Feb. 13th, 2010 11:49 pm
Happy Chinese New Year!
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pavarianHappy Chinese New Year! Hope the year of the Tiger will be a good one.. =)
Spent seven hours cleaning my house today. It's funny how the longer you spend overseas, the more important the traditions become. Yet another way to alleviate the homesickness. The problem with me and spring cleaning, is, well, I'm OCD. Everything takes twice as long when you're anal =_= So yes, my house right now is seriously CLEAN. It's practically shining. O_o Took out 6 bags of trash. The neighbours were probably looking at me weird. LOL
Reunion dinner was a rather subdued affair - met up with two other friends for a simple dinner at a cafe. None of the fancy New Year dishes, nor the usual raucous surroundings. In fact the cafe was pretty quiet and empty, which made me feel rather...homesick at the end of it. Spent the last hour calling relatives. Hearing the noisy laughter in the background makes me want to go home NOW! I miss my CNY days... lol Though I'm seriously grateful for skype and long distance phonecalls. I'd be miserable otherwise! lol
This year's CNY is interesting though, it's the same as V-Day. I wonder how the asians are dealing with that. My theory is that CNY comes before V-Day simply because, well, it's the first day of CNY! No time to date - need to visit the gazillion relatives. LOL
Now the only thing is, what to do tomorrow. Hm. Houston doesn't give one many alternatives when one's friends are all hooked up and busy. =_=
Spent seven hours cleaning my house today. It's funny how the longer you spend overseas, the more important the traditions become. Yet another way to alleviate the homesickness. The problem with me and spring cleaning, is, well, I'm OCD. Everything takes twice as long when you're anal =_= So yes, my house right now is seriously CLEAN. It's practically shining. O_o Took out 6 bags of trash. The neighbours were probably looking at me weird. LOL
Reunion dinner was a rather subdued affair - met up with two other friends for a simple dinner at a cafe. None of the fancy New Year dishes, nor the usual raucous surroundings. In fact the cafe was pretty quiet and empty, which made me feel rather...homesick at the end of it. Spent the last hour calling relatives. Hearing the noisy laughter in the background makes me want to go home NOW! I miss my CNY days... lol Though I'm seriously grateful for skype and long distance phonecalls. I'd be miserable otherwise! lol
This year's CNY is interesting though, it's the same as V-Day. I wonder how the asians are dealing with that. My theory is that CNY comes before V-Day simply because, well, it's the first day of CNY! No time to date - need to visit the gazillion relatives. LOL
Now the only thing is, what to do tomorrow. Hm. Houston doesn't give one many alternatives when one's friends are all hooked up and busy. =_=
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