Sunday, January 29, 2006
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A Happy Lunar New Year to all fellow Chinese counterparts out there...
Has it occur to you that in recent years, that CNY has been very much commercialised while the traditional aspect had faded away.
In the past, at least when i was a kid, new year songs were the 10 odd songs that we sing year after year. We made angpow decorations, like fishes and lanterns, and hang them around the house. Make our way to the nurseries to get fresh flowers / mandarin oranges trees were a must too. Squeezing through the crowded Chinatown is the norm as well. The visiting list to relatives would be very well-planned, and we basically enjoyed it very much...
Good old days... ...
maybe becoz we were still kids then... well maybe.
Buying new clothes was simple. Pasam Malam clothes will do, who needs Levis & Billabong.
Grabbing tonnes and tonnes of sweets @ the candy store was like in Dreamland.
Greeting everyone around us to get ang pows was the order of the day.
Making pineappple tarts were so much fun, while mopping the floor for your mum meant sliding around the house, where everywhere was wet and slippery.
But,
Probably for the past few years, as we get older...
We have less and less relatives to visit (since one of my grandma pass away, the family bond has been rather weak, visits between us has been few and far between). Relatives we meet say the same old things, year in year out. Ohh, how much you have grew up, wow very handsome / pretty, so where are you studying now, wow so fast, time flies... ... (长很大了很快, 很美, 很 handsome, 在那里读书? … … ) you get the idea. We avoid going to Chinatown, while others even choose to take a quick vacation overseas. & for those who are older, you probably feel ashamed to still recieve hong baos from your relatives...
Anyway, enjoy yourselves while you can.
While some ppl out there still have assignments and exams to prepare...you know what i mean.
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小强's File |
24. (but acts 14)
Multi tasker / Multiple Personality.
Free Spirit.
Many preferences, Few dislikes.
One Weakness.
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