and just like that, another Chinese New Year has come and gone. after weeks and weeks of hype and anticipation, celebrations are over in two days. tsk tsk. what a letdown.


Day 1 - Dad's side
generally, the annual visit to the temple to pay respects to the ancestors in the morning. then making a round of visits to the usual relatives over the course of the morning and the early afternoon. its amazing how much things have changed now. these visits used to be super fun cos we were all little kids and we would just keep eating and eating the tidbits and gulp down so many cups of soft drinks. now that everyones older, i guess we're all more health conscious or something cos we barely even touch the food and .. yea.

anyway, spent the rest of the afternoon at home waiting for relatives to arrive. full family gathering / dinner. played with nicholas and his toddler brother - benjamin. darn, big mistake, i ended up with so many cuts and sore spots on my arms where they scratched and ... i swear ben bit me at some point. haha. violent tendencies dude. anyway, they somehow managed to lose my $40 basketball by bouncing it down a slope and into a storm drain. -___-" haha. nvm nvm, its alright.


Day 2 - Mum's side
had a bit of a sleep in, then went down to chinatown to granny's place. had a super yummy lunch of homemade mee siam, after which there was basically nothing much to do except to wait for guests to arrive then serve them tidbits and drinks. haha like a waiter. anyway, i got bored of sitting around doing nothing so i actually went into the room and napped for like 2hours on the ohsocooling marble floor. dinner was great, as usual, the annual shark's fin being the bomb.


all in all, a pretty mundane chinese new year. its no longer so special, just becoming more and more of a routine ever since we (cousins and such) grew older. on the plus side: i received $*** this year. HAHA. woohoo! thats like super cool. yeaaaa... its so much more than previous years can. rocks! (not to mention paper and scissors. hahaha)



i know this song's pretty old already i think. but its still nice. thanks to cheryllee for the intro though:

FM Static - Tonight