Sunday, September 02, 2007

cuckoo clock

Spent all day up in Frankfort, IL. There's this fall festival... with over 300 arts and craft booths. Passed by this German cuckoo clock booth. Mom was really excited. So we ended up getting this small "1-day" cuckoo clock for $200. Hand-crafted, all mechanical. Got 2 quarrels on two sides of the clock and a peacock up top. Then of course the cuckoo, which comes out every half hour. I know it is expensive. But as jasper said the following...
cuckoo clock, hand crafted, made in Germany - $200
for something mom wants - priceless
Indeed, priceless. Ha.. the cuckoo just did "cuckoo" 9 times. Nine o'clock!

After the festival (and parade), we went for a party hosted by the other barbershop chapter. Lots of food and beer. We had this quartet contest, and I was in 3 quartets. I (with two of the quartets) ended up winning the both first and second place! There were a total of 13 or 14 quartets. Got a can of peanuts for the prize. Nice to be out in the sun all day. The weather was just absolutely beautiful!
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2 comments:

Jasper222 said...

i don't think i can stand a cuckoo clock loh.. isn't that kinda annoying? :P

peanuts w/ beer... XDDDDDD

9:14 PM, September 02, 2007
JC said...

well... actually.. the tic-toc sound is kinda soothing. The cuckoo sound is surprisingly pleasant and there is a chime as well. Not too loud. And I am used to it... coz we had a cuckoo clock in HK while I was a kid.

9:17 PM, September 02, 2007

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