Happy New Year!

[Maggie]

Hi everyone,

At this moment, everyone is saying "Happy New Year" each other we can imagine easily. I still want to show my appreciations here.

I rememer I joined this forum for a couple of years base on my memory. I do very much like this forum. I can tell most people are very friendly, and I usually see some interesting stories from posts.

Some of my friends ask me how I learn English. I definitely introduce this forum to them. However, I only have time to read the posts that I'm interested in. Many new posts are posted every day, so so far I haven't read all of them although I want to see most of them.

By the way, I would like the share some things about Taiwan here to let you guys know. I’ll go to 101 building where is very high building of Taiwan and has 101 floors tonight. 101 building is located in Taipei City, which is the capital of Taiwan actually. So the Taipei City government will hold a party in 101 building, and we’ll see fireworks as well. It’s expected indeed. And how about you? Do you want to celebrate the New Year Eve and welcome another year? That means do you want to count down ? Please share what’s your plan if you would like?

In this warming holiday, hopefully, you guys do have fun.

Happy New Year!!

Maggie
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[Jamie (K)]

I used to go to New Year's Eve parties, but at a relatively young age I decided that I didn't enjoy them. (I love parties, but not New Year's Eve parties.) After that I started using that night to think about my life.

[NinaZara]

Happy New Year to you too Maggie.

[Joao Fonseca]

THIS IS JOAO FONSECA FROM BRAZIL, HOPE EVERYTHING COMES TO YOUR REALITTY. AND LOT'S OF GOODIES.
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[Gray]

Hey Maggie,

This is the first new year message I am reading today on the forum. Wish you a very happy new year and a warm 31st amidst itching cold !

Looking forward to reading your first new year post on "101-floor-experience"

~Gray
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[Torsten]

Hi Gray,

Please take a look at looking forward to + gerund.

Thanks and Happy New Year!
Torsten
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[Gray]

Hi Torsten,

Thanks and Happy New Year!

I am looking forward to learning many new things here with you

~Gray
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[Aryam]

Hi Maggie

It's nice to celebrate the New Year and chare it with family and friends, i wish to everyone here Happy New Year and best wishes

[NinaZara]

We are already in 2009! I always say this but I can't believe how fast time flies!

I celebrated 2009 at a Karaoke club and then quietly at a cafe with a friend.

One interesting thing occurring on the eve of new year every year here in Japan is that we cannot send email through our cellphone for the first 2 hours because everybody in Japan is trying to send New Year's wishes at the same time.

Do you guys have similar thing in your country on New Year's eve?

[NinaZara]

Oh yes, there is a superstition here that says you cannot sleep on the night of a new year's eve. It is believed that we'll sleep "away" all the good luck. But of course people don't follow this, and the reason I am wide awake right now at 3 in the morning is because I had two cups of coffee an hour or so ago.

[Happytofita]

Happy New Year everyone.

[Maggie]

[Jamie (K)]

Maggie, the reason is really very simple. If a person has had a very active social life when he's in his teens and 20s -- gone to a lot of places and done a lot of things -- certain activities lose their attraction, because there is no longer anything surprising or interesting about them. I think that an active person has seen almost everything by the time he's 35, at least as far as recreation and entertainment are concerned. It's often even true about art. Very few things that young people think are original really are. It's not that older people don't enjoy those things, but just that those things have become boring through repetition.

That said, in the United States, it's not unusual for people of any age to go to fireworks or to movies, so we frequently see people from infancy all the way up to their 80s at them.

Many people don't like New Year's Eve parties because they feel obligatory, rather than voluntary.

My favorite New Year's Eve party was when I was still a student. We played baseball on the back balcony for a while using empty wine bottles as the bat and balls of cheese as the ball.

[Gray]

[Prezbucky]

Happy New Year, amigos!

Someone start singing Robert Burns's famous lyrics and I'll join in!

The ESL folks are the best
With whom to mark the time
I'll drain my glass with anyone here
And celebrate with "Auld Lang Syne".
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