CNY in General

These are some of the things that I like about CNY

1. Holidays, relaxing time.

2. Meeting up with friends.

3. Food and more food. I have been good. Though I like mandarin oranges, I did not take a single one cos my throat has been acting up a bit.

4. Smooth traffic though some drivers are on holiday mood so much until they are driving 25-30km/hr on internal road and 40km/hr on major road!

But there are also some things that particularly irk me during CNY

1. When cousins or their wives give me angpow, they would ask when it’s my turn to give their children. I mean if you wanna give, just give. And keep quiet. Otherwise don’t give at all. I would not blame them if they do not give any. That is why last year and this year, I chose not to attend their open house.

2. The hot weather.

3. Restaurants would charge exobirtant prices for their food. At least there are some that still maintain at the same prices.

4. The sound of the drum from lion dance or unicorn waking me up instead of the chooks or dogs.

5. The sound of firecrackers is so deafening until sometimes car alarms would go off.