This year's Chinese New Year is quieter... somehow...
Reunion dinner..
As usual, went for renunion lunch at dar dar's place and realised that dar dar's mum has a green thumb! How pretty! The flowers bloomed at the right time and it sure brightens up the dull corridor. I think it's probably the prettiest plant along that corrider too. His mum said there were people eyeing on the plants and wanted to get the seeds from her.
At my end, my mum cooked lesser so there is less wastage of food which I have always hoped for. This way we won't be pressured to eat alot and feel damn bloated. Yeah! After the reunion dinner, just lazed around my mum's and watched tv. Had wanted to go Chinatown after midnight to walk around but as it was drizzling and the weather was so cooling, we decided to go home and rest early... lazy bums...CNY visiting..
For dar dar's side, same places to visit with a new addition to the list as instructed by his parents. I think the few places which we all enjoy more are his fifth aunt's place, third aunt's place and this new addition! The folks are more chatty and the cousins are around our age. The rest we went were really quiet, no one is interested to talk, so we simply eat, drink, use the toilet and go. Going on behalf of folks is a bad idea unless I am personally close to the folks or there is at least a talkative someone to ease the tension/silence...
For my side, less people moving around for visiting but with the addition of the twins, the attention is on them.. ;p.. The girls need some time to warm up and this is perhaps a good time for them to get used to different environment and new faces.. Luckily, I have cousins who are around our age and more chatty.
The annual affair, to go to Bright Hill temple on 2nd day of CNY to pay respects to my grandmother and eat my fav mee-sua but again, not the way I like it. I like the thick and gluey taste but that can only happen after it is simmered for a while. Look forward to having the mee-sua the way I remembered it to be...
We tried to be innovative at my cousin's place.. Kopi-O with "kok-chai".. versus the Latte with cookies.. *dip-dip*.. hee..
Okie dokie, back to work after the short CNY break yesterday which also means that the January peak is almost over.. yeah! Gonna have some more friends-friends visiting over this weekend and that's all for the CNY! Yeah! I can finally start hitting the gym regularly again... ;)... hooray!
