I should really have handed in a research report by last Friday, but by noon I knew I couldn't make it, and guess what, it was Guy Fawkes Night! All my mates were passionately going to Heslington for the event featuring a tremendously fumy fire by the church, and the fireworks, of course! How could I have missed that!? So I went, thinking 'OK, the report can wait.' That was the second time I participated in such an old-fashioned event. Having said that, I enjoyed it marvellously yet again! Like other students from Taiwan and Japan I went with, I did think the fireworks could have been less repetitive and more colourful, but that wasn't the focus anyway. It is pretty amazing to me that there is such a bonfire night every fifth of November, regardless of how many British people who went already forgot why they celebrated it this way. My English friend claimed it to be a rubbish festival, and said that 'a guy from York did something evil long time ago, and we set off fireworks to remember it forever, how odd!'
In the meantime, my other friends who are freshers used their imagination to guess what the day meant, but without a solid explanation, they probably just went home with ashes all over their coats and scarves. I had a nice time at the curious event, the pictures were nice too, and I have a bigger puzzle at hand to deal with-that is, how I am going to finish up with my report due days ago. As for other mysteries, we know we can always check the web for answers. Wan-yu
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