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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 CHINESE NEW YEAR
Finally! My favourite day of the year has come, CHINESE NEW YEAR! For us Chinese, this day is the most important day in the Chinese calender as it marks the 1st day of the year. My home was filled with many varieties of goodies and  decorations. Our whole family had to wake up in the wee hours of the morning to bath and change into our best clothes. We then rushed to our grandparent's house where all our cousins and relatives had gathered. The hall was packed. We squeezed through to greet our grandparents who in return gave each of us children a red packet or 'Hong Bao'. I quickly proceeded to meet my close cousin who playing computer games in his room. I joined him and we chatted and played happily till noon which was the time lunch would be served. A large spread of food was placed on the table ranging from abalone to black moss (fa cai). The food was delicious. Of course, the festive mood also made them a lot more tasty. After lunch, my family went to East Coast park to cycle. This year, we could not visit other distant relatives or friends as my grandfather passed away two years ago. It is our family tradition that after one family member pass away, we are not supposed to visit relatives not in directly related to our grandfather for three years! Sad but true... We cannot collect as much red packets as before. We cycled for two hours and I finally mastered the art of riding the bicycle without holding the handle bars! Yes! When I manage to cycle without using my two hands, I felt so thrilled! Other people were staring back in amazement. We then went to the nearest shopping centre to walk around and purchase items we find interesting . After that, we went back to bath and again return to my grandparents house for dinner. Again, lots of food were placed on the table. However this time, something extra was present... a Steamboat! Everyone began placing food into the steamboat. Soon, the steamboat was filled to the brim and we had to cover it so that the food in it could cook faster. The best thing I like about the steamboat is that everything that comes out of it is delicious! Dinner ended quickly and our relatives began leaving one by one. After everyone had left, we decided to go back home and my parents even allowed us to play the computer for the whole night as they had to attend their friends Chinese New Year party. Our cousins also came with their laptops. We had a total of eight computers and laptops with just seven of us. By four in the morning, most of us were already sleeping on the computer table. What a memorable day it was. Thank you for reading my blog! :) (I had to post about yesterday's events today as I started blogging after we played our games... which would be after four in the morning...) Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZHONG TING AND NIKKI Posted by Jk at 1:52 AM |
Name: Ng Jun Kang
Age: 13 School: Victoria School
Joash Ng
Hafiz Marcus Goh Ee-ian Zhao Chen Zhong Ting Ryan Chee Zi Xiang Joshen Alex Nikki Ezra Marc Tang Adrian Koh
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