CNY - Hanging in there
Day by day, life returns to normal, as we reluctantly or gaily let go of the forced frenzied grip that is the Chinese New Year holidays.
The dance aunties return to their dance classes with tales of woe that beset them the week before.
Seeing the detestable relatives whom they avoid the rest of the year. Stories of frightful elders who are unhappy with the size of their ang pows. All the busy work that went into sending the gods back to the heavens to report on the good conduct of the household. All the anxiety to welcome the gods back in style and splendour. Frustration at raised prices of everything before the New Year that are not coming back down after. Tempers flared at long queues for bak kwa at inflated prices. Only for their effort to be dismissed by ungrateful recipients who say that bak kwa from another long queue is better.
Hang in there just a bit longer, ladies. It will all be over on the night of the 15th (that will be the Thursday of the 17th of February for the confused angmoh chek philistines). I expect a collective sigh of relief from the long-suffering.
Until the next go around on 23 January 2012.
8 comments:
Since when did CNY get so stressful?
Maybe because I don't do much. Just see my grannies, and buy cookies for the home (i.e. myself). The rest, I don't care. =P
wildgoose - since always!
don't care, don't chup is the only way to get through the CNY. especially when one has crazy people in the family, like me :)
I still do like CNY though. Love the long weekend we had!
Happy new year!!!
- EDPJ
edpj - i do too! the long weekend lasted a full week for some people. that's nice :)
can you believe it, we've not even reached chap goh meh yet!!! How slowly time flies when you need it to zoom by. Last night, I had a nightmare! I dreamt that many people came to visit, and I had no more CNY goodies for them to snack on! the horror!!
jomel - haha. but you know it is impossible to run out of CNY goodies:)
tomorrow not yet chap kor meh. taxi driver told me. i thought it was. because got lion dance tomorrow at my building mah.
tuti - got your hopes up too soon! haha
for whatever reason, this time the 15 days just seem such a long stretch.
but, the finish line is in sight!
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