When CNY becomes like any other day

CNY 2012 had turned into like any other day or a sian day for me. Finally? I had seen it coming... this usually happened after the death of the most senior/respectable ppl in the family.

My paternal side had stopped all the house-visiting and chinese customs for quite some time liao, but still have some mini gathering. It was really mini. In short, it happened because A doesnt get along B, B doesnt get along with everybody, C doesnt get along with A hate B and nag at D, D hate A B and C for getting more money than him. And there was also a prediction before all these. My elder grandaunt said that once she passed away, the relationship between the families will tear apart, and in did.

Well, now it happened to my maternal side family as well. After the death of ah zhor (great grandma), ppl start to MIA from CNY liao... but not as quick as the paternal side, which is like "SUDDEENLY". this year, due to some arguments between the "grand" levels, they decided "since u dun want to come, den i dun go also!" Wth right? The age of all these grand aunt, grand uncle and my ahma is like a few hundred years old liao, and yet they act like pri sch kid. Now, there is such a big diff to my income from ang pows... This year de cny house visiting is like so short, and I have been ending earlier each year. Thankfully, there's still bits of CNY feel when our very own family gather at ahma's house. As usual, ahma will prepare scrumptious food for all of us. Her beehoon, the chap-chai and those lor food.... yummy yummy~ but there's no curry this year *sadded* Oh!!! Coincidentally, all of us were in ang-ang (red/pink) this year!! didnt manage to take a family photo due to the fact that all of them were born with "shy" genes, but i still manage to get a spy-shot on our way up to ahma's house. (Please note that not all were in this pic, limited spy capability)



Becoz of damn short CNY event, a few of us decided to go guan yin temple to pray. Omg! I must tell ya that the idioms "people mountain people sea" can really described the whole scene! The usual guan yin miao is already crowded, but during cny seasons, all these people are crazy. Machiam like the crowd are evacuating into the temple due to destruction of some dark forces. The police forces even need fences to control the crowds.





Anyway, guess i shouldn't expect too much from cny next year liao, except for the goodies and short "holiday breaks"...