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Tuesday, January 31

+welcoming the doggie year+

the start of the lunar new year, the beginning of another cycle of life, wash away the bad luck, and bring in new ones. thats the perception of what chinese new year means to me back in my childhood days. going to my grandma's house first thing cny hits, receiving lots of angbaos, having a whole array of new year candies on the desk, playing with my cousins. those were the days, the happy days of historic sentiments.

the ushering in of the new year has gradually been rather dull in the recent few years, the Y generation getting more mature and taller, the older generation getting older, what else is there which stays the same like it was 10 years back? most of us have forgot the meaning of this traditional chinese occasion. anybody still remember the demon nian, who terrorises the village people? thats, from what i know, how cny actually came about.

and what about the meaning of the angbaos given to the young and unmarried? the true meaning of the red paper instead of the money inside? the act of giving mandarin oranges, and the older generation giving back to them, whatever that means, i do not know exactly. and there was the old times when you always tag along your parents to the malls for some last minute shopping after reunion dinner, or to the florist to get some fresh new plants for the house. nowadays, we just chill over some beer and tv while getting some early rest.

the modern way of celebrating the new year has incorporated with some family values, peppered in with some sort of money involved. the whole family getting together for some gambling session, be it mahjong, daidee, or blackjack, as long as it serves its purpose, who cares how you play it. i think its the best way to get everyone together, yet kill time when everyone has nothing to do besides watching tv and talking. its always intriguing to see the young ones getting exciting over a few bucks they earn, and some grim faces when they start to lose their pocket money. so cute to see their faces at the most real moments.

the vicious cycle, of people parting and new members joining in .its always heart-warming to see new additions in the family starting to crawl, den walk the following year, and after that, start to talk to you coherently. den you will start to think of making your own. gosh, im fast forwarding 10 years.

anyway, it always tiring to go visiting house to house, jurong to tampines, woodlands to bishan. why cant everyone stay in one block, and we can just walk around the block without having caught in a jam on the highways. the distance is usually so far, the journey so tiring, and your parents start to nag about your life, you start talking back, they start complaining. =/ i hate chinese new year.

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