As i start this to write this post, I'm still thinking of how this post will be like.
There's a lot for me to update on, so please bear with me, especially this long post.
Happy Lunar New Year to all of my readers!
(I know it's a bit late though, but we celebrate it for 15 days, don't we?)
So let me start off with Chinese New Year eve, alright.
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Chinese New Year eve, 30th January 2014
Thank goodness that there isn't any lessons on that day. I was pretty sure that I won't be attending any lessons for the eve since the first day of 2014! Of course, it made my visit to my alma mater for the Chinese New Year celebration possible.
I was quite disappointed that most of us (in the exco) can't make it due to studies and tutorial. But no worries, exams are coming up and i definitely feel them. I just happened to make it since there wasn't any tutorials lol.
The excos present were me, Ben and Calista.
I never thought about joining in in the celebration at first since i was about to leave for Malaysia in the afternoon. But it was the 'LouHei' that attracted my attention. lol. I bet you didn't know that.
The performance was actually quite boring to me, and i was really hoping that it will be over. But still, I must thank those who managed to make this celebration happen. I mean, there should still be some appreciation isn't it?
Overall, the attendance were pretty fair and expected. Great to see those teachers and those fresh graduates again back in Greendale.
So this year, like previously, I'm returning to my Grandmother house at Muar Town in Malaysia. Definitely did encountered heavy traffic throughout the whole journey. And i believe that most of you went overseas? (especially when I saw one of my friends leaving for Seoul just before Chinese New Year)
Honestly, I hope I'm able to go overseas alone or with my friends one day. (*hint hint*)
Anyway, I'm quite surprised that there is a Baskin Robbins outlet in the middle of the expressway in Malaysia. Managed to get the double scoop Regular size at only RM15.80. Okay, maybe a little bit cheaper than Singapore though. lol. Here's a selfie and a shot with my mum.
MUAR TOWN
So after about 1 plus hour on the expressway, we reached Muar Town and like many times previously, we definitely need some FRESH petrol. hahaha. Anyway here's a photo of the shophouse in Muar Town. I remembered taking photo of this shophouse last year in the morning, just before the sun rises.
*Fast Forward to 11.30pm*
The sky of Muar Town is spectacular. You could even see dozens of stars with your naked eyes. That's because of low light pollution there compared to Singapore. Unfortunately, i didn't really have the equipments that i need in order to take those "milky way" or "galaxy" kind of photo. (PROMISE: NEXT TIME)
I kinda regret that I did not bring along my tripod as well and I actually have to use a box as a tripod.
(See this: https://twitter.com/21december_/status/428935266187755521/photo/1 )
Nevertheless i did managed to take some great shots!
And one thing great about being in Malaysia is that we get to shoot fireworks without police intervention etc.
And I happened to be on a field when the clock struck 12am. Guess what happened? I was surrounded with fireworks shooting up in the sky. It's like all those debris coming down from the sky, landing on the field. And gosh, I'M IN THE FIELD. I'm literally in the centre of the fireworks shooting area. But the good thing is that I managed to see something that is being rarely seen in Singapore.
Chinese New Year Day 1, 31st January 2014
Outfit of the Day: Aeropostale X Denim Jean X Lee Cooper
Started the day with quite a number of bangs as i mentioned earlier on. It's going to be a great year ahead. The first house that we visited was in Malacca and we took about 45mins to get there.
So it wasn't a relative that we visited but an old best friend of my mum, whom used to rent a room in the old house of mine in Kovan when I was very young. Apparently, i didn't have any memory about her.
Anyway, I wished i could stay longer in Malacca as it was like my first time there in like about 4-5years. There's lot of great scenery there, like the famous red houses. Ahh. I shall visit it the next time!
Selfies of the Day
After that (short) Malacca visit, we visited my aunt house back at Muar and I was really bored, so i took a photo with their Merc. lol
Chinese New Year Day 2, 1st February 2014
Outfit of the day and its detail.
Abercrombie and Fitch X Rolex X Lee Cooper X Denim Jeans
Managed to take a full extended family photo on the third day in order to welcome our new family member, JiaJun. (baby cousin, he's gonna be 3 soon!) Our previous family photo was only taken like, in 2010 during my uncle's wedding. So it's like surprising and a fun thing to do this year! And it was my idea to actually take a full extended family photo. And I'll be framing it up and hang it in my Grandmother's house.
After that messy and noisy discussion of getting who to stand here and there, we finally set off to visit some relatives and I swear the weather in Muar is really unforgiving. It's like around 33Deg Cel in the day and about 23DegCel in the night. How i wish it's cooler. (*hint hint*)
Photo with my Beloved Sister
Chinese New Year Day 3, 2nd February 2014
Outfit of the Day
Polka Dots Shirt X Rolex X Denim Chino Shorts X Lee Cooper
Was back in Singapore around 4pm in the afternoon and you will never believe what we actually bring in with us. 100packets of Otah ! Enough for a whole year. This Otah brand is actually 'XiaoMei Otah' from Muar. We managed to find it after some searching on the net. Heard about this brand previously when my mum went to Batu Pahat last year and she brought some back! It taste better than the usual one we bought from Muar ever year.
Well, about 40 plus packets are actually ours though. The rest are for gifts or distribution.
In addition, there are also gifts like wife cakes, salted bean cakes etc brought from YongSeng gift shop. (the one and only F&B gift shop that we rely on)
The whole boot of the car was actually filled with goods and foods. My goodness. There's barely enough space to accommodate our luggage.
And then, the favourite part of Chinese New Year, gambling. My uncle was the one who ended up eating all our bets. I BET HE WON 200 BUCKS. Gosh, we lost about 60 bucks.
That pretty much sums up my first 3 days of Chinese New Year. I really hope that it's gonna be a good February ahead, especially with those exams and presentation coming up. Not forgetting about Direct Polytechnic Admission opening ceremony and orientation. There's really too much to fret over.
*note 1: All photos are edited on hand through Google Snapseed.
*note 2: Credits to Joyce (Beloved Sister) for certain photos
*note 3: Photo from DSLR camera are not edited yet. Will update this post with more pictures later.
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