Xing Nian Kuai Le!
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year), and life is more or less back to normal. We were kind of fortunate this year that the first and second days of CNY fell on Thursday and Friday respectively. This meant that we all had a long weekend. (enjoyed best by non-Chinese as they could take the opportunity to leave the country for a short break if they so wished. For the Chinese, this means more time for celebrating.
The first day was the most tiring for me personally, as I had 8 visits to make before the day was done. The day started at 8.30am when we left for my PIL's place. That was followed by a visit to JH's uncle, his aunt, and another uncle. We were supposed to be at my aunt's place for lunch at 12.30pm, but only managed to arrive at about 1pm. After a sumptious lunch, we visited my mum (together with my bro whom we met up with at my aunt's), then my grandma, and finally my dad.
Fortunately I managed to borrow an aunt's car (she wasn't in town). I do not know how we could have managed otherwise - makesme wonder about next year. (I had inquired about renting a car, but for the CNY period, car rental companies were only willing to rent in one week blocks - at S$700+ :O)
What I found interesting is that different families have different approaches to visiting. For example, for both my paternal and maternal families, we tend to meet up with the extended family at 1 place (each) for the first day. (If we missed anyone that day, we would then visit them on the other days) It was more or less the same for Mr Milo's maternal family. As for his paternal family, each and every relative had to be visited separately. Which makes for a tiring new year. :)
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year), and life is more or less back to normal. We were kind of fortunate this year that the first and second days of CNY fell on Thursday and Friday respectively. This meant that we all had a long weekend. (enjoyed best by non-Chinese as they could take the opportunity to leave the country for a short break if they so wished. For the Chinese, this means more time for celebrating.
The first day was the most tiring for me personally, as I had 8 visits to make before the day was done. The day started at 8.30am when we left for my PIL's place. That was followed by a visit to JH's uncle, his aunt, and another uncle. We were supposed to be at my aunt's place for lunch at 12.30pm, but only managed to arrive at about 1pm. After a sumptious lunch, we visited my mum (together with my bro whom we met up with at my aunt's), then my grandma, and finally my dad.
Fortunately I managed to borrow an aunt's car (she wasn't in town). I do not know how we could have managed otherwise - makesme wonder about next year. (I had inquired about renting a car, but for the CNY period, car rental companies were only willing to rent in one week blocks - at S$700+ :O)
What I found interesting is that different families have different approaches to visiting. For example, for both my paternal and maternal families, we tend to meet up with the extended family at 1 place (each) for the first day. (If we missed anyone that day, we would then visit them on the other days) It was more or less the same for Mr Milo's maternal family. As for his paternal family, each and every relative had to be visited separately. Which makes for a tiring new year. :)
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