That's really the best thing because the energy level is high and even if your mood is sour like sourgrapes you'll naturally be infected with a natural high by the infectious crowd. Haha!!), counting down 5 4 3 2 1 to 2009 while screaming, and with fireworks exploding in our faces!!( Ok a bit exaggerated but it was really very close!!!) Worth the wait. Everyone just suddenly headed in a particular direction and we went with the flow and yea, managed to get such a great view! So 2009 started quite joyously because everyone was just there, silently and noisily, admiring the pretty fireworks for about 5 minutes. And you could sense people just radiating "Happy!!" and all united to celebrate. Haha after the crowd more or less dispersed, people started shouting Happy new year to strangers and so did we a couple of times! So happy right. It's quite rare that the atmosphere is just so pleasant/light-hearted and strangers all around are just celebrating a newwwwwwww beginning together.So, Happy 2009 world! Cheers to Earth's new orbit.New years are definitely worth counting down to. More than birthdays, more than Christmas, more than anything else. A new year, fresh & clean!