Wednesday, February 21, 2007
the chinese new year holidays are basically slacking days. days to play, days to have fun, days to eat.
for these few days i've been practically living on delicacies ranging from sharks fin, abalone, crabs, lobster and seafood. it's great to have them at first, but then you'll soon grow sick of it when you eat it for every meal.
every year my family and I will go out of Singapore to have our holidays. this year's budget and time was kind of tight, so we decided on Malaysia. on the second day of the lunar new year, we set off, rather rushy, as it was a last minute kind of thing.
in malaysia i had my first meal of the day - Abalone kway teow. ever heard of it? Basically it's just kway teow seasoned with black and light soya sauce, then in the soup, they would have all sorts of things dumped inside. bean sprouts, crab sticks, fish ball, minced meat, clam, lettuce, fish cake and most importantly, the abalone. it's kind of interesting actually, that the proportion of the soup is way larger than the kway teow.
the first day in malaysia was supposed to be one that was fun, so we went to do stuff that all my female family and relatives like to do - shopping. and this was what i bought:
i have no idea what it is called. but it somehow gives the false impression that you're wearing two pieces of clothing when actually it is just one. and i like the fact that it has this chain dangling around in the middle, and the blue jewels. well, talk about a fashion sense change. i don't know what came over me when i saw it, there's just this urge to buy it. well, i also bought another green one. and a pair of jeans. why, half of my ang pow money is gone already.
temple trip comes next. unbelievably, i've managed to offer all 250 joss sticks to all 200+ deities in the temple. oh and did i mentioned the size of the temple was the size of 4 football fields? it is really a unique experience, where you step into the temple, get overwhelmed by the scent of the joss sticks rushing up your nose, into your head. yes, and your eyes would hurt. i managed to walk through the whole temple, offering joss sticks and coming out alive. i'm a survivor.
the rest of the journey, well, it's best if you don't know. ask me if you want to know all right?
oh and one more thing, on the journey back, we had an arduous 3 hour jam in the custom examinations. looks like the malaysian customs aren't doing their jobs well. their lights weren't even on!
this post was written in a hurry so i hope you don't mind the abrupt changes. well, see you tomorrow.
left himself a note;
8:20 PM
