New Year's Eve has never been that exciting to me. I equate it with curling up in front of the TV, watching the Royal Canadian Air Farce year end special. So, living in Taipei, I had the opening of going out to 'celebrate' with hundreds of thousands of strangers, or staying home with Kathleen. It wasn't a tough choice! But when midnight rolled around, we untangled ourselves from the blankets and pillows on the couch, threw on some shoes and coats, and stumbled out onto the street. Much to our suprise, our little alley was already full of our neighbors, similarly attired. It was quite the sense of community spirit, standing in the street, staring up at the giant 101. Then Boom! One and a half minutes of fireworks and back inside. It was a lot of fireworks, but we Canadians are used to a little bit longer show.
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