Day 0 (chu xi) (CNY Eve)
For dinner my mom gave me $20 to buy KFC for me and my brother (she didn't want KFC), and he wanted to buy so he took the money and went out to buy the KFC...
And he came back with a Family Feast for 3-4 people -_-
So in the end the two of us shared 8 pieces of chicken + chicken tenders + popcorn chicken + mashed potato + coleslaw + drink. I was SO full!
Day 1 - CNY!
It is tradition that we go over to my da gu's house on the first day of CNY for lunch with the rest of the relatives. Ever since my dad died (yea, he died when I was 6 if you didn't know), I was never close to my dad's side, so it was always weird to go for these annual gatherings.
This year, however, it was more bearable as the moment I reached there I was asked to join my aunt Christabel (my fav aunt on my dad's side... well she's the youngest and most ... relevant to me lol. The rest like old aunties not very friendly one dunno how to talk) and her two sons to play daidee haha.
She was quite funny like kept saying 'nothing wrong with them playing! (they are like 15 and 7 years old something like that) It's teaching them Math!'
So instead of sitting around doing nothing and staring at my phone, we played daidee both before and after lunch. whee!
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And that's not all! After lunch at my aunt's house... I headed over to my gf's house for the first time!!!
I was slightly nervous because it was the first time I was meeting her parents! So like, worried about making a good impression and all. And not sure what to talk to them about.
It turned out alright I guess, didn't really talk that much, but her parents were really nice to me. Her dad cooked us dinner, and was so nice about everything. 'I just cook very simple stuff' he said, when there was like a whole fish for me and szehong, and many many other dishes. Good stuff!
Oh and we watched the movie The Machinist at her house too, was a really good show! I highly recommend it haha. Nice psychological thriller.
Annndd to cap the day off, she came over to my house to bainian too haha. My mum was very chatty and think szehong enjoyed herself at my place too. Great day :)
Day 3 of CNY
I did pretty much nothing besides play games at home on Day 2, so it was uneventful.
Day 3 however, I went to Sharon's house with szehong and friends! (Sharon is part of Szehong's Cedar clique, so the whole clique was there)
For some reason they had decided to make onigiri! All the ingredients bought by them so I just go there and press rice haha.
I think my rice balls are the best!? Those two stars with faces are mine! haha so cute right. It started off with someone commenting how hard it was to shape a proper rice ball, then I just joked 'easy! I'll make a star!' and michelle immediately said 'ya right! you make la!'
I took it as a challenge so I made that first shiruken-looking one and they were all like woaaa I am legit hahaha. I decided to follow it up with a real star-shaped one too. Shaping rice balls? EASY
Oh and they turned out rather yummy too! We stuffed the rice balls with crab meat and tuna, and seasoned with some japanese seasoning.
We also played a bit of Texas Hold'em... which wasn't really THAT fun because many didn't know how to play and... no money :( Boo I still haven't played a money game of poker since my one time in the US. I want!!
But ok la, overall I had a good time! I like her friends. :)
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| Playing caiquan with Michelle to determine who eats the weird concoction in the bowl |
Hope future CNYs can be as fun and eventful as this! This cedar clique gathering seems to be an annual thing, hope that it continues for years to come heh. I like annual/ regular stuff.
Bonus picture
Some time before CNY my pospsych group (minus Raymond) went to eat steamboat at Roxys to celebrate CNY! I'm glad this group is willing to go out together even after our project was over last semester. We've already met up quite a few times to meet!
I guess I'm just very grateful for any groups that appear because I don't have any cliques, being more of a 1-to-1 person and having many close 1-1 friends but not like, cliques. Like, even though I'm quite an introvert, I do love my social interaction from time to time, especially with people I can get along with :)
Ok! I feel quite happy after writing this post. Because writing about happy things. I think I should blog more. Adios!
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