3rd of Chinese New Year

The Third Day of New Year.

My family and I got dressed to go out for breakfast but unfortunately, there were no Chinese kopitiams or cafes open. In the end, we ended up in Bombay Masala *I hope I spelled it right*, a place selling Indian-Muslim cuisine. I have been eating too much curry as the Chinese don't open their shops during the few first days of New Year but the Malays and Indians do.

So what do Malays and Indians eat?

Usually hot, spicy food

That means I have to bear with it. Curry tastes good when you eat it in normal portions, not consumed three to six times a day. After finishing the not-very-tasty roti canai, we headed home. Time for lunch with Uncle and Aunty Yap at noon. Vegetarian.

Here begins "the starting to rush" part. In the busy kitchen with my mother, suddenly somebody rang and called me. It was Brina. There was a lot of giggling behind and laughing though which sounded rather fishy. She asked me if they could come over now as they saw a car outside so I said it was alright. I rushed to the kitchen to cut the cakes as actually, I didn't think anybody was coming. 5 minutes later, somebody rings the doorbell. I have to run out again and I saw.... guess who? Clarissa, Amy, Evelyn, Audrey, Chloe and Brina. It was such a surprise

Luckily, the cakes were already cut and placed in the living room. We chatted and ate keropok plus other tidbits until they had to leave. Then, Aunt Lucy came with her daughter, which wasn't too bad considering only a few people came. I knew some more unexpected people were bound to show up. My neighbour came with her kids then tiba-tiba, a whole group of people who were her relatives came over, which meant rushing in and out again. At the end of it, I was so exhausted and tired. But I bet my mother had it tougher.

During late evening, Sharon and Martha came. We watched American Idol! and ate keropok also. The keropok very laku. As usual, there were always some weirdos, awkward singing, mental breakdowns and some very talented people throughout the show. They had to leave at the ending of the show though as Sharon's parents were already waiting outside.

Time to bunk into bed.

Preparations

I haven't been able to post anything since the beginning of January as I was unfortunately busy for awhile. School has started for almost three weeks and it's rather depressing. Our class have a lot of free periods compared to other classes. The weather hasn't improved my mood much either. The fear of a flood rising constantly remains in my head after the incident back in 2006. School's cold but I didn't buy the school jacket. So, obviously, I stayed cold, hoping the sun will rise and brighten up my day.

Today is the day before the eve of Chinese New Year which means...

Lots of Cleaning!

Arranging mandarin oranges(Lo Kam) where they rightfully belong

Filling cookies into jars and more

et cetera et cetera

I am really exhausted after washing the darn pillars, garage and the weeding. Awful weeding as in the weeds make my hands super itchy and painful. Wiping every single nook and cranny, not to mention all those delicate engravings/carvings on the furniture. Polishing the glass. Not exactly happily done but sastified.

But then,

The house now feels really, really clean and comfortable.

I guess it's worth it.

(smiles)

I liked to take this opportunity to wish everybody,

"Happy Chinese New Year!"

(Red is just to symbolise prosperity and of many fortunes to come)

Hopefully, the economic recession will improve in time and the impact shall be not that heavy.

January 2009

This is my first post in the year of 2009. Not really proud of it, but it figures.

School was pretty exciting actually with the lights flashing on and off in the morning. Seems like someone has been playing with the metre. The subjects seemed normal except I was constantly reminded of PMR. That was the not-so-exciting part. And there were already piles of homework stacking on my desk, waiting for me to fill it in. A great way to start of the year, huh?

My dad's playing this game called "Jaws" on his PDA which really is getting on my nerves. The main aim of the game is to arrange the balls in order to obtain the most points. Trust me, it ain't a fun game, at all. It's as though everyone's bustling with the rhythm and I'm stuck at this horribly slow pace, like a snail, perhaps. So I on the TV and flicked between the channels there is on ASTRO.

So... I ended up watching a horror movie called "Stay Alive", a video game that kills people. It was kind of scary and creepy at the same time. Didn't exactly enjoyed it. Sort of bloody? Yeap.