"It’s a Tiggerish New Year, a new layout too"

For the past few weeks before Chinese New Year, it had been a routine for me to bake CNY cookies during the weekends; as for weekdays, study absorbs me completely. I’m forced to learn how to prioritize and not to do things last minute, because ever since the second week of my first trimester started, works have been filled up my plate to the max. I can’t afford delaying as accumulating works only equal to committing suicide, moreover, time is always not enough. Sometimes, I couldn’t resist to pull an all-nighter just to lengthen my time to do some very last minute work. Haven’t mentioned that I’m not good at time management at all, and not forgetting the extras I have in my plate - youth, my piano and guitar lessons, part-times.. The time spend with my friends have no doubt reduced too, and I did felt left behind before, but now, it doesn’t really matter to me as much as it used to be. Perhaps, I’ve got used to it.

CNY however is a wonderful break for me, and I’ve quite a contented one so far.

My family had 9 dishes for reunion dinner, which leftovers were expected as it somehow symbolizes prosperity. Meeting my baby cousin nephews and nieces put a smile on my face, and the atmosphere of togetherness with my relatives make relaxed. Every first day of CNY, my mum’s vegetarian dish is a must-have. Long Yuk (dry meat), CNY cookies, packet drinks are essential throughout the festive season. I had tossed 5 times of yee sang up to now, and had another 8 dishes of lunch at my uncle’s restaurant yesterday. I curiously followed my mum, as her driver, to her schoolmates gathering this year. One of my mum’s old friends, Aunt Penny, was kind enough to drive us around Damansara as Aunt Lily, another friend of mum, was looking for a house nearby. Aunt Penny also brought us to her house, and I was so amazed once I entered as the interior of her house is awe-inspiring. The design is elegant but homey at the same time, which took off the judgment of foreignness I used to have for big rich houses. Her stories also inspired me and earned my respect.

So, that pretty summed up my CNY for the past few days.

I am going to have more visitations among my friends this coming weekend. Classes will resume tomorrow onwards though sigh, how I wish that holiday can be lasted longer. As for now, I still have a list of works to do so I’m signing off yo.

Happy Chinese/ Lunar New Year ya everyone.
And all the best to my dear friend, Claire, who will be flying off to Sydney today.
This is for you girl, take care always.