So peeps, Chinese New Year is finally over ;( How sad! School starts tomorrow. Before that dread even began, let me share some story, or I should say, a review of the Chinese New Year I've spent this year.
For the first day, 初一, as usual, I get Ang Paos, red packets, from relatives and family members, have lunch at my grandmas home (sumptuous meal :D) and lastly, the "grand finale", going to my distant cousin's house at night. I was kinda anticipating a better experience at my cousins house. Compared to the previous years, this year didn't went as well. (Although they were dressed cutely and prettily. ;) *1) is there even such a word? 2) Not much incest intended..) There wasn't any "drinks"(random fruits mashed up to form a weird tasting juice) as punishments when we lost in poker games, not much communications with distant cousins, and more... Feels kinda bored.. Plus, I was dragged into watching hunger games 1, which I have completely no idea what the storyline was about as I was drunk. But! I remain awake due to constant "spoiling" of the story by my cousin beside me and the conscious to not let her down. The day basically didn't run well. Hope Next Year's 初一 will be better!
The second day, 初二, was the day I fell sick. BAD SORE THROAT and I didn't eat any snacks and ba kwa. The day practically was mainstream ttm. Visit maternal grandma, play "Dai Di", leave to 二姨婆's house, go paternal uncles house, play poker, sleep, the end. Kind of boring right, such yearly routine.. But, at least I saw my ah ma, every 初二 night, which kind of saved my day.
The last day I actually celebrated was 初三. I won $18 man!! From traditional old ah ma game, '四色牌' some more. It was the first time I was ever in "combat", gambled and poof, money came rolling in. I must be too skillful :P. However, I'm not really into gambling that much, unlike other of my relatives, so yeah, not really that interested in the end results. Just the process of learning how to play is more than enough!
Overall, this years CNY isn't that interesting after all. Hope that in the future, relatives and cousins can interact with each other more often, rather than being engrossed in their phone's games.. 希望下个新年更好，更有趣 !
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