Chinese New Year, A Story, and Some Rain

Almost wherever you go, you can see the festivities of the chinese New Year. Malls and shopping complexes are offering special discounts, and many open spaces are now packed full with food venders selling delicious food inside.
This evening, after spending a refreshing day with Sharon, I walked around Big C, a large shopping center, and the first floor was filled with these food vendors. So much noise, sounds and sights, it was very entertaining to watch.

I must tell a funny story. One day last week, I wore a long skirt. If any of you know me well, you probably know which skirt, it has seen better days! Well, I hop on a motorcycle to go home, as I am riding along, I feel something tug underneath me, and yes, my skirt is caught and tangled up in the motor! HA! I tell the driver to stop, and he looks at me with a questioned expression, and I point to what has happened. I don't know really what he thought, probably that I was just crazy! I get off the bike, and can barely move because I am still attached to the bike. By now many neighbors are watching and laughing, and I along with them. So, I tell him that we can cut it, there is no way it is coming out any other way. As if prepared, he opens a compartment in his bike, and pulls out a pair of scissors,and begins to hack away. I can barely controll my laugher by now, I mean this is quite a sight! So there I stand with the front of my skirt in place, and the back hacked off about six inches and smeared with grease. I thanked him very graciously, and got back on the bike and went home, and that is the end of that skirt, and the story.

Rain. I love almost everything about it. I enjoy the musty smell that lingers around, the sound, especially of a light downpour, and even the grayness that seems to cover everything. In my opinion morning rain is the best. I have to say it is not pleasent when you feet uncomfortably wet, yet I do enjoy walking in the rain. After almost three months no rain, it has showed it's face a few times this past week. It has been the kind of rain that comes in the morning, for just a short time, enough to create an overcast and soak the earth, and then almost instantly, the sun begins to shine brightly again and give it's warmth. I have really enjoyed these little rains. I have been told the normally this happens while the seasons are tranisitioning from winter to summer. It will be very hot soon, and then the beautiful rainy season will follow.