Finally, I have time to blog a proper blog entry! Just lacking pictures!
Seriously waiting for everyone to upload peektures from CNYE Reunion Dinner at Safra and the day 1 of house visiting! =D
Before going into what I have done which might most probably bore you people off, here's one CNY fact I got from Wikipedia. =D
Third and fourth days of the new year
The third and fourth day of the Chinese New Year are generally accepted as inappropriate days to visit relatives and friends due to the following schools of thought. People may subscribe to one or both thoughts.
1) It is known as "chì kǒu" (赤口), meaning that it is easy to get into arguments. It is suggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two days of the New Year celebration.
2) Families who had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 years will not go house-visiting as a form of respect to the dead, but people may visit them on this day. Some people then conclude that it is inauspicious to do any house visiting at all. The third day of the New Year is allocated to grave-visiting instead.
I honestly didn't know! And I still had plans before CNY to go visiting friends on these days! *gasp* Lucky I did not! (*Fine, I am usually a very pantang person*) Imagine how their parents would think! So yeaps, try not to do house visiting unless the second point applies. Because I know some parents are really very traditional (*which I seriously love! keep the tradition!*). =D
Chinese New Year is simply great without the travelling and the smiling! I was so looking forward to the Reunion Dinner on saturday! Oh yes, you know, my family were so happy that we managed to finish cleaning the house wayyy before the midnight of CNY Eve until we realized... no one washed the fans!! *Double whoops!* So we had to rush again! See, last minute thing runs in the blood and it's fate luh! Hahas!
So off we cabbed down to Safra Yishun (*I know it's like a fifteen minutes walk from my house!*) to wait for everyone! =D Oh yea, on the very day (*CNYE*), my sis have got to steal something from Safra! She tore a page out of the magazines on the table. Totally (V_V). Well, it's a Football Mag which she said she have been looking for but was unable to find! (V_V) Anyway, so everyone reached and poooof! FOOD TIME! =D Uh, I mean reunion time! But it's not that we see each other once a year or anything. Hahas! But I was super happppy to see Ah Gong! I don't know why toooo! Hahas! I think my Ah Gong is getting cuter each day! Go more onto it later! So it's the usual dinner. And we never fail to add abalone into our YEE SANG! =D But we were all stuffed silly! And the longevity noodles never fail to make us feel even more bloated luh! But due to traditional beliefs, must eat! (V_V) After rounds of stuffing ourselves silly, time to head down to mama's place for Wii and gambling! =D
J-mie jiejie, sharon, sis and I pop into jeremy's car. And yes, PHOTO-TAKING SESSION! IN THE CAR. INCLUDING THE DRIVER. =X Heh heh! Road hazard I know. But we didn't cause any accident that day ohkay! =D Shall upload the peektures when SHARON decides to upload them! (*hints hints*). Played celeb sports on Wii and gambled a little! My family can seriously be very noisy luh! But FUN FUN! Unkowningly entered CNY without COUNTING down because everyone was either busy gambling or Wii-ing or well, welcoming the God of Fortune! =D Then after that headed hommmmme!
Bathed and settled down on the comfy sofa to teeveeeee! =D Arrrrr.. blisssss. =D And it's time to SHOU SHUI! NOT SHOU YE PLEASE. =D Teeveeeeeeeeee. And eating the OH-SO-SWEET tang yuen! Normally we have "Cheng Tng" on CNY but mee decided to make a change. I PREFER TANG YUEN! =D I love CNYE too because of the "TIM TONG" (*canto for tian tang*)! =D And had to set alarm to wake up on time on FIRST DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR!
FIRST DAY of chinese was down to mama's place first, followed by AH GONG'S place followed by my ah ma's place. Usual, brunch at mama's place and all of us would go down to Ah gong's. =D And once again, MY AH GONG IS SO CUTE! Mahjongggg...Gamblingggg...TEEVEE...Chatting...AND AH GONG giving ang paos! =D AH GONG REMEMBERED MY NAME HOKAY! =D Super happpppy! MEESHELL! =D He remembered my name! =D Wooooooo~ And yes, MY AH GONG IS SUPER CUTE! HE LAUGHS AND SMILES SO MUCH! *awww*
Then headed down to Ah Ma's place (*which somehow, honestly, we dread*). So, let's not go into there. All the mindless chatters which the whole family dread luh. Honestly! So after like 30-45mins, we went to Esplanade/Raffles to walk. Dad included. More peeektures! =D And had this disgustingly sweet cold noodles. Really, disgustingly sweet! Then homed after walking. =D Tiredddd!
And DAY TWO was at Da yi ma's place for Steamboat... Whole day toooo. Mahjonggg. Well, I don't play Mahjong, so I just watched. Super tired! Totally drained of energy ohkay! And finallllllly, today, no more going out for visiting! =D So went to Sun Plaza for pasta (*my sis have been like wanting to eat it since don't know when*) and down to DAISO at Semb Shopping Center!
PEEKTURESSSS

Just some random peektures I grabbed from my phone. My camera is too good I can't take peektures of myself with it luh!


Some snapshots I took with my phone. =D

What's hanging on my wall now. I am so going to fill my wall with photo frames I tell you! And that would also mean spending more mollah on developing the peektures! I only have developed beijing photos! Beijing's rates are cheap lor!
- Michelle