| Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
| pigs can fly! |
Hello me mateys!
(Are you ready kids? =p)
Happy happy happy new year to all of you! Its the year of the pig! The last year of a whole zodiac cycle! Where everything is supposed to be oinky and pink and dirty, and unfortunately for you weight-concious gals out there... FAT!
So here's to a FAT and glorious and juicy new year to all of you! (So forget your diet plans! Its a given to gain weight in this year of the pig!)
Hohoho. Okay... wrong festival to do that, but its all in the spirit of goodwill. Haha.
Its another year of hong baos, mandarin oranges, overnight (and very exhausting) gambling sessions, ba kwa, sore throats, awkward visits to nosey relatives, and maybe even temporary insanity!
But I love it! But may have started to dislike it now. I mean, there's just so much chaos and disorder and nosey relatives that you can stand now that you are approaching 20 and starting to really live a grown up life.
But still, the lunar new year will always be one of those things that you always look forward to in the year. And this year isn't any different.
There's less visiting to do this year, because of erm... recent bereavements in the whole extended family. Not that its a bad thing... I mean, there's less awkward family moments and stuff...
But with less visits, comes less income! And I love getting hong bao money! It makes the whole sitting around with a forced smile worthed it! (That and the amazing gossips that you occasionally dig up! The best form of drama, really comes from your family!)
But yes... I love my hong bao money, and this year, the need to get a larger share is more pressing so as to cover some of the expenses for my Europe trip in May/June.
Something very hilarious happened just now though.
My dad and I were buying "Aladin" playing cards at 7-11 just now.
And my dad did something hilarious.
He promptly went up to the counter and asked the two malay shop-attendants if they still had "Adidas" Cards.
(needless to say, the store didn't have "Adidas" cards)
My cousins (the whole noisy bunch) are currently beside me playing some game involving huge piles of coins.
Its the first day of the Lunar New Year, and as always, my whole maternal family is here, at our house, gambling, eating, and basically making merriment.
Its quite amusing to see they make noise over losing like 50 cent coins each round.
The sound effects from them, really spendid. Oh well. But its tradition lah. Feels different if no one comes over to my house on the first day and tear it in down. Yup. Something constant in this crazy world.
Oh shit. They whole bunch of them just decided to crash my room.
I've got to control the whole mad bunch of them! LEAVE MY MOORE ALONE!!!
Gotta run! =pLabels: family, festive |
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