Chinese New Year

Have been looking forward to the CNY coz it brings me $$$ and 4 long days of rest. Oh well anyways, CNY eve was spent at my Grandma's place... as usual, lotz of people over there... had 2 steamboats to accomodate everyone~

Interesting thing was my relatives are asking me questions like...

1) Wheres my gf?

2) Is it still the same one?

3) Why she not here?


So moving on,

My aunt's booking another trip to Joondalup! Hopefully can make it for the trip, which is at least 1yr later. haha.

12am

After the reunion dinner, i met up with jH at Chinatown! Thats where everyone is right? where else to spend the new year at CHINAtown. So we went there, with a few objectives.

Me - To buy loveletters + some pastry + go pray pray at Si Ma Lu
jh - To buy a bamboo shoot

I was actually quite prepared, knowing the crowd. BUT then... i didnt expect it was this bad.. u couldnt actually move. People behind will just push you, and u'll move forward. Fret not, you'll not fall coz you're all well surrounded by human bodies. Pity the ladies who were in that madness. =.=

So after much squeezing, we managed to find pineapple tarts.... bought it so the trip wun be wasted.. since it's already 1:30am... 30mins to last train! As i was sucking up coconut drink which i just bought, i was wondering if we shud go ahead to Si Ma Lu, coz if we go, we'll miss the last train~

We eventually went. Took one of the last trains to Bugis, then walked to the temple. Before you reach the temple, there will be people setting up stalls selling the incense sticks to u, at $1. There will also be a milo tin filled with oil, with a cloth burning for u to light the sticks. Gives me the Ghetto feel... the chilly wind, the burning cans.... the littered floor....

So i bought the sticks, joined in the crowd... and moved slowly towards the "thing" where u place the incense sticks. I swear we're moving at snail's pace. Just before sticking the stick in, the ash dropped and burnt my hand. knnbccb! =.=

Finished the thing around 3am. Was loitering outside listening to this visually disabled uncle playing the guitar singing jazz! cool man~!(u will only get the joke if u watched i not stupid too) Anyway he was singing What a Wonderful World, and a medley of CNY favourites.

Tried to walk back to chinatown but couldnt find the way, eventually we went home around 3:45am....

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For the whole of today i was at home playing Winning Eleven! What a way to spend new year. This wouldnt be the case if my brother felt better...
He's apparently running a fever... fluctuating from 39 - 40 degrees celcius..

hope he gets well soon. Ahh. Another day gone! =)