While waiting for a slow(thanks to my soviet era hard disk) file transfer to G** to complete, i shall blog some cock again.

Actually i quite agree with G (another G) that as a person grows older, CNY seems less and less exciting.

I remember when i was younger i will be looking forward to CNY alot, especially the countdown show on channel 8, and eating butter cake for breakfast(that's what my mother buys every year for CNY). Then there's also all the CNY goodies, porridge with bwa gua, tv shows, time to play comp, visit other relatives' house, relatives coming to my house, and of because, all the hongbaos =D

I enjoyed the fact that it is CNY than anything else. I'm look forward to CNY just because of the fact that it is CNY. Lol.

But then, as one grows older, CNY doesnt feel as exciting as before. It now feels like just another weekend or another holiday where we can take a break. Maybe due to the fact that Singapore is too fast paced for us to really enjoy the festivals ba.

Maybe CNY is just to make little kids happy.

Of course CNY is also a time to catch up with all the relatives and friends whom you probably won't see at any other time. The same questions appear every year: "Where are you studying now? Which level? How are you coping? .......... Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? When are you getting married? How are your kids doing?"

When your guests leave you sometimes will say: "Remember to drop by when you have the time!"

And the next time they drop by, its CNY again.

For introverts like me, CNY is the time to refresh your aged distant relative's memory that you exist in this world as her brother's wife's sister's son (and vice versa)

Coming back nearer to talk about our own immediate families, CNY eve is the time for the prestigous reunion dinner. However i think reunion dinners are only for families that are so busy that they can't eat at the same dinner table as the same time. Generally, reunion dinners are useless if

1) the entire family are already sitting together every evening to eat (like some of my lucky friends)
2) there is no family to speak of (like me)

For the curious, I have not eaten reunion dinner for the past 3-4 years. My 'family' did sit together for dinner on the 15th jan 2006 at a kopitiam opposite my house, the first time in the 3-4 years. That's thanks to an aunt who came visiting from Malaysia. This is a secret I hardly told anyone about.

Nah i'm not encouraging people to not celebrate CNY. In fact i'm saying these so that people who read this will make an effort to celebrate CNY properly.

Please DO NOT make me famous by talking about me in the papers all because i made some O_O comments. I just wanted to kill time.