1 Jan: Flag Raising Ceremony

Flag Raising Ceremony
@kaka135 (14994)
Malaysia
January 1, 2018 4:30am CST
I joined 365 Project (A Photo A Day Challenge) more than a year ago, but I only uploaded 2 photos before today. I am trying to take this challenge this year, and take a photo a day. This is the photo I took today. We attended the flag raising ceremony (which is the school opening ceremony) at a Taiwan International School this morning. We woke up quite early today, and we spent our whole after taking a nap, except my two elder children. So, we don't do anything special on new year as usual. How did you celebrate your new year?
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Toni
@toniganzon (77288)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
We celebrated the new year at the temple. The moment the clock struck midnight, we kneeled and prayed for peace, love, health, and abundance.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
I have not heard about this celebration before, but I think it's a very good tradition or practice. It's good to be grateful. Happy new year to you!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 18
@toniganzon I think it's good to have your own family tradition, though we don't really have one for ours.
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Toni
@toniganzon (77288)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
@kaka135 It's not a cultural tradition here. It's just what we chose to do on new year's eve.
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Anastasia
@Angela150 (928)
• London, England
1 Jan 18
Sounds like it was a good flag raising ceremony. May the spirit of the season of New year fill your heart with serenity and peace. Wish you a happy new year!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
Thanks! Actually there was nothing really special, but my husband needed to attend the ceremony, so we just join him and also let the children visit the school and attend the ceremony that we don't usually see. Happy new year to you!!
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Anastasia
@Angela150 (928)
• London, England
1 Jan 18
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
1 Jan 18
Lol well you saw my post about how my day started with the frozen pipe to my furnace. I love the photo you attached. I love pictures and learning about new places. I hope you continue to do this daily photo challenge!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 18
Thanks! I am trying hard to do the challenge, but I haven't keep it up yet. I remind myself to at least take a photo everyday, then I am finding time to post them here slowly. I might not always share new places, as a stay at home mom, I really stay at home most of the time.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
@shaggin Same here, except that I homeschool my children on my own. I am glad there is a park nearby, just within walking distance, and my social life is mostly with my neighbors. That's where my kids found their friends too, besides the neighbors next door.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
8 Jan 18
@kaka135 I understand that I do not work and stay home with my son all day while he does cyber school. I go out once a week or once every two weeks for groceries. I don’t see much or see anyone much to socialize so I don’t always have things to write about here. I just comment on others posts when I don’t have anything new to write.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
As the usual practice, we celebrated with the people who are close to our heart.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
It's good to have such tradition to celebrate new year with those you love. Happy new year to you!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 18
@Shavkat We don't really celebrate new year's eve, I don't remember doing anything different this year. I guess I just asked my kids to sleep early, so the next day they can wake up early. Well, I have always been asking my kids to sleep early every night. How about you? What did you do with your family?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
@kaka135 It is nice to be with the immediate family. How did you celebrate the New Year's Eve?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
1 Jan 18
The first day of the year is always a day to relax. We stayed at home, have a nice lunch and I watched some projects on YouTube.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
I think that's a very good way to celebrate new year. Now I always prefer to stay at home, be relaxed or just have fun with my family.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 18
@LadyDuck Yes, I think it's nicer to stay at home and enjoy the peace. I went out for new year eve celebration with my friends once, and I told myself I would never go again. That was too crazy, and not fun at all.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
2 Jan 18
@kaka135 We never go out during the main celebrations.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
1 Jan 18
You surely have a challenge there of a photo a day. I'm celebrating my New Year at work
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
I always like to join those challenges, but many times I didn't always do it. I hope this time I can make it. Hope you enjoy spending time with your co-workers. Happy new year to you!
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
@aureliah It's so nice that you have good co-workers. Our working life will be so much better if we can get along with our co-workers.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
2 Jan 18
@kaka135 My coworkers are fun to spend time with. I'm always looking forward to it
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JB_girl
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
8 Jan 18
What are the other three flags?
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 18
Start from the left: Our state flag, our country flag, Taiwan flag and their school flag. That is a Taiwan International school in my country, Malaysia, for the Taiwanese students to study.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Jan 18
We celebrated last night but today was just a day to relax.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
1 Jan 18
It's nice to be relaxed. I am sure you had fun at new year's eve. Happy new year to you & your family!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382440)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Jan 18
@kaka135 Thanks. I hope you have a great 2018 too.
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Timea
@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
8 Jan 18
I find it hard to keep up with challenges so I avoid them...
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
Same here, I always can't keep up with challenges, but I still like to join them. I guess I just like to keep challenging myself and hopefully there will be a day I can make it!