Chinese New Year!

I remember waking up pretty early, about 900am ...there were the prayers and burning of offerings on top of everything else to do, which is a must. And since mom makes us all go vegetarian for the first day… had fried beehoon for breakfast. I like this part of it; mom’s vegetarian beehoon is quite nice, I especially like the mushrooms which are really sweet XD and there was the tong sui to give me the sugar rush for the day.

After breakfast, I asked dad whether we were going to visit Uncle Robert and Aunt Winnie this year, since we hadn’t seen them for a long time.

Got into my new year gear~ I had bought jeans from Giordano, a pair of jeans shorts from FOS, and 2 tops from BodyGlove (this has its own story XDXDXD –ahemahem–)

As it was the Thursday before CNY I thought I had better go and get my tops, which at that time dad gave me subtle reminders to go get it before mom came breathing down my neck about it. So off I went with guama since she had some shopping to do too~ we walked a full half-hour there since we mutually agreed that we should, and take a cab back. After walking three-quarters of the way, guama told me, ‘Hey, I didn’t expect it to be this far…Next time, we’re taking a cab or asking korg to drive us there.’ XPXPXPXP Sorry guama~

I brought guama to BodyGlove where all the shop assistants just…looked. I can tell guama had heck of a time there as I casually asked her to pick out some for me~ (since she was there, how could I not offer? XD) Well, she has good taste. XD of course, with the ‘help’ of the shop assistants. She had a great time talking to them about everything and anything; and if there’s one thing about her, she has the gift of gab. She went on, and on, until I finally bought the ones I wanted. I promised her I would wear the one she chose when I go to her house on the 2nd day of CNY. (I bought 2; one was light blue, and the other was orange)

Doesn’t guama rock? XD

I thought I saw a familiar car… XD (who knew I was that prophetic?) Uncle Robert and Aunt Winnie came over at about noon, and had lunch with us. Every time they come over, there’s always a lot of catching up to be done. This one was no different; they stayed on until about 2pm. Pure talking all the way – frankly I’m amazed how effectively having a good talk with friends kills time. =D

I used to really shrink back at the prospect of eating vegetarian at home; in fact, I hated it not because it was vegetarian, but because it tasted bad (…somehow I remember it tasting bad… >_>) but this year it was actually nice. Wonder what was different, or was it just me all along…

Soon after Uncle Hoe Sing came over, this time, with Jeremy and Elaine. The last time I saw them was …so … long …ago… Usually when they come down from Singapore, they don’t come to our place, since they’re hanging out with their friends. It was so awkward seeing them - we were literally at a loss of words since we didn’t know what to talk about. Although I do remember we were trying to pin the blame on Uncle Hoe Sing and his rather sadistic habit of flushing fish once he’s bored of them. Apparently he’s only interested in fish that grow, after they stop growing he flushes them away *fish-lovers gape in horror* but most of the time they were catching up (I come to a realization to not expect anything else XP)

As Aunt Winnie heard that there was a Lion Dance happening at 1u at about 530pm, we went at about 5. This is one of the rare times I see 1u with its shops closed (the most recent had to be New Year’s Eve) Somehow, Lion Dances aren’t all that great anymore. Sure, it’s still nice to watch, but the thrill in watching lions jump around poles and act like they’re afraid of heights just doesn’t catch my attention anymore.

Had dinner at Italiannies XD I love the food there~ kinda sounds strange coming from a person who has been staying away from pasta for most of her life, but hey, people change. Both brothers managed to finish a plate of pasta each (usually one serving is meant for 2) despite having the waiter cautiously warning them that it’s… big. Even the 3 of us (me, mom and dad) barely managed to finish the one plate of pasta, while both korg and ti managed to down it without breaking a sweat. o_o