WEEK 6: CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

DAY 1:
ON THE FIRST DAY, WE VISITED RELATIVES. AFTER WE ATE BREAKFAST AT 9 IN THE MORNING, WE LEFT FOR MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHILE MY AUNT MAUREEN, COUSIN BRENDON AND FRIEND ( OF MY COUSIN ) FROM AUTRALIA LEFT FOR THE TEMPLE TO PRAY FOR MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER FOR IT WAS HIS ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS A RATHER GREAT RELIEF TO ME WHEN THEY LEFT FOR MY COUSIN'S FRIEND, MICHEAL WAS A PAIN IN THE NECK. ANYWAY, WE REACHED MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AT 10:30. WE ATE OUR LUNCH THERE AFTER WE RECEIVED OUR RED PACKETS AND PLAYED WITH OTHER COUSINS THAT WERE THERE. AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S PLACE. THERE WERE MORE RELATIVES OVER THERE AND WE RECEIVED MORE RED PACKETS. FOR THERE WERE MORE CHILDREN THERE, WE PLAYED THERE LONGER. WE PLAYED BLACK JACK WITH SMALL BETS, OTHELO, SCRABBLE, WORLD OF WARCRAFT ON THE COMPUTER AND OTHER GAMES ON OUR GAME CONSOLES. WE PLAYED UNTIL SEVEN, WE HAD OUR DINNER AFTER THAT. WE CONTINUED OUR GAMES FOR AN HOUR OR SO THEN LEFT FOR HOME WITH MY AUNT WHO HAD CAME BACK FROM THE TEMPLE.

DAY 2:
SOME OF MY MOTHER'S SISTERS AND BROTHERS CAME OVER FOR TEA AND DINNER. MANY OF THEM ENJOYED MY MOTHER'S FRESHLY BAKED SUJEE BISCUIT, I WAS RATHER SICK OF IT ALREADY. AFTER OUR EARLY DINNER, WE WENT UP TO PLAY. SOME PLAYED MY COUSIN YAN WEN'S PS2, WHILE OTHERS ( ME, MY SISTER, MY COUSIN SHU JING, SHU RUI, AND GOLDIE ) WENT INTO MY SISTER LAURA'S ROOM FOR CHATS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE MANAGED TO TALK FROM GAME CONSOLES TO MICHEAL. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DISLIKED HIM AND OTHERS. A SHORT WHILE AFTERWARDS, WE WENT TO ENJOY OUR DESERT. WE HAD A HORROR MOVIE AFTER THAT AND LATER MY AUNTS AND UNCLES LEFT.

DAY 3:
- NOTHING MUCH -

DAY 4:
WE PLANNED TO WATCH A MOVIE 'AH LONG PTE LTD' THAT DAY, BUT WE WERE AFRAID WE WOULD MISS THE TICKETS ( WHICH WERE OUT OF STOCK FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS ) , BUT FORTUNATELY, WE MANAGE TO GET THE LAST FEW. BRENDON, SHU JING, LAURA, GOLDIE, YAN WEN AND BRENDON WENT, AND SO SADLY, MICHEAL HAD TO TAG ALONG TO AMK HUB, TO DO HIS "SHOPPING", WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE STEALING FOR HE WAS SUSPECTED OF STEALING BRENDON'S DVD A FEW DAYS AGO FOR IT WAS IN HIS BAG. COINCIDENTALLY THAT DAY ( FOR LESS CONFUSION, TODAY ) , BRENDON'S HAND PHONE COINCIDENTALLY WAS MISSING ( AND WE SUSPECTED HIM AGAIN ) . GOLDIE'S MOTHER, AUNT PEGGY PAID FOR OUR TICKETS AND THEN SHE LEFT FOR HER SHOPPING, WHILE WE WATCHED OUR MOVIE, MICHEAL HAD FINALLY LEFT FOR HIS "STEALING". THE MOVIE HAD A RATHER LOUSY ENDING, BUT IT WAS VERY FUNNY IN THE MIDST, I ALMOST LAUGHED MY HEADS OFF, TOO BAD BRENDON DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE HOKKIEN VERSES, WHICH WAS ADDING TO THE HUMOUR. AFTER THE MOVIE, MICHEAL MET US AND HE, TOGETHER WITH YAN WEN AND BRENDON, WENT TO SHOP AND PLAY ARCADE, WHILE SHU JING, GOLDIE, LAURA AND ME WENT TO MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE TO CHANGE, WHICH WAS SHU JING'S RESIDENTIAL PLACE. THEN WE LEFT FOR MY AUNT KEZIA'S HOUSE. WE MET BRENDON, YAN WEN AND MICHEAL THERE. WE PLAYED A FEW ROUNDS OF 'BIG 2' OR WE CHINESE CALL IT 'DAIDI'. AFTER THAT, IT WAS MAHJONG. I LEARNT TO PLAY IT WITH AUNT KEZIA'S HELP. IT WAS RATHER, OR ACTUALLY VERY ADDICTIVE, BUT WE MANAGED TO STOP AND GO HOME, I WAS EXTREMELY IRRITATED WITH MICHEAL 'AWW...'S, OR 'YAY!'S OR WHATEVER STUPID DIALOGUES. AND I WAS EVEN MORE IRRITATED WHEN WE WERE IN THE CAR. WHILE WAITING FOR THE CAR TO ARRIVE, I TOLD GOLDIE, WHO WAS ALSO WAITING FOR HER DAD, THAT HE IS LIKE 18, AND HE IS STILL LIKE A LITTLE 3 YEAR OLD KID, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE VOCABULARY. NOT LONG AFTER, THE CARS ARRIVED, AND WE SO SADLY DEPARTED, WHILE RELUCTANTLY SAYING HELLO TO OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.