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I have been to Disneyland a few times when I was a kid (well.. once I was 17… still a kid! ha!) but I never got to see the fireworks. That’s probably mostly due to my father never wanting to stick around till that late. In any case, here are a few pics of the fireworks from the Hong Kong Disneyland.

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It’s quite late but I want to at least get started on this post before I go to bed……

Notables of 2006

At this time of year, there are always loads of “Best of this year” everywhere. From music to tech gadgets to person to ideas (from NYTimes Magazine, the link is probably only going to work until next issue); nevertheless, I don’t think I have ever done it. So here it is, as suggest by my brothers, my Notables of 2006:

(the lists are un-ordered)

Music

• Cat Power – The Greatest
• such an incredibly aged voice and soulful performances by a young 30-something
• Monster Movie – All Lost
• Another Slowdive-descendant
• Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World
• a pretty good album filled with mostly covers of classic jazz/folk songs
• The Roots – Game Theory
• Return of the roots? I was fairly disappointed with their last album but this was fairly refreshing
• Those I first listened to in 2006
• L’Altra – In the Afternoon
• I just can’t stop listening to this album!
• Johnny Cash – a lot but namely live At Folsom Prison
• Cat Power – Moon Pix
• Stellastar – Harmonies of the haunted
• Sufjan Stevens
• If i had listened to this in 2005, this would surely have made my “2005 Notables” list.

Films

• The Prestige
• Volver
• Devil Wears Prada
• Storyline and film itself are not packed with much but Meryl Streep’s much understated performance is enough for this to be a notable
• Cars
• Not as innovative as Finding Nemo but still enjoyable
• Those I saw in 2006
• Matchpoint – Woody Allen
• Crash
• Breaking Waves – lars von trier
• 40 year old Virgin- If there ever was any comedic must-see, this must be one of them!
• Junebug
• Brokeback Mountain – ang lee
• Walk the line
• Constant Gardener
• 2046 – wong kar wai
• Buffalo 66
• Big Fish
• Finding Neverland
• Sideways – a film full of humanity
• Seducing Doctor Lewis – the other comedic must-see!!!! must must must! (Official French-Canadian title is The Grand Seduction, I believe)
• Shaun of the Dead – comedic must-see #3!! Never has being chased by the undead been so satirical and relentlessly humorous!

Events? Book? Gadget? Ideas? People? Cities? Places? Food? Experiences?

tooooooooooo be continued and revised….