dongdong chiang dongdong chiang
happy Chinese New Year !!
this is my first year in 20 years and 11 months and 19 days,
NOT BEING ABLE TO -
1. see n hear lion dances
2. act innocent, young and being a 'shoe polisher' while accepting ANG BAOS
3. touch n play fireworks
4. eat kiam chai thng, too tor thng, jiuhu char, char tang hoon, onglai suie, seow kay, seow ark, char teochew meeteow, n sparkling juices during reunion dinner. also maybe i would miss tau eu bak, curry kay, 'the monk jump over the wall', some weird curry with everything thrown inside, pineapple tarts, kuih kapit, kuih bangkit, cornflakes cookies, prawn crackers, hehbee rolls
5. attend the long-awaited yearly affair 4th nite dinner at 8kor's inlaws where theres always eden catering's char koay teow, lobsters and lam mee
6. gamble with Lyn jiejie and gang for rounds of mahjong or 21 blackjack
7. bond with cute and super adorable nephews n nieces that i can only meet once a year like Sydney, Maximus, Brandon, Lorraine - heck, whoever lil kids that fall into the category lah!
8. go to Phor Tay temple in d morning to pay respects to ahkong n amah n definitely meet lilynn there, look at the tortoise n wonder if they ever grew every year
9. go to Mum's side's Amah on 2nd day of CNY n just chill there, wait for ang baos to come instead of going for them then drive back in the stupid long traffic jams
10. go to Kor Po's house during 1st day of CNY noon to eat their cornflakes cookies, drink their geng geng teh and act stupid sitting down listening to adults crapping n gossiping while looking at Teow Kong
11. organise and attend 5 Arif Class of 2004's annual reunion
12. have mouth watering, smacking spicy Mak Long's mamak at 5 pek's for 1st day CNY lunch
Instead,
I WILL BE -
1. going for classes as usual
2. going out to makan makan at some CHINA restaurant for reunion dinner
3. maybe going to Tripod after that for class party (maybe! depends on financial status)
4. having pot luck (i want steamboat!) on 1st CNY night (i wanna have it in my place to increase the yang energy of the house but too malas to clean up afterwards)
5. playing cards as usual but no gambling cos euro's too dangerous to gamble
6. wearing my old clothes cos nobody will even see anything under 2 layers of jacket
7. attending UCD's centre for confucius something on 2nd CNY nite for acrobatic performances
8. celebrating Jason's bday on 7th n Christine's bday on 8th so chocolate cake here I come!!
9. still finding for red papers to decorate my apartment with ang chai and fish and gold ingots
happy Chinese New Year !!
this is my first year in 20 years and 11 months and 19 days,
NOT BEING ABLE TO -
1. see n hear lion dances
2. act innocent, young and being a 'shoe polisher' while accepting ANG BAOS
3. touch n play fireworks
4. eat kiam chai thng, too tor thng, jiuhu char, char tang hoon, onglai suie, seow kay, seow ark, char teochew meeteow, n sparkling juices during reunion dinner. also maybe i would miss tau eu bak, curry kay, 'the monk jump over the wall', some weird curry with everything thrown inside, pineapple tarts, kuih kapit, kuih bangkit, cornflakes cookies, prawn crackers, hehbee rolls
5. attend the long-awaited yearly affair 4th nite dinner at 8kor's inlaws where theres always eden catering's char koay teow, lobsters and lam mee
6. gamble with Lyn jiejie and gang for rounds of mahjong or 21 blackjack
7. bond with cute and super adorable nephews n nieces that i can only meet once a year like Sydney, Maximus, Brandon, Lorraine - heck, whoever lil kids that fall into the category lah!
8. go to Phor Tay temple in d morning to pay respects to ahkong n amah n definitely meet lilynn there, look at the tortoise n wonder if they ever grew every year
9. go to Mum's side's Amah on 2nd day of CNY n just chill there, wait for ang baos to come instead of going for them then drive back in the stupid long traffic jams
10. go to Kor Po's house during 1st day of CNY noon to eat their cornflakes cookies, drink their geng geng teh and act stupid sitting down listening to adults crapping n gossiping while looking at Teow Kong
11. organise and attend 5 Arif Class of 2004's annual reunion
12. have mouth watering, smacking spicy Mak Long's mamak at 5 pek's for 1st day CNY lunch
Instead,
I WILL BE -
1. going for classes as usual
2. going out to makan makan at some CHINA restaurant for reunion dinner
3. maybe going to Tripod after that for class party (maybe! depends on financial status)
4. having pot luck (i want steamboat!) on 1st CNY night (i wanna have it in my place to increase the yang energy of the house but too malas to clean up afterwards)
5. playing cards as usual but no gambling cos euro's too dangerous to gamble
6. wearing my old clothes cos nobody will even see anything under 2 layers of jacket
7. attending UCD's centre for confucius something on 2nd CNY nite for acrobatic performances
8. celebrating Jason's bday on 7th n Christine's bday on 8th so chocolate cake here I come!!
9. still finding for red papers to decorate my apartment with ang chai and fish and gold ingots
1 comment:
I miss cny back home as well! sobzz
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