Friday, February 11, 2005
I hereby declare that my hongbao intake this new year is less than $200.
Pretty pathetic huh? Well, considering that 95% of my relatives put in onli $4 for each hongbao... *sighs*
Had a great time feasting these few daes... All the tarts, cookies, sweets, chocolates, nuts, and my fav, love letters! I love them all! Haha. Well, it's actualli not a bad wae to gain back some weight (since i've lost ard 2kg since the start of the semester)...
The bai4 nian2 process was not as interesting though. In fact, it was
boring.
Day 1 was the worst. After dressing up prettily and taking a 30-min car ride to my maternal grandparents' hse, all i did was to sit there the whole afternoon. And
stone. And sae 'thank u' when adults (most of which i get to see onli once a year, thus they r like strangers to me) shove hongbaos into my face. Ok i admit, i did have a good shou1 huo4 - i got to catch the S.H.E. 'Encore' TV special! And i finally saw the 9-min music video that i've always wanted to watch! But well, that's not the pt. The pt is, it was a totally xianz experience. The onli highlight of the dae was when
The Girl* (more about her later if i've the time) sauntered in wif her sisters and parents in tow... Guez wat did she wear? A
black dress (wif juz 1 pink stripe)! Wat a perfect colour for CNY...
Day 2 (yest) was fun as usual. Coz day 2 is always reserved for my paternal relatives, and they r the ones i'm much closer to... All my cousins congregated to play card games, tok about everything under the sun, and eat non-stop! We even had steamboat together as well (i love steamboat so much)! It juz feels like the old daes, when they wld come to my hse every fortnight, and we wld juz get together and do everything together. It's such a homely feeling...
CNY has sorta come to an end, and life is more or less back to normal. How i wish we can have a 2-week public holidae like China! That will be great! As for now, hai, reality is setting in...
*The Girl is my mum's cousin's daughter, same age as me, currently in NTU acc. She comes from a filthy rich backgrd, and is proud of it. I always get compared to her during CNY, when her mum will put on a fake smile and ask me qns like 'oh my daughter said the A levels were ok, u think it's hard or not ah?'... I juz can't stand their hypocrisy. As to how rich she is, well, her grandpa bought her a veri posh car after she obtained her driving license recently, in order for her to travel to sch conveniently. Enuff said.
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