Post Chinese New Year celebration

We all know that the Chinese New Year celebration has just ended on Monday this week, the 14th day of the Lunar calendar. Everybody is now drifting away from the festive mood. Back to normal life and reality again... Just thinking about the fun that I enjoyed during that period. Oh, how I wish that it could go on for the rest of the year. That should be a good idea. But we need to face the reality of life. School, homework, exams, studies and mugging. Anyway, that's life. Who can change it? Nobody. After a piece of homework, another piece and another...(sigh)

We decided to have a post Chinese New Year celebration for my mother's side of the familiy. My family organised lunch today. It is the usual lazy Saturday. What did you expect me to be doing besides playing? I love gaming with a million hearts but too much of it would make me kind of bored. It is best enjoyed when relaxing from the tiring week filled full with activities like this week. My mother's eldest brother and youngest brother came to my house to celebrate. My father was somwhat upset with my uncles as they did not organise a celebration. My family have hosted a party during Christmas. When I ask my father why are we the ones organising, he would reply"because they are recession hit". I kind of find it comical as he always joke around with me and my family members. But my mother was always trying to defend my uncles.

Anyway, we had mee siam for today's lunch celebration. My family was busy preparing all the catered food. We bought the mee siam in bulk and my dad was busy collecting them. My siblings and I just needed to wait for the party to begin. It was whole lot of fun for me and my brothers because that is when my parents would let me off into playing. Yay! The whole time I was just doing these few things. Collecting red packets and wishing my relatives, eating and playing my head off. This is a real good opportunity for me to relax. My parents were entertaining my relatives all the while.

Here is a picture of my parents and relatives.(I was not in the picture because I was playing, so were my brothers. Haha)

My Brother's Birthday

Today was just like school a school day. Everybody was so caught up with things that my whole family almost forgot about my elder brother's birthday which is around the corner! I see how time flies so quickly. Just when you have turned thirteen, you are about to turn fourteen. Everyone is wiser now. I sitll remembered when my whole family celebrated Shaun's birthday last year. It was etched in my mind so clearly like we have celebrated it yesterday! Come to think about it, I remembered very little during the year that has swiftly passed by. Ironic it is but it is true. Anyway, my family decided to postphone it till today. My brother's actual birthday is the 3rd of Feburary.

My father sent us to school today like usual days. I am getting worried about my father as I can sense that the economic crisis is affecting him in many ways. For example, when he was driving me to school today, he took the wrong route and that caused us to be extremely late for school, that almost cost me to see the Mr Chia the next day. This was not the first time either, on other occasions he almost did the same. I see the world today with the economic crisis, so many people unemployed and many pay cuts. All the stress and anxiety after the Chinese New Yeat celebrations... But that would not stop me nor my family to spend an auspicious time together celebeating the arrival of my brother's 15 birthday!

No need to say, I had classes today. After school hours, I immediately rushed to my badminton training. It was tough especially when competition is just around the corner. I had a hard time playing with Lie Wen's brother. He is very good for Secondary One. He could make me run like a dog, fetching the ball at every corner of the court.

Going to the highlight of today, my family went out for dinner at some nearby restaurant. It is usual for us to eat out at a special occasion. Chinese cusine was for tonight. We ate to our hearts content and went home for the celebration.

Our family just decided that we have a quiet celebration today. Besides, what is more heartwarming than celebrating with one's family members? My brother chose the ice-cream cake from Swensens.