The Year of the Golden Pig came with much a whimper, though it was a rather long whimper. With Day 1 of CNY on a Sunday, we had an extra day on Tuesday to make up for it. The Company was also great to give another day off for me - so it's a rather long weekend to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
As years go by, the celebrations within the family gets wee-bit tone down gradually. Mom as usual whipped up a bomb for reunion dinner - almost 8 course dinner and it was almost a sin to try all 8 dishes. But heck - there's always gym. Prior to that, went down to Vivocity to pick up my new pair of Levis jeans before returning home to help wash the car and the floor - a CNY-eve tradition that used to be done by my parents and my brothers. Anyway, it's the same amount of car, same amount of floor space, but just me, mom, dad and the maid.
The next day, with both brothers and the in-laws not following with us, it was just down to me to bring Mom and Dad around to visit our relatives. Thankfully, the aunties weren't badgering me with the usual "when you getting married" questions. Probably cause they already knew of the flat. Anyway, the ang baos still there for me...though it'll also probably be my last time getting them...
Visiting was over by evening before heading over to Yann's place for dinner. The night ended with a round of mahjung at Bra's place. The losing streak was gone when I ended the night with a nice S$10 profit.
Next day was all about food, relatives and friends visiting. Damper of the day was the light drizzle that almost nearly became a thunderstorm. Still, it was a rather wet second day. Was out with Yann to her relatives before returning for dinner. Then it was off to Vivocity to catch the Ghost Rider. A rather crap movie with a rather lame performance by Nicholas Cage. Though Eva Mendes was, a nice eye candy.
The next day, and today - was just TV. There were Greys Anatomy, Dirt, CSI, CSI Miami, Heroes, 24, The Unit, Dresden Files, How I Met Your Mother and of course Battlestar Galatica. Caught all the latest episodes once I got them. A pure couch-potato day!
In between those - I squeezed in the movie Munich and also Champions League match early this morning. Imagine this, Lille, the French First Division team, doing a Thailand to protest against Giggs scoring via a quickly taken freekick. I wonder UEFA will be as lenient as the Asean Football Federation when they just gave Thailand a reprimand for that shameful walkout.
Anyway, the holidays are over - have only the weekends to look forward to now. Oh well. Work beckons.
