In Wong Kar Wai's 2046, rooms 24/12 and 25/12 are the coldest rooms on the train, a reference to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day being the days when people need the most warmth; days you most want to spend with a special someone. The loneliest days in a year when you don't have that special someone with you. I think we can add to the list all the nights with fireworks.

National Day tonight. Fireworks. I will be in the stadium but as the explosions go off overhead, I know my thoughts will drift back to another night when fireworks lit the sky. Maybe I will wonder, and maybe I will miss her.