Sigh.
Play blackjack, lose money. Play mah-jong, also lose money!
ARGH! SUAY! How can I go on like that?! Tsk tsk tsk. Nevermind, CNY only once a year. I shall not get overly disheartened by the past 7 lousy days of unluckiness.
I’m just going to gamble more and win back double of what I lost! I WILL(and I must) win!
Besides losing money, I’m starting to feel somewhat sickly… Most likely due by the large amount of junk I have been consuming…
I’M SO IN LOVE WITH ALL THE BAK-KWAS!!!
All my seventeen years of my bubbly(however not too bubbly sometimes) life I didn’t realise that the slices of BBQ pork is so nice! Also there’s that tiny spring-roll looking thing that has prawn fillings inside? That one also super nice!
Plus, all the chocolates, delicious dinners, and the enticing cans of soft drinks that always show up right in front of me when I open the fridge door…
I’m going to become FAT!
Which is really bad. Hey, fat and bad actually rhymes…
Ok ok whatever! Back to CNY ya’ll.
Shall start out with the family reunion dinner I had on the previous Wednesday.
I’m actually quite disappointed with this year’s reunion dinner because there’s no steamboat!
I was eagerly looking forward to a steamboat dinner but it turns out with only some typical(but nice) reunion dishes that my mother readily rustled up.
Such as, fish. Fish is like a compulsory dish because “nian nian you yu”, right?(Oh my, even fish and dish rhymes!)
I put in a little effort for the dinner too. While my elder sister was miserably slicing the carrots, radish, and whatever other vegetables for the Yu Sheng(yes she sliced them into the super thin slices), I took the carrot head and did this…
Nice not?!
Ok lah I know the rose not very well done, but hey… at least I did something. It’s pretty good for an unprofessional already ok…
”Oh my! I’m going to get all those crispy things!”
”Hehe! Mine mine!”
”Yes! Got it! Mwahahaha!”
And I’ve came to the end of my entry. Just kidding.
The next morning, which is also known as “Chu Yi”(first day of CNY), my parents barged into the room early in the morning to wake my siblings and I all up.
You know, sometimes no matter how tired you may be, you still got to wake up because it’s the first day of CNY, which is also the day to collect to most red packets! Mwahahaha…
My elder sister and I. Erm, and my dad hiding eerily behind us.
Even Liutong is excited!
Each year, before we set off to visit our relatives on CNY, my family would gather together for a family portrait. This year, we had like, about 4 attempts before it was finally successful…
Attempt 1:
As you can see, not everyone is very ready…
Attempt 2:
I wasn’t too ready. Worst, someone’s missing…
Attempt 3:
Erm… ok, still not too ready yet.
The Final Attempt:
.
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=)
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Actually we didn’t have to worry cause at my grandparents’ place, we took even more family photos. With all my other relatives!
My family is much bigger than this. There are so many people missing in here!
All smiles.
My elder sister with two of my cousins, Chunchun and Ernie Put Put. LOL!
Awww, their nicknames are so reminiscing. I remember the times when we would sneaked out through the backdoor of my grandparents’ place, and passing through this “secret passage way” which is simply a long patch of grass full of bugs, and finally reaching where we used to call “MS”.
MS is basically just a huge canal that you’ll get to see blue kingfishers, white egrets, some other beautiful birds and lots of mudskippers. Thus the initials M and S.
Ahem, before I get too deep into our childhood, let’s get back to CNY. Ha!
More pictures!
Mum, Eileen Kim and I.
More lau-ing of yu shengs.
On the third day of CNY, Deidrea, Ah Jon, Sheryl and I decided to meet up and visit Krinz house.
Didn’t stay for long because his house has no cards(besides UNO… I can’t believe it…). We went to Gloria’s house next to bai-nian and also to see her cute little newborn niece.
She’s happy that we came.
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Hong Baos Na Lai!
Ha! That’s like the only CNY phrases I know!
I now regret going to Gloria’s house that day, because I lost like 15 bucks while playing blackjack there! Ok lah 15 bucks may not be a lot but it’s roughly two average ang paos ok…
The next location was my place where we continued gambling with both blackjack and mah-jong, causing me to lose another 15 bucks or so.
4 average ang paos already lo!
Sigh, I’m so sad I lost 30 bucks in a single day. How suay can I get…
On a happier note, today is Valentine’s Day! Actually it’s not a very happy subject either. No celebration, no romantic dinners or whatsoever, received a small gift though. ):
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of ya’ll!
I spent today buying all the BBQ supplies with my classmates for tomorrow’s class BBQ. Almost $200 worth of food and equipments!
I had to carry like, 4kg of frozen chicken wings home to marinate. Not mentioning having to carry other things like that aluminium foil and trays and bottles of sauces!
Thus we logically took a taxi home.
I had to grumble! Nowadays the taxi fare is so fucking expensive! Ugh, I shall never take a cab unless I don’t have an other option(or maybe if someone else is paying for the fare lah)!
Ok I shall end this entry here. Before I go, I have one last random picture to share.
My elder sister with her friend’s baby.
That baby is super chubby and cute! And can smile for the camera some more! And notice how the baby’s eyes have a bluish hue? I didn’t Photoshop it ok!
Alright, ok wait, one final thing. Happy Belated Birthday to Gloria Tay whose birthday falls on the tenth! Ok I know today’s the 14th already… but heck.
Ok, got to go marinate the four kilograms of chicken wings!
