lunar new year..
i always love chinese new year.always.
cus its when our family and extended family gathers.. and really just have fun!
every year its the same.
my parents dont have a very big family.
but we do have plenty of extended family..
but i think we only visit, gather and hangout with our closest families! :)
i think we just love to do it our way.
but each year.. i do get alil upset at CNy.
cus its not just the kids that grows up.. its the elders that aged.
im sorta the youger batch of the family actually,
mum and dad being the eldest.
so its alot of elder cousins, uncles and aunties..
and i used to be the kidss" of the family...
so in their eyes.. im always the kid''..
but every yr.. things slow down..
i grow up.. the uncles and aunties have children.. which is amazing and great..
but my grand aunties.. uncles.. aged.
which really hurts me alot.
everyone would gather at grandaunt's place each yr.. from day1 to even day3..
we all would settle there.. thats was our home. that small and crumpy warm house.
sometyms the kids just dont wanna go home!!! i remembered in the end .. sum of my cousins wld endup cuming to my plce for the nite etc!!..
but soon after grandaunt fell ill..
things have changed.
i remembered when she really fall sick.. every1 flew dwn to check her out..
that to me. was like another kind of "cny meetup"
but.. that was really like our last few meetup as a big whole.
nowadays we all dropby at different timings.. and wouldnt stay too long, worrying that we would trouble them.
but i guess the happiest return that brought me much joy this yr was..
Valerie(in pink), Ryan and Special guest YinYin(jessica in Red)
yup, in the past, grandaunt's children would bring me and my cousins out.. even to visit other ppl!!
(then they were all dating)
now.. married and having their own children..
My cousins and i (and my sisterS) are the ones that bring their children out to the playground!!!
and today.. they brought w them a lil girl frm a relatives's! and i told my aunt..
" last tym.. u and kevin kor kor would bring me along to visit ppl.. now..u are bringing another kid!!"..
i feel old~~~
i guess.. its just another phrase!
like when i overheard dad telling mum..
" .. how nice if i have a grandchild like Huang's son.. how fun it would be"
and mum replied.. " yes yes.. ask them give u ten lor.. then all call u Gong Gong.. until ur head GONG GONG then u know"
hahahaha...
it was hilarious!.
but we all saw it cuming when dad had the longest conversation w one of the kids @ my other grand aunt's place! :)
i really hope the tradition in the past would continue..
i fear and feel sad at the tradition and noise of the festive fade.
we were stil talking abt the yummmmiest food we missed.. n started to blame our parents for not learning from grandaunts her skills... we even mentioned abt the yr.. we (children) broke the bed when we played cards on.. n all the uncles had to fix the beD!!.. and the many many rounds of meals we took turns to have.. cus the kitchen was too tiny.. and how the pocker card circle" extended all the way to the door! :) and u see all the coins on the flooor.. :) n ofcus. the sound of fire sparkles and all.. n the overcrowding warm house...
il always remember..
- wad a draggy entry-
posted by Cinds @ 6:03 PM
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