the chinatown parade was well enjoyed by myself and my 5 students that i took with me. =) they already learned a lot about the way the chinese celebrate lunar new year, so they recognized the lion dancers, dragon dancers, buddha, and leisees (red envelopes). they enjoyed chinese food and got to go home with some souvenirs (they wanted silly spray string and the firecracker poppers). i tried to get them to buy something "cultural" if you will, but they weren't havin it. ah well, i tried. well some of them actually wanted to buy leisees, but i told them there wasn't money inside and they said "oh, forget it". hahhaa... that would be cool to buy a stash of leisees that had money inside. =)

today was the chinatown firecracker 5k run. now, mind u, i haven't run in 3 months. literally. so i went to run over 3 miles out cold with no training. i got the same friggin time as i did last year when i DID train for it. that proves to me one thing. that i am really not made to be a runner. whether i train or not, i get the same time. i have a maximum and i think i've reached it. and i ain't gettin any younger. so next year, im not training. =p and i've always got dim sum with cool folks to look forward to after the run. =)