my side of the story... wanna hear it?: dong dong chang no more

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

cny is over, to me at least... even though it is supposed to be 15 days long, but what the heck... school starts = cny over; i'm quite sure a lot of people agree with me... but anyways, to sum up my cny... this years cny for me is very very much more quiet compared to the previous years... i went to my grandma's house on cny eve... i was kinda expecting a lot of people to visit my grandma on the 1st day of cny like every other year... but surprisingly, NO one visited my grandma...! i was kinda dumbfounded... i was expecting at least SOMEONE to come, but what to do... when i say no one, i mean far away relatives like in malacca, not those staying within a 20km radius from my grandma's house... now, the most important (or maybe not so important?) thing every single person below 20 years old and is not married is of course the red packets...! this year, however, is not such a good year for ang pau collecting... economy must be bad i think... i don think i collected a lot this year... but, what the heck... money is important, but not that important... next, food...! glorious, glorious food...!! ah... i LOVE cny snacks and biscuits... they are so good... yum~~ the interesting thing is, i discovered a few different types of cny snacks this year... something new that i have never seem before...

as u can see, the one on the left which is slightly more yellow in colour is actually *drum roll* seaweed...! fried seaweed...!! imagine that... i never thought i would eat something like this but damn, it's nice... the one on the right which is more reddish in colour is actually *jeng jeng jeng* spicy cornflakes with ikan bilis and peanuts...! spicy CORNFLAKES....! *gasp* but they taste awesome... i ate so much during cny... i nearly lost my voice... i whacked nearly a whole tin of kuih kapit... kuih kapit and egg rolls are my favourite cny snacks... on sunday, my aunts, uncles and cousins came down to klang to have dinner at a seafood restaurant... and guess what my aunt gave my mom... she gave her a gold tablet (i can't find the proper word)... well, at least it looks like one...

it's actually a hamper... hahaha... and i thought i saw every type of hamper ever made...! boy, was i wrong... so wrong... anyway... i have yet to see the contents as it is not opened yet... but all in all, this years cny is ok... won't say fantastic, but still it wasn't too bad... schools started already... time to go sleep... ;)