happy chinese new year

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Its the year of the snake. Snakes are scary creatures. I cannot look at one without squirming. All magazines featuring snakes in the house re stapled firmly. To avoid accidentally seeing them and getting upset. So I'm guessing there won't be a baby boom. Unlike the year of the Dragon where everyone who could get pregnant was pressured into possibly conceiving. This picture was taken last Friday en route back from Sg Wand Plaza. A mad rush to the Chambers Music shop to get my score for "Meditation". I took in totally 40 minutes and ended up feeling rather sick the good part of Saturday as a direct result of exerting self.

Today is the first proper day back to work for most people and the traffic to work was heavier than usual. I suspect there must have been a stalled car somewhere along Loke Yew. I left work before 5:30pm and took only 30 minutes to get back. (yay). I'm guessing a few folks may have taken an extra day off to recuperate from driving back last night.  Happy Working folks. Clinic was long but I got chocolates and an ang pau from a lovely patient which made my day:)

Still Chinese New Year

Yee Sang at home

I can't remember what it was like last year but this year's journey back to KL took a whopping 3.5 hours along the Karak highway. I watched the ENTIRE movie of "Pride and Prejudice" and some episodes of " Boys over flower" ( yes yes..) and still felt a little bit bored. The worse part ( almost standstill) was the toll booths where everyone got crazy and some criss crossing led to very messy path leading to the touch and go lane. I'm still trying to figure out how you can aim for the one lane...and yet deviate so far from it. Directly after this harrowing journey pass the toll, to the left were numerous cars lined up with their car bonnets up....trying to cool down their engines. I felt ( evil I know ) a little smug as I vroomed my engine and drove pass these souls. My joy was short lived as the jam started not quite so far after this. I arrived with a headache and am still coming to terms with having experience my very first CNY jam.

Back to work today:) The break was lovely and I feel a little bit more rested than after the christmas break. Happy Chinese New Year....remember it's not over until Chap God Meh!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

picture of dad's camera....in the garden

While most people spend the new year pigging out ( we did that actually ) and visiting relatives ( we didn't do that) and visiting friends ( we're anti social)....Dad had us pose for a photo session in the garden with the glorious CNY sun blazing down our necks. We wore shades of blood-red-ong ( good luck ) colour for the new year. I look distinctly well-fed in ALL the pictures. It saddens and amazes me that there are people out there who abhore posing for shots merely because they perceive self as fat. I can see how that happens, you ( the fatties out there ) shy away from mirrors therefore rarely seeing self ever. And then you develop a murky image of a thinner self. This delusional image the camera smashes to smithereens within seconds. So I say.....what's a couple of chins more when you're having fun posing. The perfect shot is when you capture the feeling and the oozing of laughter:)Picture of podgy self to come later:) Happy Year of the Rabbit everybody!!!

Pussy Willow

Just as we usher the new year in, we're about to experience another new year in two weeks time. Chinese New Year falls on Valentine's day. A bummer for the florists who ( according to my mother, who quoted the papers) have predicted a drop in sales. Everybody will be back for the reunion dinner. Unless you're married, it will be hard to squeeze a quick romantic meal with your beloved this Valentines. Flowers will have to wait. And as we know, delayed gifts usually like the snowball effect, get bigger and better.

The shopping malls are decorated for Chinese New Year. Pavillion's decoration features the pussy willow. ( An awful name really if you think about it, said in a different intonation, it can sound vulgar). There were loads of pussy willows in front of the main entrance of the Pavillion...and quite a bit of red Lanterns hung from very high up. I'm still undecided ...whether I actually like it.