When 2005 leaves with a....ring

Give me a reason I would be awake at 6.30 in the morning in New Year's Eve?

a) I decided to watch the last sunrise of 2005. (Umm, NO!)

b) Somebody knocked on my door.... Now., if I was in Greece, this would be possible since it is customary for children to go from house to house singing the New Year's carols; (BTW we do the same for Christmas and Theophany/Epiphany (which is celebrated on January 6th)). NO, again!
c) And the winner is....the fire alarm!

There was an odor of something being burnt, so once again we all gathered in the lobby waiting for the fire brigade. Interestingly, after they arrived and were looking for a possible fire, they were puzzled since that newly installed, fancy (and expensive) fire protection system insisted that the problem was located at the 17th floor. Now, that can be quite confusing when the building has only 16 floors!!!(I know, it is the the secret floor, where all the weird experiments are carried out....).
Anyway, after 30 minutes, the problem was resolved (it was actually at the 9th floor, but I could be wrong) and we were allowed to return to our apartments.

I just hope 2006 will be more tranquil...

And do not forget, this year's countdown is a bit different: It goes like that: 5......, 4....., 3......, 2......, 1......, 1..... (again), Happy New Year. Why is that? Well, it is all because of that leap second. May you all enjoy that extra moment in time.....