Are you guys looking forward to CNY?

last SG · 2006-01-04T17:45:30+00:00

Watta do? Even maybe I can avoid the qn "When having another 1 for now?" Maybe, going to visit relative in MY instead

elindra SG

I'm starting to dread it Laughing

The thought of intrusive questions about "When you're having babies" and such is a turn-off, plus Chris is refusing to apply for leave as he wants to avoid the nonsense and also the nice renumeration he'll be getting if he works on CNY.

Rhonda SG

Kinda... but only cause of Reunion Dinner.

This year shall be my last Reunion Dinner with my family before I leave for Australia. Wink

I'm contemplating purchasing a few hong bao lantern kits so even when I'm in Australia, I can create those hong bao craft thingies and hang them around the house to get a bit of festive spirit! Laughing

Mr. Green

Rhonda SG

See what you've done, elindra!!! Razz

Right after posting the above post, I walked around the house singing a Lunar New Year song without even realising it at first! Razz

Laughing

Mr. Green

Wanda SG

No….think I shd plan for a getaway holiday next CNY.

elindra SG

My fault Surprised

I'm still in the Christmas mood. I was like singing "Frosty the Snowman" to myself this morning Laughing

elindra SG

I have the same idea as well Confused

Rhonda SG

For the past few years, that's what my parents have done! Wink

Laughing

av98m SG

I'll be avoiding pesky relatives by flying out of the country. Mr. Green

elindra SG

Seems that everyone have that idea

I really wonder if anyone will celebrate CNY after the older generation have gone Surprised

av98m SG

CNY is a lot more fun when you're a kid.

The food! The sweets! The red packets! Surprised Razz
The fun and games and mischief with your fellow kids! Razz

And the fireworks! Razz (if you celebrate in Malaysia..but now cannot already)

CNY as an adult:

If you're married, give red packet until scared Mad
Also if you have no kids people will keep asking why not Mad
If your single , and am no longer young, you feel embarrased to receive red packets Mad
And then they will ask you why no girlfriend/boyfriend etc Mad
Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad

mastdfj SG

precisely...
me not yet working but legally adult liaoz..
haiz.. very paiseh to take ang pow..
of cos i dun mind the extra cash lar
haha

den go my gf there.. wah, her family super big lar..
they stay next door to each other..
den i dun really rmbr who's who.. so paiseh

elindra SG

I agree with you, especially when you're married and have no kid! Give until you bleed dry man.

Wanda SG

Actually, your giving AP now is payback for all the APs you'd received when you were a kid/still single and eligible to collect AP. Mr. Green

av98m SG

Sometimes I think we Chinese have lots of traditions designed to make people's lives miserable.

e.g. Wedding Dinners, Chinese New Year etc

shade343 SG

Well, as each year passes, Im starting to find CNY a bore. EVery year, I go up to the same relatives, repeat the same greetings and say the same things. Its getting too monotonous. Perhaps, the good thing is the red packets. Very Happy CNY was so much more fun when I was a kid....sigh

stellazio SG

i only like red packet and maybe a chance to meet up with my mothers side cousins and to gamble..other den that,visiting and getting visits is a big nono..orh yar the 3 days off is good too.. Laughing

Gazelle SG

Aiya, giving ang pao is only a gesture what why make such a big fuss out of it.
If got no budget just put $2... Twisted Evil

choco B SG

The people make the festivities miserable, not the festival itself. The drive to do it bigger, better, grander, more $$$ involved and the boorish behavior exhibited distorts the festival / occassion so much that in the end we lose sight of the meaning behind the occassion.

As long as we try not to repeat the acts that we hate to see when we become the "older generation", we should do ok Laughing

Gazelle SG

it is you that is miserable, not the tradition.

shade343 SG

Im already having make up lessosn this week!!! :X Mad