Monday, January 30, 2006 @ 1:51 PM
The Days Where Kids Will Be Happy But May End Up Sad....First and foremost,Happy New Year to all chinese bloggers!Ah...the 3 days of collecting red packets from your relatives after greeting them with little sentences.Its a day where many kids will enjoy,especially at the end of the day,slowly unwrapping the red packets to see how much money their relatives had gave.
HOWEVER,in some cases,after the end of the day,their parents would storm right into their rooms,snatching away their hong bao money and saying they will put the money into their bank account.It can be good if you own an ATM card but otherwise,get ready to kiss your money goodbye....
1st Day.....Since it was Sunday,we had to attend mass in a long while.Nothing much change(including me falling asleep when the Father is preching...)then we went to visit my paternal relatives since my grandmom lives at the other side of Bishan,so its quite convenient for us actually!
Ah...No Communication BarrierIf I have to choose which relatives I prefer...I would say my paternal ones.They are quite an enjoyable bunch even though I'm still anti-social towards them.Actually I don't prefer to talk during visiting...Well at least majority of them speaks English thus no communication problem since I suck at speaking Chinese.They also know quite alot about sport so they would talk about betting or soccer(including the aunts too!)and one of my uncles is working in NYP!Even one of my nephews(about 10yrs old) plays Maple!Quite astonishing actually,someone his age knows Maple even though I quit MS...
Quite a nice bunch actually...
Oh Great......Our visit to my paternal relatives was shortlived.We had to go off to visit my mom's relatives....Well there is a few things to look forward to and a few to run away from...
Seriously..Chinese...Not My ForteMost of my aunts and uncles speak Mandarin thus when they approach me for conversations.I would just politely nod my head while they continue talking....
Grinch Family Not ThereWell...the noise level dropped drastically,and there was less movement to distract me...
First Aunt(A Master In Persuasion)Argh...one of the things I dislike visiting was my first aunt.She would keep offering food to everybody.Even though the whole family knows my picky food selection,she seems to be the one that doesn't know since she yesterday forced me to eat Shark's fin after I told her I wasn't hungry since I ate my lunch before arriving.
Luckily,I wasn't the only one that noticed her persuading skills.My cousin,Eileen helped me out by taking some of my share.Thanks!She is quite a nice person actually,so is her husband,Zahid.They don't mind letting us borrow some of their dvds and we could talk about electronics...
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