Ushering In That Rabbit

Was feeling quite sick moments ago so I decided to blog to take my mind off how queasy I feel...

Chinese New Year (CNY) definitely wasn't the same this year. The first two days saw no semblance of any celebration whatsoever. It didn't help that my area here was like a ghost town and my parents went to Malacca. I couldn't tag along with the family as I had an assignment to do. I can guarantee I would have happily pestered my Chinese aunts and uncles over there for 'ang paus' and totally forgotten I had an assignment waiting for me.

I thought the holidays would go downhill from there. It didn't though. I conveniently forget that the surprise of CNY always reveals itself to me much later.

I just miss making the usually rounds of visiting family friends. Lesser red packets OK!

Personally, I believe my year always starts on CNY. I don't know why? I just do. I really am a little too Chinese for my own good I suppose.

Bye bye tiger.

Hello rabbit.

This CNY is my year! Well, in more ways than one at least... And I'm going to be the most fiery rabbit I can be!

Totally random, but did you know that those who were born between the CNY of 1987 and before the CNY of 1988 are fire rabbits? Sounds very cool to me. My brother is an earth rabbit (he was born in 1999).

What better way to begin my celebration for the occasion than to 'bai nian' with my fellow rabbits? I have all kinds of reunions during the CNY. I'm actually very blessed.

As far as I know, I still have loads of plans for CNY. All this celebrating and experiencing CNY with new friends makes me believe even more that things really do happen for a reason. One door closes another opens.

I finally learned to gamble and I'm not bad at it. Blackjack or 'chor dai dee' anyone? My presence is quite 'ong' for some of my friends. Start buttering me up if you wanna win big.

The year of the rabbit has begun and I have many personal plans for it. As much as I try to explain everything that happened in the past year it will not change how last year turned out. I won't make excuses. It happened. Screw that.

It's a new year. Not a clean slate. But a new year nonetheless. I'm hoping and willing for the best.

Hope is my gift and my curse. I shall bear with it.

Sometimes, I think I love celebrating CNY more than Christmas.

-conRad-