Anniversaries on Weekend

Last Saturday was a 'Territory Day', Northern Territory's 28th anniversary. To celebrate it, people permitted to let off their own firecrackers or watch a community fireworks display. That day was one day a year where amateurs can let off fireworks legally in Darwin. That night, people waited patiently on the beach for the professionals to start their performance, while in the streets and at homes amateurs upstaged them with the constant bang-bang of cheap fireworks. The opening salvo from the professionals, right on time, lighting up the sky making it very clear what the difference is between amateurs and professionals. We saw it from distance. Far away from the crowd. I heard there were about 10.000 people at Mindil Beach that night. However, we went to a quiet place for dinner instead. We went to the chinese 'sea food' restaurant in Fannie Bay, which the foods tasted like the "real" chinese food. Reminded me of the food in Hongkong and China I had back in 2003! Sooo yummy :) Anyway, eventhough the legal time to let off the firecrakers was only from 5pm-10pm, the bang-bang, sounds enough like gunfire continued until dawn!! It awoke me few times. Reminded me of the Ramadhan months in Jakarta. It's good that they are only allowed to do it in 1 day in a year.

Sunday, 2 July 2006 was 100 days anniversary of my grandma passing away. Besides of praying for her in the church, I and Andrew went to the beach for respecting and remembering her. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered over the sea. Floating flowers into the sea and pray, that is now how I paying her a respect. It was a sad moments but after all we've been through, only good and happy memories with her stay in mind, which I always treasure.......