Chinese New Year

Much as I might appear to be neutral to most festivities and celebrations, Chinese New Year is one which is full of meaning and cheer to me. Chinese New Year may, in general opinion, appeal more to the older generations than the modern. But I like the idea of a family gathering. It is a time which I get to see the people whom I have knew since young, whom watched me grew up, and as I grew up, I grew busy, and thereby grew distant while they grew old. But undeniably, the feelings remained. And I am often filled with anticipation to see them this once every year.

I supposed I was lucky since I seldom need to do new year visiting for I have always stayed with my grandmother. And even after my grandmother passed away, my father being the eldest in the family means that my uncles and aunties will visit us. I seldom visit relatives on my maternal side either for some reasons which I never knew or simply due to a lack of good habit.

It is a new year of irony, I suppose. I started off a day with a jog with Pathos in Bishan Park, followed by a light workout. It was meant to get him into rhythm for a healthy and active lifestyle. Transport was naturally difficult to come by on the first day of the new year since even the bus drivers were out visiting. So I dropped near my side of the park and jogged over to his. The weather was great and the workout was good; everything went well, till we reached home, when I found out his mother cooked him char kway teow for breakfast.

So I wrote off the calories we burnt...

Most unwed mothers are stigmatized even in present day Singapore. And I have heard of quite a few who decided to hold the guy responsible and got married quickly after finding out that they are pregnant. I was informed that my cousin is getting married this year. And they will only decide on the date after new year. Apparently, a few months after deciding to get married, she got pregnant.

But that does not really go with the flow of unwed mothers, does it? There should be pregnancy first, then decide to get married, not the other way round.... always remember people, pregnancy first, then decide to get married, these people simply cannot do things right. Either way, I have a wedding to attend to soon.

There goes my ang pow money.

Easy come, easy go...