Share! Share!! 
Over here, I turned down a party invitation because the last day of
2007 was incidentally the hottest day of the year in Melbourne as
well! At a sizzling, furnace-hot 41.1 deg C, I wisely chose to stay
home with my fans working overtime! I now am totally sympathetic to muffins and all
manner of baked goods as they sit in the convection oven! 
There were strong winds too but believe you me, having a
HOT wind blast in your face just feels like someone turned the
hairdryer to high and is pointing it at you!
So, I chose to stay home because from my bedroom, if I squint
through the neighbour's trees, I can actually glimpse a bit of the
fireworks as they go off in Melbourne City! 
I can hear them too so it's a really fantastic
feeling! I can't see much of it because I'm being blocked, and too
bad I don't drive otherwise, if I had driven over to my hospital
and sneaked into one of the dayrooms in a particular block, the
view would have been spectacular! 
And, to usher in the new year, I said a prayer that my endeavours
will go smoothly. (And ok ok, I confess, for better prosperity too!
) Also quickly went through past events of
the year, wanting to learn from them and not commit the same error
again, and thanking God for the blessings.
That's it! No drunken wild parties and all that! An interesting snippet - on the TV news today, the
Victorian Police reported that there were "only 550 arrests last
night across Victoria" and then proceeded to say that the crowd was
"well-behaved"!
Apparently, the ambulance service fielded hundreds of calls
yesterday too because of the heat wave. I even had to "rescue" my succulents by shielding them
from the direct sun with newspapers because last year, in Summer, I
noticed that some bits of the plant became "chao ta" (burnt),
making me feel like a bad mother!
So tell us! Tell us!! What did you do? I already know TX was with
his sweetie at the Waterfront watching the fireworks. 
What about the rest of you?
