Haven't blogged for some time. Nothing to blog or brag about loh... What to do? Never go and find a job...

It's just routine everyday... Boring...

But now that I've heard that the 'A'-level results will be out (most likely on the 4th of March), I can't help but get anxious... and worried... what is there to worry, you say? A lot!!! My future depends on it! And now I'm regretting again, like I had always have...

Please let it be good...

Guess what? I'm hearing loud noises outside now... the night sky is lit with firecrackers! Not those simple types that go up and 'pop', but rather a miniature type of those you see in big events like National Day celebrations or international sport events. Seems like Malaysians are getting better off... I never got to see these 2 years ago before I left for Singapore, and now it's like everywhere! And I get to see it for free! Haha... anyway, the newspapers have been writing about it these few days (it's a double offence you know... prohibited by law, but who cares? What's Chinese New Year without firecrackers?).

Much more firecrackers are being lit today because of the Hokkiens, who are a majority here. Apart from usual Chinese New Year celebrations they also celebrate a festival on 初九 (ninth day of CNY). From what my dad told me when I was small, on this day centuries ago, the Hokkiens successfully evaded their enemies when they hid in the sugarcane forest or something, so that's why they'll put out 2 stalks of sugarcane outside their houses on this day... Hope I got this right...

On 初七 I went out with my family to 捞鱼生 with a friend's family. We're quite close as my dad knows his dad, my mom knows his mom and my sis knows his sis and I know him. It is not the real 鱼生 as we went to a vegetarian restaurant...Haha... it was all my idea actually. I 'encouraged' my family to take up such a tradition when I was in primary school and I learnt about 人日(Human Day) from 星星报 (an educational magazine). This day is to celebrate humans basically... so everyone comes together to 'lau sang' and wish for prosperity, wealth, health etc. Kinda nice, huh?

Back from my relative's houses...

I dunno about my other Malaysian friends, but Chinese New Year seems to be getting boring for me... *sigh*... Perhaps it's because I'm not so close to the relatives on my father's side... they don't incline to speak English, we don't have much things to talk about, and my grandmother speaks Hakka, which I don't and can barely understand...

Still, this year was quite nice... Since I didn't go back to Malaysia last year, this year my 七叔 (seventh uncle-- I've got 8 uncles and 3 aunts on my dad's side) greeted me with: “四眼仔，我认得你！” （sai ngan zai, ngo ying dak nei!-- excerpt from 功夫, Kung Fu Hustle) Haha... a good start for me. You see, usually I don't quite enjoy being in my grandmother's house in Sekinchan, when I was small I usually stay in the room and read books... but this year was OK! The food tasted much better! My mum says my appetite for food has changed... becoming more carnivorous (Roar!)...

Apart from Sekinchan, I also went to meet my relatives from my mother's side in Klang. Wan Ying 姐姐 (my 表姐) who I haven't met for about 4~5 years came back from the US. 二舅 and his wife came all the way from Melbourne! Too bad their two daughters didn't come... if not, it would've really been a "reunion"... Oh, and I met my 2 表侄女 (daughter of my cousin)... my rank was "upgraded" 5 years ago... haha... one of them is actually the same age as my youngest sister... but my sister higher ranked! Haha...

Had a pleasant surprise when we came back to BP... a bird had built a nest in our mulberry tree... so sweet! ... I just saw the bird today... I hope it makes a stable nest...