Fireworks 2009 - Part 2

The fireworks has come and gone. Also means summer is close to its end...

Wednesday July 29, 2009 - UK
I had work that morning so I met up with Monica again at the sky train station after work. We ended up getting White Spot to go again just because we were indecisive on what to eat. When we arrived, everyone was already there so we relieved them from their post to go grab food for a bit. Sty decided to show up this time yay! The evening went by pretty quickly. There was the usual ungrateful bastardous crowd who did not say anything when we purposely gave up some of our beach space to them, and due to the massive crowd that showed up that night, most of us decided to stay standing for the show. Man, standing on uneven ground is tiring.

UK's performance was really symphonic (and even epic at times) which I really liked but the rest of the group thought otherwise.

Saturday August 1, 2009 - China
Wow August. That morning, Moni and I woke up early to ensure we'd get down to the beach earlier so that Sty won't end up getting mad at us for not showing up on time. On our way out, I was informed that Sty was waiting for Saboo to get ready so ok, they'd get there all around the same time as us - 11:30 was the plan. On our way down to the beach, we picked up Greek to go from Stephos and that was when I got a call from Saboo telling us that Sty was frantically looking for her beach stuff. *headdesk* Either way, me and Moni took our time walking down the rest of the way. We didn't have any camp items (e.g. mat, towels, umbrellas) so we just sat by our designated log until reinforcements arrived an hour or so later. At least the Greek was enjoyable... the bee that kept pestering us - not so much.

I brought out the beach monster and poked at the PSP for a while before more people came. Then the sun just made me sleepy and tired but dinnertime was approaching so me and Mo went for a walk and food. We got ourselves giant slurpee drinks to ensure no dehydration and also found ourselves a hidden gem restaurant which served fish and chips. When we got back, camp suddenly became 5 people more crowded (hm we had 15 people total?). It's good that we always make more space than we really need to accommodate unexpected people.

The night went on with cards and observing this poor guy who met this one girl for 5 months and came up from Seattle just to see her for the weekend. The poor part is that the girl doesn't seem at all interested in him and instead she makes him jealous by being more touchy and friendly with this other guy. But that other guy is not interested in her in a love way so he tries to make her disinterested by talking with some other girl. Complicated? I thought so too.

This year, China was back with vengeance because last year was obviously rigged. Their music lineup was quite unique and unexpected. They featured some orchestral, some tribal-style and yes, that Kung-Fu Fighting song BUT remixed version so it wasn't all THAT typical of them. The performance itself was creative and I even noticed they used some fireworks I've never seen before (or never noticed perhaps?). It was a shame the wind wasn't blowing in their favour that night. The smoke from the explosions mostly remained stationary and didn't move much so it blocked some of the fireworks. China still ended up winning the competition between the four countries so all was still well.