As everyone know, it’s holiday season, moment for family gathering, reunion, time for happy family time. It’s
Chinese New Year, year of mouse (of Mickey and Minnie~~)haha…… Wow, piggy’s year has waved us goodbye.
Well, honestly, as I grown up year by year, time after time, I could hardly feel the CNY spirit. I don’t have the MOOOOOD, indeed. Even before I came back, I didn’t have the joyfulness or happiness for coming back for CNY. I was simply happy and relief as finally I can call the tiring Clinical Practice an end. As simple as that. And my friend thought so too. See, my initial passion for my work/career has faded away day by day……最初的感动。。。好像都没了。好可怜。。。
Crackles, ang ang décor, shopping for new outfits-from head to toe (as
red as possible??!!), preparing the food for reunion lunch/ dinner (tuan yuan fan), line up in the long, long queue just to PAY the hypermarket
OUR $$$-trading for canned food, snacks, kuih-muih (to treat your home-coming guests in family-sized?!)…see, the list is never end and all share the same similarity! Need $$$$$, thus our parents always
HOPE for
GOOOOOOOD BONUS--FAR HUNG~~~
Decorate and cleaning- No, I didn’t join. When I reached home, the same 2 big tanglung have already hanging there.
Shopping?!- No, no, don’t doubt about my craze for shopping. It’s still my favourite. But this year, I am so not keen to shop, purposely for the season. So lazy~ but I did buy a little bit. I slept for 5 hours only then went shopping after my last day of work arhhh!! See my sacrifice?? Keke… *pai-se pai-se** I didn’t buy ang- ang or bright yellow “ong-ong”. I bought all dark! It’s ME, MY style-never force myself to follow the norms…… Well, OK, sounds rebellious and so not-traditional huh? =p BLUEK~~~~~ Well, I just bought some blouses, a vest, and a knit jacket only. Shoes, I have it, bought for annual dinner eh…Pants/ bottoms, needless to buy. 1 pair of good jeans can bring me to all occasions, guys! I brought home my skirt as well, so that I can pair it with my high! (No, no, I didn’t mean to show off. No, No, I didn’t mean to~~ ;> )
Groceries purchase- Yeah, I put my body and feet in this. Papa saw the flier and we went to TESCO and bought a lot of raw food such as mushrooms++, sayur, abalones and scallop for steamboat in the afternoon. My family has already bought whatever needed earlier. Shandy-ies, wines, grape juices, kuih-muih…semua dah ada. Some more got 24 cans of LONGAN…I don’t understand why we need so much!? Longan will constipate me lar… =(
Nowadays, businessmen have commercialized this pathetic festive season. Especially with those entirely funny-name menus for reunion dinner in restaurants and hotels… I’m telling you that money can bring you a table of eight coursed meal. This year, for my first time I am eating outside with my family, besides the steamboat in the afternoon. The night time dinner is costing RM 428 for 10 in a hall. And our family is going to celebrate the reunion together under one roof with the other 70 families. I couldn’t imagine now until I attend (tonight). It’s organized by Anggerik Restaurant a.k.a my uncle’s, also where my mom works at.
See, people happily eating, my mom and her group of aunty-status colleagues need to work; the chef and his team of man need to work hard with the fire, satisfying their customers’ taste buds! Nowadays, customers are susah dilayan. I know this. My mom told me this. Customers want more, asking for more and more as they have paid a value, so they think they would deserve a return of same or higher value services!