what does the new year bring about ?

chinese new year is approaching but i guess for a few years now after we've all grown up,chinese new year wasnt just to collect ang baos and stuff but its how family gatherings have become more meaningful and important

but i often ask, why do we bother smiling to someone whom we probably meet like only once a year and act so fake and stuff and so happy seeing them, in fact in the past when my paternal grandma was still alive, i didnt look forward to going to her place every 1st day of cny.. i dread seeing those unfamiliar faces of uncles,aunties,cousins and distant relatives and how all of them would start boasting abt their children's acheivement and how they are such big figures in the cooperate world.. now that she's passed on , there's no need to go to my big uncle's hse but as a form of respect we will .. i prefer seeing my mum's side more i guess since did grow up interacting with my cousins more, having swimming lessons weekly and church but the same cycle repeats, we grow up, we become distant to each other we don't even talk as some go astray and there's not a common topic anymore

yeahs such a solemn entry b4 cny! haha okok look forward to happier things

im meeting sue for her last min shopping b4 coming home for reunion with my 2nd uncle of my mum's side, and we're gonna have boilboat which is steamboat but taukwa alwyas calls it boilboat! haha! ok so yeah i prolly will upload pictures ltr =) enjoy the cny eve ppl!