The Year of the Ox
Happy Chinese New Year! May the Year of Ox will be a Bullish Year to all!
So, Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday for Chinese all around the world. It's the time where families get together, especially for families with members scatter everywhere. Because of the timing of Lunar New Year, normally in late January - late February, which coincides with regular school year in the States, I hadn't been celebrating it with my family. Even though it did coincide with Spring Break at University of Michigan a few years back, the length and cost of the trip made the traveling home for CNY almost impossible (traveling 50-60 hours for a 7-day trip).
Thus, prior to this trip, my last CNY spent with my family was back in 2004. To finally see my relatives after such a long separation was indeed interesting. My cousins, the younger ones, have grown so much; the older ones, well, are 'aging' well. The uncles and aunts, are still so well, uncles and aunts.
Meeting up with high school and college friends are interesting too. So far, I've had one meeting with 3 friends from UMich - Jin Ye, Ren Jie and Safiyyah (still looking forward to our second, bigger meeting this Thursday) and one meeting a bunch of primary & high school friends - too many to list everyone here (another one on Friday). It's interesting how everyone is now doing different things in different places, yet, all it takes is some good old memories to have us all sharing a good laugh again.
Good times...
Did I mention Malaysian food? Well. I've been stuffed every meal and I will be surprised if I didn't gain 5-10 pounds in the 2 weeks I'm home. It's rather unfair for them to use the same sentence to persuade me to finish the leftover of any dishes all the time - "You can't get the same thing in the States." And the hot weather is not helping - I can't go for a good jog under this 30+ degree weather. (Tremayne - take note, it's in Celcius!!!)
So, it's been a great trip home so far. Can't imagine how i'll survive the trip home and then work. Pretty sure I'll be buried under work for a few weeks to come. Happy New Year!
So, Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday for Chinese all around the world. It's the time where families get together, especially for families with members scatter everywhere. Because of the timing of Lunar New Year, normally in late January - late February, which coincides with regular school year in the States, I hadn't been celebrating it with my family. Even though it did coincide with Spring Break at University of Michigan a few years back, the length and cost of the trip made the traveling home for CNY almost impossible (traveling 50-60 hours for a 7-day trip).
Thus, prior to this trip, my last CNY spent with my family was back in 2004. To finally see my relatives after such a long separation was indeed interesting. My cousins, the younger ones, have grown so much; the older ones, well, are 'aging' well. The uncles and aunts, are still so well, uncles and aunts.
Meeting up with high school and college friends are interesting too. So far, I've had one meeting with 3 friends from UMich - Jin Ye, Ren Jie and Safiyyah (still looking forward to our second, bigger meeting this Thursday) and one meeting a bunch of primary & high school friends - too many to list everyone here (another one on Friday). It's interesting how everyone is now doing different things in different places, yet, all it takes is some good old memories to have us all sharing a good laugh again.
Good times...
Did I mention Malaysian food? Well. I've been stuffed every meal and I will be surprised if I didn't gain 5-10 pounds in the 2 weeks I'm home. It's rather unfair for them to use the same sentence to persuade me to finish the leftover of any dishes all the time - "You can't get the same thing in the States." And the hot weather is not helping - I can't go for a good jog under this 30+ degree weather. (Tremayne - take note, it's in Celcius!!!)
So, it's been a great trip home so far. Can't imagine how i'll survive the trip home and then work. Pretty sure I'll be buried under work for a few weeks to come. Happy New Year!
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