I must admit that this style is very elegant indeed. There was also no more need to repeat our vow, so that part of the program was skipped. Firecrackers brightened up our evening, but we had to talk and sing louder in order to be heard. We were sure that from then on, Chinese New Year would be celebrated again in style as it used to be in Indonesia. But no, the warning signal came with Christmas eve, bombs were placed in several places near churches.
Many people are scared again.
Flights to Singapore, Hongkong and Bali are fully booked and so are the hotels in those places for that week. I can't blame them, I too would rather hear the sound of fire-crackers than the sound of bombs.