first off after 2 weeks of night shift.
left work slightly earlier to rest at home after my flu worsened.
NeuNeu came by to pick me up at 5am, and left in the afternoon for his family's reunion dinner after accompanying me for a bit.
my own family reunion dinner started around 5pm and ended before 8pm.
spent some time online afterwards with Sel Sel,
then NeuNeu came back again after his dinner.
i played half a round of mahjong then hit the sack for my "recovery rest",
while the rest of them continued till 4am.
2009.01.26
reserved for his paternal family.
started the day by visiting his family.
then left together to his 伯伯 (paternal uncle) for visiting,
and it was over to his 姑媽 (paternal auntie) home for the usual feast.
last stop was back at his home, where we took some rest before sending his relatives back on our way to Boon's.
it was CNY Pandemonium!
initally Nono and Mary couldn't make it so there was only Sel, Ling, me and NeuNeu.
afterwards Shan joined us and we psycho-ed Mary to come by after her family gathering.
after the usual Black Jack, we played HEART ATTACK.
i ended up with 2 bruises on the back of my hands. k u a k u a.
2009.01.27
reserved for his maternal family.
woke up late after the mayhem the previous night.
though we arrived at his 舅舅 (maternal uncle)'s home no earlier than 3pm, there was no-one else there yet.
exchanged greetings, sat around and while Gong Gong sang his favorite songs from a
Cantonese opera collection and the rest of the family started streaming in.
this year they invited the Lion Dance troop on this day instead of 初一,
so all of us got to watch the entire performance in his house.
afterwards it was...
more food, more drinks, more snacks, more gambling, more mayhem.
2009.01.28
we promised to help his buddy with his final year project showcase, so we ran around the island for the whole day.
stopped before 7pm and left for Alexandra to meet his ex-colleagues and friends for another round of feasting.
Alex, Penelope, Anders, Adrian together with a few others.
the food was slow. like REALLY slow. and it all officially started only around 8.30pm.
and being famished, every dish was snapped up within minutes by everyone.
split up around 11pm when the dinner ended.
we made a quick trip to JB for petrol, and was back around 2am to catch up on sleep.
2009.01.29
we were supposed to bring Ah Po out to her sister-in-law's home.
but something else cropped up unexpectedly, so it was postponed to the following day.
we decided to meet up with his mom, godmom and goddad as planned but headed to Loyang Tua Pek Gong instead.
after the prayers, NeuNeu drove them to my place.
we had another round of food, drinks and mahjong.
after sending all of them home,
we met Joanne at Boon Keng.
we sauntered around Bugis, drove up
to Esplanade and River Hong Bao, then walked over to the Singapore Flyers (which, unfortunately, was already closed by then)
by the time finished supper with Adrian, it was already 1am.
sent Joanne back to the hotel, then back to his place.
2009.01.30
despite sleeping no earlier than 2am the night before, we woke up at 8.30am to pick up his grandma and godmom to visit his 舅婆 (grandma's brother's wife... complex eh).
the SOP (Standard Operational Protocol) of chit chat, drinks and snacks.
we were off to the temporary Tekka market for brunch.
dropped godmom at Novena MRT, then dropped his mom back at home and then we headed back to my house.
MORE gambling.
i dozed off for a bit while they were playing mahjong.
then woke up to take over mommy for the second half.
NeuNeu left after dinner, and the rest of us continued to play a new round before calling it a day.
by golly...
our CNY's are always occupied with lots of travelling, visiting, gambling.
Lunar New Year days are always busy but i'm lovin' it!
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