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I wasn’t thinking of celebrating Chinese New Year. In fact, there was no one at home to celebrate with. I didnt get off from work till 12pm and Megan (my colleage) asked me out for a drink in town at the famous white beer pub. After 2 hours of ‘beer-under-sunshine’ session, I decided to do something for CNY.After all, I am Malaysian and we celebrate everything–CNY, Raya Aidilfitri, Deevapali and X’mas!! =)

I rushed to local Post Office, bought this Lunar New Year Zodia Sheetlet. =) I had a Rooster one from last year.

I sent out few copies of postcards.. Last minute effort…as usual…Malaysian style.

I received a card from a good friend of mine who is currently working as a DJ in 988 radio station Malaysia. Cool. It has been awhile.
I’ve got another classic chinese card from Chin Beng koko (brother), another old friend of mine. We used to write to each other. I still keep those letters he sent me.. 200++ letters all together =)
Before the shops close, I managed to get some ‘Chinese’ stuffs. All of a sudden, I wanted to decorate my house! I bought a box of tissue paper! A red flowerish box!! So Chinese-New-Year… *smile*

Oh well, I am not sure whether it was a true smile from my heart.. or just a way to suppress my tears from falling off and the feeling of missing everyone at home, especially my lovely parents. Every year at this time, mum and dad will make sure we are all ready for the celebrations, getting everything organised–reunion dinner, prayers, new (red) clothes, dusting or sweeping the floor… I have been doing all this as routine since I was little.. I quite miss them now, but what I miss the most at the moment is the entire time I spend with my family while preparing for the special event. Mum, as usual, she is the one that nag and nag and nags… Dad doesn’t say much and is usually on our side. =)

For some reasons, my aunty, my grandma will buy a new set of cooking ingredients like sesame oil, oyster sauce. I am not quite sure why. New thing for new year? I, too bought few of them whether or not for CNY sake =) I bought dried fungus, mushroom and clear vermicilli. Hmm, at this stage, I am still not sure if I will go on vegetarian food. I dont know who to cook those Teow Chew style of vegetarian food thou. I miss my grandma’s cooking. She makes fabulous Teow Chew dishes! Aw mannnn!!!! Fly me home now!!!
I bougt some YEO’S Chrysanthemum Tea!!!! Not that I need extra sugar, just that I miss the routine of having sugarish drink on CNY, and dad can’t ‘prohibit’ us from drinking them. =) Bah! don’t feel like drinking it much. CNY home alone suX! I put up my own reunion dinner. My guest of my reunion dinner is me. Just me. I tried not to cry and be cheerful as much as possible. I use my imagination to ‘decorate’ my dinning table. Thinking of dad and mum, they crack funny jokes all the time. My brothers constantly helping himself with chunky chicken drimstick and always wanting to head out with his buddies after dinner. Me and my sister, on the other hand, helping ourselves with more longan dessert drink more than anything else. =) I had couple of king prawns, chicken and fresh salmon! And my family smiles, jokes, voice… are constantly ‘playing’ in my mind.. Well, if you are going to ask me, “how’s your reunion dinner?”

My answer is: AWESOME!! (as usual)

Oh well, I think this is life. One year comes, another year gone…..

Oh yeah, I got a phone call at 12am from Kian, calling from Adelaide.
“Baby, can you please go to the bookshelf, look for Merck Mannual”
“What?” stone-stone me. =)
Ok.. I got up.. looking around the book, I found an Ang Pow (red-packet).
“You see the ‘ang pow’ there?”
“Yeah.. woOOOOw!! inside got one big stack colourful Malaysian Ringgit somemore, honey. Eh! you forgotten to bring to Adelaide?” eye opened super big, try to count how much… “Fattt Tatt” loh! ekekek.
“No! It is for you one! the ang-pow is yours!”
“Me? No!! ney… you havent even get married yet!!”
=_=”’

It is nearly 11am. I am going out soon, buy a new gold fish =)

Oh yeah! Before I forget, Wish you all a very HAPPY, PROSPEROUS and HEALTHY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!

Lotsa love,

Cynthia

Today is Australia Day. I went to Mill Point (South Perth) to join those bloody aussie to watch the skyworks(fireworks).
Hmmm… Australia~ ! I can assure you if you see how those aussies celebrate their National Day, I bet you will shock till your dead! Maybe not, but at least, to certain extend, your heart beats will drop half.

From what I can recall, 31th August Malaysia National Day is celebrated in rather very patriotic way; we have lotsa lotsa ppl go marching around in town, salute to Agong (King), we watch Tunku Abdul Rahman announced Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! in ‘Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah’.

In Australia.. they are rather way pathetic when come to celebrate National Day. Oh well, This is my personal thinking lah…maybe I am still very Malaysian, very Chinese, I still cannot accept some kind of new ‘culture’. My bad. ok? =P

First, let me introduce you…. Aussie hot chicks in aussie bikini. Wah LAU yeEh!! You think what? You think Malaysians can do this meh? If you do this, hello! That Police DiRaja Malaysia will stand infront your house already loh! AIyah, I dont know lah. Like I said, I am still very conservative when come to National Flags… No play play =)
 I think Asutralia is very pseudo-UK, very semi-America. They dont really have their culture. No icon.

If you ask those aunties and uncles “eh! what you think about ‘Ou Chew’ (australia)?” I bet their answer is gonna be like this:- Oh!! Got Kangarooooo, and the
Coca Cola bear …and the local people like to smoke in didgerido. Nah, this one, I am just kidding. But the joke is 100% right.

See, if you are aussie, you can use the flag as ’sarung’ some more. In Malaysia.. you dream lah! wahaahahh

Australia is sunny country especially in Summer like this. This is true. Hot day with high UV. And! Under this pipping hot weather, it is not hard to spot high-tempered mother yelled at her kid: You fxxking come back here, mate! Or else I will fxxking angry… fxxk you!

Australia!! How cool is that?

Oh, I wonder how much Australia Day mean to them? Aussies love their sizzling sausages and beer. If you were one of them? Does Australia Day (public holiday) is the licence for them to get more alcohol and more beer…and more aussie??? EH! This is none of your business, Cynthia, you are Malaysian, remember!? Not Australian. =)
Oh! Oh! Aussie like to wear yeallow-and-green shirt and always apply zinc or thick sunblock in their face like these blokes. They all wanna look like Shane Warne. So pathetic.
Aussies like cricket. Tell you! this is something ALL Aussie always proud of: they are always in the hot seat of World Cricket Championship! See!! How wicked is that? And guess what? How many countries that are actually in this game?

1. England 2. Sri-Lanka 3. Pakistan 4.India 5. New Zealand 6. South Africa 7. AUSTRALIA!!! Bloody seven countries in so-called world cup? LOL
Australia~~!!!!!

Haih!!!

I was tagged by Dr Chen. Wah Lau~! Seven Morning Eight Morning.. =) Aiks.. I think I better do it fast, at least before CNY, so that I dont owe people. Oh well, I am Chinese, so I have the license to be superstitious.

I watched Pride and Prejudice last night. Great Lord! Most of the time, I dont understand what the heck of English they are talking. Classic words, flowerish conversation… Consequently which make me feel like my English is “sibeh” (Hokkien=damn) suX. All I know is “Mr Darcy, Miss Benette…” Therefore, I bought the book! I really want to understand what the heck they are talking… Cut the crap. Let’s me pay my debt here:

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