Carnavales 2010

This year for Carnival, Beza and I dressed up as John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The best thing was I didn't have to buy anything for the costume. Luther went dressed as a white sheep.

It was pretty fun but at about 1.30 am, I took off my sunnies because I couldn't see very well and developed an allergic reaction to all the wigs I was surrounded by. There was John Lennon's wig, Ned Flanders wigs, Nadal wigs... My eyes started swelling and itching like mad and after about half an hour I decided I couldn't stand it any more and had to go home.

Before Carnival, we had a Chinese New Year dinner. I was under the impression that we were supposed to eat long noodles at Chinese New Year, but apparently they're traditionally eaten at birthdays. I even did a powerpoint presentation for my classes telling the kids that at Chinese New Year Chinese people always eat noodles and fish. My mum corrected me just after dinner, when we'd just finished eating, when she rang to wish me happy Chinese New Year.

We also ate fish and uncut spinach but I think I cheated because I bought pre-washed, packaged spinach that already had some of the stems cut off.

Had a nice Sunday- told Beza that according to Chinese tradition, you can't cook or clean on Chinese New Year, so we left a sinkful of dirty plates and ordered takeaway.