Johnsonville Christmas Parade (Part 2 of 2)

Ho ho ho!  Merry Christmas!!!

Johnsonville Christmas Parade (Part 1 of 2)

We had a proper summer last weekend as temperatures rose (some of the highest recorded, I believe), and it was a welcome respite from the cold, windy winter that seemed to extend all through spring. The day was just right for the Johnsonville Christmas parade! People came out to bask in the sun and enjoy the spectacle, which is a yearly event for the town.

One thing that amuses me is their use of heavy machinery for their floats (versus our floats in our Flower Festival where we try to make the vehicle blend with the decorations and make it as undetectable as possible).  Huge trucks are a normal sight.  Kids are usually on the floats and it emphasizes even more how immense the trucks are.

I couldn't decide on which photos to leave out and which to display here, so I'm doing this article in two parts instead.  Enjoy!

The Hare Krishna is quite a popular group here I think.  I sometimes see them chanting their familiar song around Cuba Mall in the city. 

Cartoon / Anime overflow at Facebook

Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood, and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday next week, we hope to see less human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of childhood memories. This is for awareness of Violence against Children, a great cause.

I first saw this announcement on my Facebook wall from some of my Camp V5 friends as they changed their avatars to anime characters.  I followed suit, just in time to see my other friends change their avatars as well.  It's quite a fun activity this has turned out to be!  A lot of my friends chose characters from my generation and I love my anime and cartoons so it has become a sort of time travel to the Saturday Fun Machine for me.  It was interesting to see what my friends' favourite characters are.  I can readily identify majority of these; there were only quite a few that I was not familiar with.

The fun ends on Monday.  More importantly, this activity reminded me (and hopefully a lot of other people too) that violence against children is a big no-no!

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