Happy New Year!

niko2x wrote:[image]

Ooooooah ----- Happy
Ahahoooah ----- New Year!

(Monkeynese! :) )
Here's to the yr of the monkey (2004) to a good and prosperous to all!

hey Niko2x at first I thought you were doing one of those Marine grunts. Hehe considering your a marine. Semper Fi!

Anyways Happy New Year everyone <-- English

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Sa Bai Bee Mai - "happy new year" in Laos-

Guys.. since New Year is comming... :hehe: just wondering.. If how the Other country Celebrates NewYears eve? In our country lots of people Celebrating new years eve in their houses.. and the others having a Street party... :hehe: watching Beautiful FIRE WORKS.. :hehe: But i and my family spent new yeas eve in our house.. it is nice to be at home together with your loveones... :hehe: and EAting lot of FOOD :hehe:
How about you guys? :woot:

In my country people :drink: that much they don't remember how they celebrates NewYears eve :hehe:

I've never been a firm believer on making New Year's resolutions, but maybe I should do this just so I have a goal to reach for instead of loafing around like I always do. :hehe:

Hoo hooo, glad you asked.

Man, new year's eve on Oahu? Hahah, we don't only get to watch fireworks, we get to handle and light our own fireworks, hahahah. Now, I know that might not SOUND like a big deal, but, imagine fireworks going off, at night, in front of not only YOUR house, but in front of every house in your neighborhood . . . being lit by your PARENTs in addition to everyone else. Yep, fireworks are a tradition here in the islands on new year's eve!

Gotta get a permit, of course. Then, you gotta' go buy fireworks from a Long's Drug Store or other vendor (which allows for a most precise example of how your dollars can go up in smoke). However, there are some really neat fireworks you can STILL get at the store, even without a permit (not just sparklers), so, everyone can partake, basically. For a LONG time, you could do your own fireworks w/out a permit, unlimited fireworks, basically. Then, things started, you know, burning. Accidents, et al., enough to enact legislation to rein the activity just a little). Folks shooting up rockets (not me), which are probably illegal. LOTS of loud, flashing fireworks around the neighborhood.

Hahah, can't emphasizse it enough -- you could swear it's a war zone or coup de tat :hehe: going on or something, lot of smoke throughout the cool island breezes, through the neighborhoods, lot of loud firecrackers, sparklers. Have a dinner friggin' feast :). Lot of excitement, set the strip of firecrackers attached to a wooden pole, and hoisted by a metal step ladder at about 11:30pm, then lighting 'em, letting it rip at midnight!

While my Catholic/Portuguese side reigns during Christmas, the only Catholic thing I directly do for this winter holiday for new year's is go to church the morning of New Year's eve, pray for another great year. Go back home, call up pals. I usually have the weeks of Christmas and New Year's off, and this year's no exception.

On new year's day, my Japanese side takes the helm. I put the kadomatsu in front of my house, the kagami-mochi quite prominently on one of the shelves. I go to my folks' place, I eat ma's mochi soup in the morning, sashimi throughout the day. I watch the kouhaku (but, I'm not excited about it this year, for some reason).
. . and another damn friggin' feast for dinner. THAT one's non-denominational :hehe: .

There's no other place I'd rather be on New Year's or Christmas than on the 'aina.

Jholic, groink, ahochaude, RinRin, Saburo, all you other Hawai'i folk, all this sound familiar? Hhaha.

P.S. and I'm SOBER the whole time, hahah. Yeah, I don't like alcohol.

P.P.S. yeah, basically, new year's day/morning actually starts with sweeping up grey powder-stained red rice paper-textured wrappers off the ground :hehe: :bleh: .

ptasiek wrote:In my country people :drink: that much they don't remember how they celebrates NewYears eve :hehe:

:hehe: :hehe: in our country it is a speciall holiday... :hehe:

The Man wrote:Hoo hooo, glad you asked.

Man, new year's eve on Oahu? Hahah, we don't only get to watch fireworks, we get to handle and light our own fireworks, hahahah. Now, I know that might not SOUND like a big deal, but, imagine fireworks going off, at night, in front of not only YOUR house, but in front of every house in your neighborhood . . . being lit by your PARENTs in addition to everyone else. Yep, fireworks are a tradition here in the islands on new year's eve!

Gotta get a permit, of course. Then, you gotta' go buy fireworks from a Long's Drug Store or other vendor (probably THE most actual method in which you can see your dollars go up in smoke). However, there are some really neat fireworks you can STILL get at the store, even without a permit (not just sparklers), so, everyone can partake, basically. For a LONG time, you could do your own fireworks w/out a permit, unlimited fireworks, basically. Then, things started, you know, burning. Accidents, et al., enough to enact legislation to rein the activity just a little). Folks shooting up rockets (not me), which are probably illegal. LOTS of loud, flashing fireworks around the neighborhood.

Hahah, can't emphasizse it enough -- you could swear it's a war zone or coup de tat :hehe: going on or something, lot of smoke throughout the cool island breezes, through the neighborhoods, lot of loud firecrackers, sparklers. Have a dinner friggin' feast :). Lot of excitement, set the strip of firecrackers attached to a wooden pole, and hoisted by a metal step ladder at about 11:30pm, then lighting 'em, letting it rip at midnight!

While my Catholic/Portuguese side reigns during Christmas, the only Catholic thing I directly do for this winter holiday for new year's is go to church the morning of New Year's eve, pray for another great year. Go back home, call up pals. I usually have the weeks of Christmas and New Year's off, and this year's no exception.

On new year's day, my Japanese side takes the helm. I put the kadomatsu in front of my house, the kagami-mochi quite prominently on one of the shelves. I go to my folks' place, I eat ma's mochi soup in the morning, sashimi throughout the day. I watch the kouhaku (but, I'm not excited about it this year, for some reason).
. . and another damn friggin' feast for dinner. THAT one's non-denominational :hehe: .

There's no other place I'd rather be on New Year's or Christmas than on the 'aina.

Jholic, groink, ahochaude, RinRin, Saburo, all you other Hawai'i folk, all this sound familiar? Hhaha.

P.S. and I'm SOBER the whole time, hahah. Yeah, I don't like alcohol.

P.P.S. yeah, basically, new year's day/morning actually starts with sweeping up grey powder-stained red rice paper-textured wrappers off the ground :hehe: :bleh: .

:hehe: :hehe: yeah we got to handle and light are own fireworks to!! im bored if im only watching Fireworks display! :sweat: So BORED... :hehe: but of course you must take care of your hands... :hehe: But other fireworks are not legal in our country... like "Big Triangle" :hehe: and "Giant Wistle Bomb!"it wistle about 5 or 4 minutes and then a big "BANG"!! :hehe: Man those fireworks really really break! your EAR!! :hehe:

Over here most people go out on newyears eve, I used to but ended up realizing it was just a waste of money to get into a club that is overcrowded and overpriced drinks. Others go spend time with family or friends.

When I was young I was addicted to fireworks :hehe: , over here in The Netherlands it's really a tradition. But most of the fancier stuff is illegal, so lots of people drive down to Belgium where the rules are lot less strict. (and get caught by cops when they cross the border ) :bonk: Especially since a fireworks company exploded a few years ago (wiped out a few streets full of houses) lots of stores aren't allowed to sell fireworks anymore in Netherlands.

but yeah, now I've grown up I usually go visit my mom with my family on newyears eve dinner n stuff, and light some fireworks just like the good ol days :woot:

Hmm, not sure if you've seen those firecracker rolls, those used at chinese parades/weddings/new year. usually called (directly translated from cantonese) "100k heads" my favorite, but yet again illegal and hard to come by now T_T

see here and here

i miss new years in the philippines, in the US fireworks arent allowed, its plain boring celebration.. drinking and family gatherings are ok though, its tiring to do it every year :grumble:

yeah especially because you just celebrated Xmas the same way :sweat:

Contrary to christmas, young people often celbrate the New Year with their friends and not with their family, on December 31th. We drink champagne at 0.00am and we try to call our friends, but it's hard because everybody telephone at the same time -_(
The day after, I'll have a big dinner and lunch ( it's not really a luch :)) with my family ( champagne, foie gras, salmon... ).
After that, we try to meet all the friends or relatives we have to wish them a happy new year. And we say : Happy new year, and we wish that nobody will have health problems.
If we can't meet this people, we phone them, write letters... or e-mail.

Wow..
This is interresting..

In my country, alot of teens go out to party with their friends.
On new year's eve's night all the way through midnight to new year's morning!
There'll always be 1 major party organized by the biggest TV network here and there'll be DeeJays, celebrities and local artistes who'll perform and party throughout together.
Highlights often include the Countdown and fireworks.
And because it doent snow here, they had foam(the kind you get when you soap yourself..) falling everywhere last year.
After the party though, it'll be all over.

It isnt as tranditional and meaningful or has the same importance as the Japanese's new year.

The Man wrote:Jholic, groink, ahochaude, RinRin, Saburo, all you other Hawai'i folk, all this sound familiar? Hhaha.

The Man: it certainly does sound familiar. although i admit my firework days are pretty much behind me. i might play some fireworks with some of my relatives' kids, but i don't really buy any for myself. at the park across the street from my place, it sometimes looks like bagdad! i hate driving during new year's. i remember a few years back that i was on the h1 going back to my place, and i hit the kalihi area. ho, man, the smoke was so thick there that you LITERALLY could not see past your windshield. it's for that reason, that i'm almost thankful for the permits.

anyways, i just wanted to wish everyone on jdorama 'happy holidays'!!

Terryb wrote:yeah especially because you just celebrated Xmas the same way :sweat:

haha yeh exactly

MixxDreamer wrote:i miss new years in the philippines, in the US fireworks arent allowed, its plain boring celebration.. drinking and family gatherings are ok though, its tiring to do it every year :grumble:

hahahaha :shocked: :hehe: it is nice here to celebrate new years eve!!
I hope you and you're family come here in Philippines soon... :hehe:

New Years again?! Oh boy. Here comes more useless noise. Not to mention more Ozoni soup and (the dreaded) Kuromame. :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

aho: i love ozoni soup! well, at least the one that my aunty makes. i kinda forgot how kuromame tastes like. do they have a lot of fireworks popping in waikiki? i would figure that waiks would only have the spectacular shows (by hhv, ala's, etc).

HHV has some. But I'll be going to my grandma's place. There is a lot of fireworks there too.
Kuromame is that black sweet bean. Supposed to bring you good health for the New Year. But I hate it. Ever since I was a kid, I hated it. Every year I'm supposed to eat at least 3. I'm sure you know that 4 is an unlucky number. 3 is the most I can stomach anyway. Just need my Kirin Ichiban to wash it down afterwards. :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: