Feb. 20th 2003 The Fireworks Jimmy (Yonge Cigar) May is exciting for me because there is the Victoria’s day on May and the day’s sale is the largest in the year so that May’s sale is also the largest in the year. Even thought powder valued as 4500 dollars is delivered to my store annually, it is not enough to sale so that I buy 1000 dollars more by myself. I display all the powder. I pile up them at window, floor and shelf. Although it takes long time to pile up, I am glad and nice to see after finishing to pile up. I think store such my store displaying the powder is not common in Toronto or Ontario. Anyway manager Kim of the Dominion store says to me that I am the dominion’s customer in top 5. I can sale them just in twice that are the Victoria’s day and the Dominion’s day and I have to sale them during one week for each day. I’m not busy on the Dominion’s day so I don’t order the powder and just sale rest of them. After displaying them, we cannot be relieved. I have to watch them carefully because children try to steal them so many times and I worry about they may fire them. After display, the powder is not sold much at the beginning of sale, however it starts getting be sold much with left 4 days. The sale becomes the largest on Monday of the week. At the time I start to be busy from the morning. Usually one person buys them with 40~50 dollars and someone buys them with 100~200 dollars. So our sale is getting grow. My wife and I are all in a flurry and I’m so exciting. When it is evening after busy time, I slowly prepare to do fireworks. I steal much powder when my wife is out. I pretend to take them a little bit at front my wife. I go to park with the powder, drinks and chips. There is a small park near by my store. Many people watch the fireworks at there in every year. I place the drinks and chips on the table and let anyone eat them and then there are many children with having the drinks and chips soon. I go to beach with the powder I brought and fire them one by one. Then people around me cheer and applaud. Someone gives me his powder. I am so exciting even if I cannot distinguish whether I’m pleased for their pleasure or my pleasure. I give children some twinkle powder. Then when I see that all children hold it, I can feel what a beautiful scene. And then I hope I will do this fireworks more wonderful and nice than now in next year. When I say “See you again in next year” after finishing to do fireworks, they applaud very much. This scene is so wonderful and I’m so pleasing for this wonderful scene. When I back I clean the table placed chips and put covers of the powder into garbage bag. I go to my store again and arrange to end. Then if time is almost 10 PM, we check the whole day’s sale. We are surprised that our day’s sale is over 5500 dollars. It is so surprising thing to me because I sold so much powder just for one day and we have sold them as value of over 9000 dollars. I go to restaurant with wife, son, daughter and son in law. Today, I smile with thinking the beautiful scene of fireworks.