Festive Lights And Firecrackers

It's actually a public holiday here for the Hindus who are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights but judging by the atmosphere, you probably couldn't tell, save for last night when the house opposite me decided to blast firecrackers (which are banned here mind you) at 12.00 am sharp and jolt the entire neigbourhood awake.

Wifey jumped out of bed with Pebbles scurrying out from under the bed in fear and jumped up on the bed into wifeys lap. Now I'm not against celebrations in fact I enjoy celebrations but I thought they went about it for way too long, close to an hour of firecrackers and whatnot's with children screaming and I mean really screaming at the top of their lungs.

Both wifey and me basically couldn't fall asleep after that with Pebbles snugly hiding out under my pillow every time a firecracker exploded which lasted for an hour. I wonder just where the heck they got all those supposedly banned firecrackers from. Maybe some video surveillance equipment would help find the culprits who sell these stuff!

But all that aside in the spirit of celebration and all, I would like to wish all my Hindu friends a very happy Deepavali :D I was supposed to go for an open house, well more like an open restaurant today but had to cancel cos I was not up to it. It's something my good buddy and me do every year.

This restaurant called Sri Paandi which we used to frequent every day and night at one time always has this open house breakfast for all its customers on Deepavali morning and we've never failed to go every year. I just wasn't up to it this year though.

But my buddy was there for breakfast yesterday and got an invite from the owner for us to attend his personal open house tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll be sure to take loads of pictures of the incredibly good food that I'm sure will be on hand at the open house :D

Till then, hope you all are having a blast of a weekend :D
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