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Monica Vanicelli <vanicelli>

	Happy Chinese New Year '07 revisited	655 Tage her
	Happy Chinese New Year to all!! And it came it with a bang, I tell you what. Actually it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Last year was unbelievably loud and I was living on the 25th floor. This year I’m on the 5th floor of a much more local neighborhood. I considered staying with a friend, but then I thought, the whole reason for me to move to Puxi was to be more involved in local life. What is more local than fireworks!! As I said, it really wasn’t that bad. There was a big to do at midnight, of course, but after that I was able to fall peacefully to sleep. Then today I found out from a friend that the actual big celebration will be Wednesday. Why?? Saturday really was Chinese New Year’s Eve, but apparently Wednesday is some sort of good fortune day. In order to get all the good fortune, you have to set off fireworks. So it should be quite a party. We’ll see. Another thing my friend told me is that fireworks are really expensive. She said they could be as much as 500 – 800 RMB, which is like 60 – 100 USD. Are fireworks that expensive in the states?? I have no idea. Well it’s officially the year of the pig. I’m not sure what that means besides it being a good year to have a baby (congratulations, Liz). Don’t expect any big announcements from me this year!! Life is good. Work is busy. I certainly didn’t know what I was getting into when I took a job with a florist, until Valentine’s Day came along. Yes, we do celebrate Valentine’s Day in Shanghai. It’s was nuts. I had about 3 outside catering events to supply, in addition to all of the Food and Beverage outlets in the hotel. Our rose supplier ran out of red roses three times in two days. We got our last delivery at 5:00pm on Valentine’s Day. It was a close call, but we made it happen!! That’s about it for the excitement in my life. Most of Shanghai is on vacation this week, to celebrate the New Year. It makes things pretty quiet out on the streets in the morning. Most of my friends are out of town, celebrating with their families in their hometowns. So I’m just relaxing and working. Thought I’d take advantage of this down-time to get some work done!! Wishing everyone a very fortunate year!! Love, Monica
	geschrieben von Monica Vanicelli