Back fr Malaysia.. cool trip. Highlight of the trip: firecrackers.

We were at this ulu fishing village, then we saw 2 boys playing with firecrackers, so we got interested and asked them where to buy those crackers. They led us to this store with only one side of its door opened (it's 初二 after all), then when we asked for firecrackers, the lady brought us to this drawer at the back of the store, at the place beside the toilet and dug out the firecrackers. Haha, apparently it's illegal to sell firecrackers in Malaysia.. Anyway, so mummy bought about RM20 worth of firecrackers.. That's a lot.

So that night at 9+, we went to the beach and set them off. It was a totally dark beach, no lights at all except for a bit shining into the resort where we stayed. Cloudy night, so no stars and of course 初二, so there's no moon either. We wanted to start with something less attention-grabbing, so we lit some 火柴炮. They were these crackers that have an end like the matchsticks have that you can strike and light, so no fire needed. They were powerful enough, really loud and bright, and the pieces were flying everywhere. Kind of familiar, like really strong bomb bags (if you've played with them before).

After realising that we didn't attract much attention, we went on to light other crackers. There was this thing that spins on the ground giving off fireworks in different colours before finally exploding. And there was this beautiful thing that shoots off to the sky with fireworks and a whoosh! sound and explodes in the sky. It's quite a common thing in Malaysia, I always hear people playing with it when I'm there, but it's the first time I saw it myself. Then there was another thing that sent 14 flashes of fireworks up into the sky.. Amazing how much gunpowder 1 thin bag can contain. So, we ended off with the most normal kind of firecrackers, the one that they lit at Chinatown. It was so deafening! I was half-deaf by the time it finished, and i was hoping that it didn't do any permanent damage to my ears.. haha.

It was fun. Really fun. If there was a show-and-tell tmr, I'll volunteer to tell. Haha, not like me right?