Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Rooster Year....!!

So, the CNY holidays are kinda over & everyone is back at work; maybe except for some hawkers & shop owners.

Did you enjoy your ba-kwa & love letters? What about the ang-baos & the mahjong session? Chinese New Year (CNY) is such a joyous occasion & it's pig-out time with all the new year goodies & excessive food consumed during the reunion dinner.

I dislike CNY, maybe except for the fact that i can still accept ang baos; despite the fact that i'm already married/registered. According to the elders, you can still accept ang baos; as long as you haven't gone through the customary marriage rites. Hah, that's my favourite of the whole CNY.

You know the questions your relatives ask when you go visiting, there are a couple of "confirmed" questions; depending on the status of your love life.

If you are single & not attached (after 21 years of age & started working)
Relative : How come still no boyfriend/girlfriend? Not young already, don't be too picky, wait nobody want you then you know.
(what the heck, i mean surely i can't just pick any Tom, Dick or Harry as my boyfriend.)

If you are attached & not married yet
Relative : Got boyfriend/girlfriend liao, still don't faster get married? Not young already, gotta plan already; cannot give birth too late.
(bullshit, does it mean that as soon as i have a boyfriend; i should get married & start giving birth like a sow?)

If you are attached & registered your marriage with ROM
Relative : Got registered already good, can start to plan for your customary. Never go through the customary rites, not considered married...apply for flat already?
(not again, so i must go through the customary rites to confirm that i'm married? Isn't the marriage cert from ROM good enough?)

If you are married & gone through the customary marriage rites
Relative : Now married already, when are you planning to have kids? Quickly give birth lah, Government also encourage people to give birth, got reward mah.
(so, now what? I should give birth for the sake of government incentives?)

Sometimes, relatives are such pain in the a**. That's why i hated visiting during the CNY, you never know how to answer the questions. The worst thing, you get asked the same question at every relative's house you go to. So, to rid my agony; i decided to stop visiting this year at the expense of the ang bao $$.

So far, i have only been to my husband's place for visiting & i reckon there would be it for this year.