Its the third day of CHINESE NEW YEAR ! and its so boring and here I am doing my homework ! it doesn't seem like a CNY to me as its quite dead this year. Even my mother and my friends agree unanimously that there is no CNY mood this year. I don't know why too. Its like there is something amiss and it ain't felt right. Like the time of festive is not here yet. Nevermind about that. At least I got to celebrate it and enjoy on the first day.
I wake up in the morning and there is no CNY mood. It felt like another ordinary day, changed to my new clothes and "bai nian" to my parents. We took a family photo at home and went to my paternal grandparents house first with my new shoes on. Drank the red dates tea and waited for my uncles and aunts to arrive. After we had finished saying good words to my uncles and aunties, we went to my maternal grandparents house. My grandmother had prepared lots of good food ! There was curry chicken (my fav) and also braised duck. It was damn good ! I love my grandmother's culinary skills ! She's the best ! :) After that my cousin came along and we played cards the whole day. I practically stayed there till like 7 plus. It was a fruitful day i guess. :)
The second day of new year, which was yesterday, iI finally went to HAW PAR VILLA ! I was damn excited as the agenda was decided last minute when we were on the route home after we had finished lunch with my paternal grandparents and uncles. I heard from my parents and my both my sisters that it had changed alot from the past. Both of my sisters went when they were young but when it was my turn to go, HAW PAR VILLA was down for renovation. Thus I missed the chance to go. I always feel so sad that I was the only one who didn't went there before but I had the chance now. We took lots of photos and had lots of fun. Lucky for me, there was not much of the sun appearing and it was not that hot. We went to the 18 levels of hell and I find i quite fascinating. There, they showed the different courts in hell where you will be banished to according to what bad deeds you have done, like cutting out the tongue for continuous lying. It was really an eye-opener to me as I always find it interesting to know such things. :) After that, I went home satisfied. ")