July 4th 2009

July 4th coincided with my first quarterly valuation work, hence I had to work even though it was a public holiday. However, things weren’t as bad as I had two visitors during that weekend – Pei Ying and Wei Chieh.

On Friday night, we saw some fireworks on sale in Meijer. Since I haven’t tried one before, we decided to buy some and light it in a park not far from my place.

 

Orang-orang gila (orang gila-gila?) celebrating first discovery of fire…

On the 4th of July itself (which was a Saturday), we went to see the real deal near the Carmel City Hall. The place was within walkable distance, but I really should have driven there since it was raining and parking wasn’t that difficult to find. And did I mention that we had to carry our own camp chairs there?

Such a wide pool. What a way to show off Carmel’s coffer.

 

Everyone’s well equipped and determined not to let the rain spoil the fun

 

Stalls making quick bucks

Curly fries seasoned by rain

 

Wei Chieh forcing a smile despite all the “hardships”

And finally, the fireworks:

All in all the experience will be so much nicer without the rain…still it was a memorable July 4th.