Fireworks and American Idol

Five days into the Lunar New Year and the fireworks are still going off outside. The fireworks industry in the US would love to have a week-long holiday celebrated with fireworks. I don't think that's going to happen though.

Oddly enough, fireworks were banned in many Chinese cities a few years ago but, like so many other laws and regulations in China, they were just ignored.

I've been reading and studying this evening. The English-language TV channel here (Star World) has been airing American Idol all evening - around four hours of it. I'll be so glad when that show is finished for the season. I just can't stand watching people publicly humiliated.

My three-day holiday ends today and tomorrow it's back to work. Most Chinese companies will still be closed for the rest of the week so it will be rather quiet.