Happy Chinese New Year! Today is Day 2 and I have just woken up, bright and cheery, despite sleeping at 4:20am this morning - I caught the 1.25am slot for "The Wedding Game" (The show was pure flat albeit the hoo-ha)
As for Chinese New Year Eve, I popped by Fat Boy's house for a reunion lunch of steamboat (I didn't want to go as I would prefer to have lunch at my own place anytime : P But since Fat Boy insisted...) I was so full from boiled prawns and pig liver that my system was congested - I felt so damn tired that I couldn't be too bothered about image. I took a short nap at his place and hey, that was the first time I slept on his bed (Can you believe it?!) I woke up feeling very groggy and sick because my head was spinning and my neck was ultra stiff; it was due to indigestion and his memory foam pillow (Too hard for my comfort..) Anyway, we went back home together for reunion dinner at my place and after watching some TV, we embarked on our temple tour!
Our first stop was at Tiong Ghee Temple (The main deity was Kwan Gong) which was a stone's throw from my block. We came back to watch the annual New Year variety show before going to Loyang Tua Pek Gong to offer incense. It was very crowded and it was very hard to move around with joss sticks in hand. I was so afraid of burning other devotees and of course being burnt : / Anyway, due to great perserverance, we succeeded in planting joss sticks in the urn of every deity : D Our last stop was at Kwan Yin Temple in Waterloo Street - As it was literally impossible to offer incense due to the very chaotic situation, we just placed our hands together and prayed : ) As we were about to go home, Fat Boy bought a packet of vegetarian vermicelli for supper and it was indeed delicious : D~ (Yes, I was starved from all the activity)
As for Day 1, we woke up at 12 noon and after realizing how late it was, we quickly washed and dressed up, lest there were visitors : / I went to Fat Boy's house again and together with his family members, we went to the Fortune God temple in Sembawang (His dad loves going there as he always strikes 4D by offering incense to the resident deities) before heading to the Kwan Yin Temple in Waterloo Street (This time round, we managed to plant a joss stick in the urn) We bought yu sheng at our favourite Chinese restaurant before rushing home for dinner : )
We also watched "The Little Nyonya Big Reunion" before playing cards with Gramps. Just as she was on a winning streak, Uncle Stanley called to say that his first wife was admitted to hospital for stroke. We rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital to see if there was anything we could help, but too bad, we couldn't see how Aunt Aurin was (Yeah, due to rules and regulations...) We met up with my cousin and we drove her to Yishun to pack some clothings before coming back. Though her initial plan was was to stay at our place for a night, she thought it might be better to stay in the hospital to accompany her mother : / After she left with Aunt Maddy, we proceeded with our movie, which we had booked tickets in the day...
I hope everything will be fine for Aunt Aurin and my cousin and well, life is short. I guess it's really important to live happily every single day. Don't you think so? Once again, Happy New Year : ) (I need to wash up lest there are visitors later on!)
