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    Need, then... no nead

     
       Just "need" and "no need" that I have seen in my life...
    •    I need even just a shirt to warm me up... until I could get a nice jacket, I would throw the shirt away... cause "no need".
    •    I need a bowl of rice to contend with hunger... until I could get a yummy pizza, I would not want the rice anymore... cause "no need".
    •    I need a bicycle... until I could have a motorbike, I would give the bicycle away... cause "no need".
    •    I need a gulp of water for the thirst... until I could get a big bottle of water, I could waste some to wash my hand... cause "no need".
    •    I need a book to read... until I would have a computer and could access the internet, I would throw the book into the storehouse... cause "no need".
    •    I need some candle for light... until I would have electric light, that would be called being plenty more candle... cause "no need".
    •    I need a slipper... until I would get a real nice shoe, the slipper could be thrown away... cause "no need".
       ...
    •    I need you for help... until I could manage somehow by myself, I would throw... no, NO; absolutely NO. Thinking
       ...Confused...
     
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       So, tell me how "need, then... no need" is in your culture? 

    Ring the New Year

     
       Hi all in the new year,
       I could tell last night was super fun to us spending time at a bar that calls Brown Eyes. I and Liz were going to this place once before but we did not know their address until we got their advertising brochure by chance. So last night, on New year's Eve, is the first time we have been there...
       Before going to the bar, we had dinner with good food at a Vietnamese style restaurant that is famous for "com nieu" (rice cooked in small earthenware pots). I took Liz on my motorbike and Paul, Eva and Emily biked on their bicycles. It was funny that Liz didn't have a helmet so I had to wear my rain coat so she could hide in it from the police even though it was not raining. I was the only one wearing rain coat and driving on the streets then; hopefully people didn't look at me as a weird guy then.
       We got to Brown Eyes finally. Not many people there yet cause it was pretty early to go to the bar then. But that brought us something special as a good sign in the last hours of the old year as well as for the new year. We got free drink for everyone of us and Brown Eyes shirts as the present for the 20 first guests coming last night...
      
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    On the way to Brown Eyes          Ordering our drink            Enjoying the cocktail    
     
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             Eva and I and Liz                  Emily and I           Drinking champagne outside
      
       I went to the pool table with Paul and Emily to play some games. I did some nice shoot but not lucky and good enough to win Paul. After the game, I could see the bar was getting crowded with lots of people coming. We met Tyler and Lucas, with his girlfriend and some other new friends there. We talked for a while and joined the dancing group. The music is super loud with wonderful green and red laser lights. People were dancing crazily and that is really fun and overenthusiastic. I could not stay long at the dancing area...
       The immortal Happy New Year song resounded meaningly on the New Year's Eve moment. Everyone was sharing love and wishes to each other. I had a strange and happy feeling being with friends there at that moment. We held the burning candle in our hands and singing the new year song... It turned 2008, noisy music came back and people kept dancing...
       We got outside, stayed at the courtyard of the bar and opened a bottle of champagne. Cheers and happy new year !!!
       I and Liz got back home at around 1.00AM and we wouldn't go to bed until almost 2.00 o'clock. We were so tired and sleepy. But Liz had to get up for a meeting at 9.00 in the next morning and I could sleep in... And I understand how her feeling is on the New Year's Eve being away from home...
       Happy New Year !!!