Oh well, its almost a week since my last blog entry and last week was none of any relaxed one. This week? Well at least got to cool down and breathe for Chinese New Year. This year is indeed a good one though its shorter than the previous ones - Have to return to Singapore on the second day itself. Sigh...
Alright, here's just a synopsis of what happened in the last few days:
27 Jan: Morning 9.30pm - Left Hall for Johor Bahru with Ryan
11.00pm - Reached Larkin, Johor Bahru
Afternoon 12.30pm - Bus set off for Kuala Lumpur
Evening 5.30pm - Alight at Pudu bus station, Kuala Lumpur
Went to Starbucks for Supper cos mom sais she wants to try ice-blended coffee. Fair enough so we brought her there.
28 Jan: Well what do people do on New Year's eve? According to traditional Chinese customs its 大扫除, but this year most part has been done before I came back. So nothing much just a little last bit of clean ups in the morning. Went to Uncle's Restaurant at SS3, Petaling Jaya for Reunion Lunch (As it is every year). It is a pot luck meal la. Everyone of my mom's brother and sister cook a different dish. Then we bring together and eat together! This lunch didnt start until about 2pm, and ended about 4pm. So when we reached home, in addition to the heat remaining on the whole day, we were all so tired and I jumped onto bed almost immediately upon reaching home. So at night, we had our own reunion dinner instead. A small but complete reunion dinner. After meal I helped my dad wrap ang pows. Hehehe.... I knew which ones contain how much. Cos different relative (depending on closeness) receives different amount for my family. Nothing much for tonight but stayed at home all the way until midnight past the countdown! Slept at around 2 am. 29 Jan: Set off to Melaka at 9 am as soon as we got up and prepared. Reached Melaka at about a quarter before 11 am. Didn't sleep in car cos we chatted along the way. Well it was kind of crowded already upon reachin my uncle's place in Semabok. This was where my grandparents used to live in too. Anyway, had a good collection of angpows here. Every year it is at this place where we collect most of our ang pows. So it is a critical place. Haha... but over the years things change, and ang pow starts going down hill these few years it seems? lol... no problem. After that we all set off to visit family by family, a traditional Chinese custom again: 拜年！Although this are very different with the then traditional situation, but the atmosphere is well preserved! all the new year cookies... gosh I have a bigger stomach for workout now. Haha... Had steamboat at night! Of course it had to be a good one lol. Then started gambling at around 11pm until about 2am? Initially it was good. Was winning at about RM 27 at the peak of my luck. (My stakes are RM 2 per game, Black Jack), but at the end start losing back liao. So overall? Lost RM 2. Haha... not too bad lah :P 30 Jan: Second day... nothing much. Cousins set off for their 外婆家. So we stayed until about 3 something (cos my bus is 4.30pm) then they put me off for my bus. Argh. What a CNY. Reached Singapore at around 9 plus. It was a crazy congestion at JB but unexpectedly calm on the Causeway and at Singapore's side. So reached hostel at around 10 pm. 31 Jan: Went to aunt's place for steamboat... again yes. But got 2 Singapore-dollar angpows. Haha... good enough tho :P |
