Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!

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Reunion Dinner (Eve of CNY)

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reunion dinner with ed’s family this year was held at a chinese restaurant in NTU Alumni house at buona vista. sth different from the past years was that there was Lion Dance at the restaurant. it was interesting and all for the first 2 mins but when the loud drums and gongs started to get a little overbearing, we almost wished the pinkie man can quickly make his exit with the 2 lions hahaha :) owells, it was still entertaining though :)

we had to eat fast cuz ed’s aunt hired transport for everyone at 830. but by 820, we were still not down to the 2nd last course. lol!

this CNY was like a clothes clearing session for me. i didnt have to shop for any new clothes cuz i had so many zara and mango stuff from europe which were totally unworn since we got back last july. i totally LOVEEEE the broad pants below to death. it’s got to be the broadest pants ever. it spans 40cm in diameter, making it skirt like. in comfortable silk satin that makes it a joy to wear *beams*

as all of u noe, vday coincides with cny this year. it’s super sian! not only does cny totally overshadow vday, it makes it *almost* impossible for any couples to celebrate the actual event itself. since u noe, the whole chu yi then must go bai nian and stuff. and the fact that chu xi is a family day thing, u cant just abandone ur family and go have time alone with ur the other half. i guess the florists must have been hit the hardest. nobody was walking around in orchard road with roses and u dont see couples at all!

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Chinese New Year Chu Yi

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anw, so we got up early on chuyi to get dress to go ed’s ahma’s place. the weather was very good at the start of the day, at least the heat was bearable. as usual, ed’s aunt prepared a fest. the amount of effort she puts in, it’s amazing :) our 2nd visit was to ed’s mum’s side where we spent the entire evening till abt 8pm+. usually there will be majong but somehow this year the power of Avatar must be too strong cuz everyone was glued to the TV. haha, ok, i’m just saying. not everyone enjoyed Avatar, jacq detests the blue pple. lol!

so we stayed there for a good few hours. by then the heat got unbearable and the crowd didnt help. so everyone was sitting in their sweat. clammy and agitated. i dozed off cuz i got drowsy. everyone’s hair started to chui and the heat doesnt do make up any good. ed commented that the house is starting to get a little too small for family gatherings cuz all the kids r so grown up now. and ed’s cousin asked if he was 28. MUWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!

so that was our super crowded cny. u must be wondering so what abt the vday?????? hahahaha, i’m gonna leave that to the next post. stay tune and find out how we squeezed in our vday celebration throughout the cny bainian schedule and wad we did :) some very good recommendations coming right up! happy new year everyone! :)