Today was fun, but lets start with yesterday... which was obviously CNY eve. We went to school like any other day, but there werent any lessons cos it was the celebratons! Our class was called to a corner in the morning and Mr Koh started talking to us, then gave us a red packet each! (the topic was on how the amount in a red packet didnt matter, lols) There were chocolate coins inside haha. Then we went into the hall and randomly found a place to sit. At first, I thought that it might be nice to watch, but after a while it got boring, with all the quite lame QNA sessions which is repetitive every year, sort of and the CO performance which went a bit too long. So Hiok Yang, Daniel Lau, Yuho and I started playing chopsticks in the hall lol. I had thought that it would also be quite boring, but it got surprisingly interesting. Cos you can sabo people or just get what you never expect. This is especially so when we played a team game, 3T vs 3R, After we won the first game, Daniel went to say that victory will be decided by 5 games. But we lost the next 2 rounds, due to a powerful strategy of theirs. But we realised that they were taking advatage of a flaw in the game, so we modified it to make it more fair, and we won the next 2 rounds, haha. It was a nice way to kill time during the performances. However, this does not mean that I wasnt watching the show, its just that we wanted to make it more interesting. Okay, so that was the highlight of school yesterday.

After I was released, I met up with my old friends from Rosyth, and went back to primary school together. (met tey guan on the way, but he was following some other ex school mates) Got stuck at the school gate cos the security at our old school wasnt allowing us to enter, until the pupils were dismissed, which was simply inconsiderate or dumb. How are we going to have time to meet our teachers and catch up with our friends if we are only allowed in when school ends at about 10.45am and closes at 11.30am? We need time to talk, take photos and wat not. Anyway, had a nice chat with a few of my ex-teachers. Im sure all of us were happy to meet again, haha. Heres a photo that was taken on WJ's camera: (its a pity that there are only Raffles peple here, i think, what a nice pic)



Okay, so after we were forced to go, we went to AMK Hub together, though some left. And met Ray and Jian Yang there, adding to WJ, Darren, WX, Kenneth, Yee Shing, Sher Yin, Delwyn, Joash, Si Min, Shu Ren who were already there. Not sure if I missed out people, haha and sorry. Then decided to eat at Pepper Rice, first time eating there. The food was quite good, and I was thinking about the tempting smell that seemed to be everywhere, including outside its store. Suspicious haha. Heres a pic at Pepper Rice:



After lunch, many of us had our own stuff to do, like packing for trip or a 'reunion lunch' or taking care of younger siblings, so had to part. Took the same bus as Jian Yang and Kenneth, but poor Kenneth had to stand while we found seats.

Reached home, rested, and waited till about 6pm when we prepared and set off for my paternal(P) aunt's house. But a very unfortunate thing happened just as we were about to leave, which involved the police... Shall not speak too much about it here, but I admit that it was quite interesting to see them at work. I was thinking that there should be an improvement in the efficiency of the police force...and whether I should be doing my part to help. I really dunno why, but I just felt that maybe I should work in the SPF next time? or maybe i have some anxiety disorder? I dunno... Okay, but luckily, thanks to my clever uncle, we managed to wrap things up quickly and rush to my aunt's house not too late. Wished everyone a happy CNY and had a delicious reunion dinner with my family cooked by my grandmother herself, haha. Really good stuff, and then played some games and talked and watched tv and read some school notes (lol, shocked? of course they werent ours, it belonged to my cousin who gave those to us, and we went through the notes briefly to see if we needed them). Had a fun time with them, but they werent the family I was going to countdown with, so we went over to my maternal(M) family's grandmother's house.

When we reached, we greeted everyone and got busy preparing for the New Year Show we had to do for the family. My cousins and I (which added up to about 15 ppl altogether although I bet there are actually about 50 in our family) frantically did the final rehearsal, and did the countdown, before presenting the real thing in front of all our families. It was...embarrassing? Jim and I were acting as a water dragon in the play. Now you understand. Whats more, we were the bad guys, so we dont get the cheers and encouragement the good guys get. So we finished the show, went home and ended the day or the early morning like that.

Had a nice sleep, and woke up later in the morning.(lol) This morning, we all wished our parents well for the new year and got our red packets, then went on to have breakfast at M grandmother's house, and then visited my godfather at his house, to wish him a happy new year too. As a person extremely interested in collecting artworks and what not, he happily showed us around his new house, filled with thousands of antiques. even though it is a new house, the space just never seems enough for him, haha. He also showed us his new hobby: painting ceramics or something like that. Visiting him has already been a tradition for my family and I always look forward to seeing him, getting to see many new stuff always being added to his ever-growing collection and him sharing his experiences with us. Then went over to P aunt's house again and ate lunch and watched a really funny taiwanese variety show on tv. After that came a super lame chinese comedy movie which was funny but spelt 'suck' all over. Sorry if that was offensive, but it was that bad.

Then went back to M grandmother's house once again, and saw that movie still on, so continued to watch becos there wasnt much to do then. Slowly more cousins came and watched with me, they also commented that it was the lousiest show ever. I wonder why they broadcasted it during CNY... Then ate dinner, then played some games with my cousins and went on to a tradition- gambling. We played quite a lot of games and I lost pretty badly...maybe becos I wasnt wearing my lucky colour this new year. (according to tv, it black and white, but can I...its CNY!) Yes I lost badly, but it didnt affect my happy feelings much, its the festive season afterall! Had lots of fun, then went home and wrote this. Its 1.30am now, so it means I have to get some sleep before I fall asleep tomorrow while visiting.

Lastly, I wish everyone, whether or not you are a chinese, a joyous and fulfilling CNY!! GongXiFaCai, XinXiangShiCheng! Promise to post more pics next time together with the others!