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Chinese New Year. What's new?

Ang Pao, mandarin oranges, Bak Kwa, goodies of all sorts, visiting, catching up with relatives that you only see once in a year. What's new?? Haven't we all been doing this since the sun shone on our backsides?

Ang Pao - what used to be the sole motivation for me as a kid to anticipate the arrival of CNY isn't that alluring anymore. I wonder if it's the realisation that the money is just a meagre amount as compared to the expenditure of a young adult. Or is it the case of realisation that this money is just the "come and go" type. I see it as a combination of both, plus the fact that receiving Ang Pao from older married cousins feels way weird...

Food galore! Food is a turnoff now. All the goodies and the sweet drinks make me feel lethargic. Feeling full for 24-hrs a day isn't really what I call enjoyable. Chances of falling ill is high in this period. But what I'm worried most is the fact that all these junk make my sporting performance off-par. Especially when I have the upcoming road relay race on the 4th of Feb.

Catching up with relatives can be a double-edged sword. I enjoy chats with cousins who were once so close to me. Playing with the young ones are fun too. But of course naggy and pokey relatives can often so invade much into your privacy.

Travelling around the island IS tiring - especially since I'm made the chaffeur now. Initially it feels great to drive my family around. But by late afternoon, it became really exhausting to do so. Hopefully my brother gets his license soon so that he can share my load the next time round.
Chinese New Year is rather boring - it is similar to someone telling you what he/she had for breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, how stress it is to study, how life sucks, how the lousy the lecturer was....

And for those who are enjoying, have a wonderful year of the dog.

Happy Lunar New Year.

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