Festivities and Pineapple Tarts

the truth is, i’ve never been happier.

it’s been such a good week of plenty o’ rest, lots of laughs and good food. yesterday the family and i had the customary Chinese New Year Eve reunion dinner at grandpa’s place. it was such a funny night - grandpa didn’t want to come out for dinner because he’d recently contracted a skin ailment where boils are forming all over his hands, and he was shy about it. so emo! but then my mother bribed him out of his room with angpau… haha. then we all sat down to a really good dinner of siew yoke, foochow fishballs, tung fun, roast duck, soup and lots and lots of mushrooms!

also, my beloved is back in KL :) for 2 whole weeks. could i ask for more?

later in the afternoon, i’m going over to my uncle’s for CNY lunch. we do this every year - them adults mahjong and chor dai dee the day away while us kids just make a lot of noise and collect angpau. actually no lah, us kids gamble the day away too. except for me because everyone likes to con me :( and speaking of angpau, my parents haven’t given us ours yet!!! i swear i will be so angry if my mother gives Martian an angpau bigger than mine again -____-

i cant wait to see my cousins and my grandma later today. and eat lots of mandarin oranges. for some reason the ones in my uncle’s place are always nicer than the ones in mine.

and i cant wait to see Martian. we are temporarily separated because the place he’s staying in right now is giving me the sneezes. but tonight!!! we shall be reunited!!!

so like i said, the truth is i’ve never been happier. CNY is just so. amazing. there is an expanding gloom in my stomach to think that this may be my last CNY back home for several years. may.

happy Chinese New Year everyone!

53 comments February 7th, 2008