cny eve: did some cleaning... lots of dust... then ran around subang parade trying to get hold of a decent yee sang... unsuccessful... ended up going to tai thong ss2 to get the salmon yee sang... waited awhile and the yee sang costed rm69! when reached uncle's house in bangsar... couldn't recognise cousins from penang... kids grow so much! dinner was a bit cramped and a little confusing... didn't eat much... got to pat 3 fluffy dogs and in the process accumulate dust bunnies (or rather, dog fur balls) on garments... watched "50 first dates" on dvd... quite funny... went back and ate instant noodles...
cny 1st day: woke up remembering a dream that went something like this...
as dreams always do... the setting kept changing... from a petrol station convenient store to some government office waiting space... like the place where we do our passport... and i met this girl with glasses there and we were kinda arguing (verbally and calmly) something about the waiting numbers we took (the ones you take when waiting your turn at banks and government offices)... next thing, we were seated and there was another guy near us and this is the conversation that took place...
girl: what are you doing now?
me: i've just finished form 6... waiting for results... you?
girl: yala... about the same la... a-levels...
(a pause ensues and she's facing the guy and was saying something to him when i started asking her a question)
me: what are you planning to study next?
(she doesn't hear me but apparently is asking the guy the same question... after awhile she turns to me...)
girl: you leh?
me: huh? what?
girl: what are you going to study?
me: i think chemical engineering...
girl: huh? that lousy course ah?
(she said that unfeelingly and i know i was getting annoyed but then i woke up!...)
i don't know does that dream mean anything or i'm just thinking about the matter too much... anyway got ready to go to uncle's house... i wore a black top with a pink flower embroidered into it, a black jeans skirt, my new embroidered metallic red slippers and my diamond butterfly pendant... wished elders "happy new year", ate vegetarian noodles and collected ang paus... then the whole party went to another house in bangsar (i've always liked the situation of this house... on a hill, at the dead end of a road, nice view from balcony...)... greeted more people, collected ang paus and had more vegetarian food (the achar and linguine was nice...)... had a very brief conversation with my grand-aunt (brief mainly because of my very limited command of cantonese... luckily i can count in chinese!!! came in handy when she asked my cousin and i, our ages...) from what i could understand, she asked me what i was doing and whether i can draw and told me that my dad was very talented at art since he was a little boy... after that our party took off and landed in yet another distant-uncle's house in jln travers... had chocolates, cookies, and roasted pig there... tried a bit of LK's wine... it's confirmed that i don't like alcoholic drinks... as usual, did alot of sit and wait and make small talk with cousins when any idea sprang to mind... night time: went to giant SA to have a drink... a had malibu dreams... and buy some stuff... got abit mad when mom was so fickle about dinner... watched "lost in translation" on astro... so funny and a little depressing!!!
cny 2nd day: mom cooked deep-fried battered prawns... went to another uncle's apartment... had 2 yee sangs to toss... met most of my married cousins... kids were all playing computer games and ps2 - what a bore... they played the athens olympics game and a weird japanese drum game where the drums can race down hills, eat sweet potato and have a flying fart competition, bells stealing some pau and catching some buns on plates etc. ... crowd dwindled off until 2 families were left... watched "shrek 2" on dvd... really funny... played with zack the pinscher... weird but cute dog... he peed on my cousin... hahaha... this hyper dog became docile after having a nap... we stayed for dinner... LK and i did alot of sitting and waiting... went back and immediately went to bed...
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