traditions

Okay, we're back at it. 

Last night, we were invited to a friend's house to watch the fireworks go off at midnight. All around us, there were loud flashing lights going boom boom boom in nearly 360 degrees. What really caught my attention was the duration of the fireworks, the cost is around 30 dollars for every 30 seconds worth of fireworks, so a dollar a second basically. And these aren't even fancy ones with all sorts of designs, just plain old fireworks. 

The fireworks coming from one particular home lasted around 10 minutes or so. From 5 minutes before midnight to 5 minutes into the new year, that's literally 6 thousand US dollars just bursting into flames in the air for entertainment. The things people do for some fun LOL. Mmm, although I do think that tradition is a big part of why fireworks are set off year after year. 

Anyway, today in the morning we decided to go for a drive around some beaches in the vicinity. I was the one driving btw, first time this year heh. It's honestly quite a scenic route, lots a greenery, a great place to learn how to drive too since it's just one road and not much complex situations with crossroads and cars coming from different directions. Amittedly, it isn't my first time driving down this road either, in fact, I've come here enough times to memorize how to get to and back home from there. It's a little tradition of our own to buy some local fried foods at the small shops on the roadside and we eat it while enjoying the view. 

We got back home and I attended my last TA session of this class I had signed up for. Originally I was going to take this class while in Toronto, Canada but some complications regarding COVID made it so that we had to cancel the trip at the last moment. I'll talk about that tomorrow though since it's already quite late today. Then, I ate my first dinner of the year LOL, nice steak and a spicy dish too, and then it was about time for the closing ceremony of the camp. The camp is basically where they give all the classes, but I only chose to take one of them. 

The ceremony itself was kinda boring for me since it was mostly the demonstration day to the parents to show them what their kids have been working on for the past week in class but my class is just lectures so there isn't anything to show. The other classes all yielded projects or skills that can be presented, y'know? There's probably a better way to word that, some skills are more tangible than others, they're easier to see and to show. Others, meanwhile, are more hidden and work behind the scenes. 

After the ceremony, Psi had planned a group call for us to attend. A workshop on his interpretation of the meaning of life LOL. I must admit, it's definitely an interesting perspective and one that I've never thought about so I appreciate him talking to us about it. Oh and recently there's a new addition to my name collection, welcomeee Mahi!! She's new to the school but she's nice and outgoing, also Rama's girlfriend! Anyway, that's about all the time I have for tonight so I'll be seeing you tomorrow. cyaaa