追遠II.

somehow i feel that we should not scrimp during the chinese new year, even though there’s still a harsh economic climate.

went to the market today with my mum to purchase some traditional stuff that’s used for cny. stuff like leek (so that will have money to 算), fruits and incense paper. drew some 福 for the house. decorated pussy willows and ate the pastries. somehow im getting into the festive mood.

personally, though some may say this is the time to save and such, but i believe that traditions are there for a reason. to get everyone into the mood and such. why (cos of money especially) should we dilute our culture and such. modernity has eroded our culture, and that is a regrettable thing.

had peranakan style dinner today with family with all the typical reunion dishes. yumyum, im proud of this culture, the colours and the vibrancy. the spices and the smells.

visited my maternal grandparents after that and just talked, about chinese new year and such. yay, my ahma is cooking her curry tomorrow. haha, the straits times quote that peranakan culture is carried by the women is so true.

reunion dinner at my paternal side tomorrow. steamboat (: another side of myself to explore for tomorrow. it somehow saddens me that as years pass by, at my paternal side, the people are getting less and less, as more of my uncles and aunts have their own families and such. i like the noise, the ra-ra, hope this will return someday.

im exploring more and more about myself. and glad to say, im more and more proud of it.

追遠 —— 我們要越追越遠，對自己要更了解。

-hugs- (:

latas

Celebrations.

cny celebrations yesterday, a little different from high school, with all the other stuff, like mass lo-hei. and we went back to visit some other sec4 teachers as well. quite a nice trip i guess, especially how we are ex-students ler.

then went to watch love matters. purely just for laughs and no good plot. but we had a fun time laughing and laughing luh. lai meng’s performance was superb as usual.

random looking around town area afterwards and kuaychap for dinner! (:

i just need some people to be there. one, two or just three.

latas

Last Day.

ahh. last day of work today, gonna miss the people ): thanks for the care and food! ^^

pre-jc life has been quite ._. just 2h of lessons per day. went hcco pract yesterday, could only play xiyangyang, must ganbatte for the other songs!

sometimes i so wanna smack you in your face.

thanks for what you have said&done (: i’m always here.

latas

To Know. Or Not.

is it better to know more, or is it better to not know anything at all?

does it make one feel better to know more about something and be dissapointed or sad, or rather to be kept in the dark, hopefully to not know anything?

is ignorance really bliss?

latas

let the rain fall down;
and wake my dreams;
let it wash away;
my sanity;
’cause I wanna feel the thunder;
i wanna scream.

Life.

had a wonderful conversation with colleagues today. talked about everything related to life and work. ahh really understood more about perceptions and such. today was supposedly last day ler, but they still need people, so i decided to work next week a few hours too (:

and big boss treated us to jap food today. hahah, those quite ex kind cos he struck lottery. then we went to some warehouse sale to buy stuff.

ahhh.

latas

we just proved that two people can do the same thing for the same reason at the same time.

Headache.

my head is seeing stars, after all the numbers and such. imagine searching a series of numbers in like a sea of them ._. but there’s new food today! some cracker with pork/chicken floss on it (: yumyum.

on a brighter note, i bought the david archuleta CD! his songs are pretty nice, considering that he’s only like 18 years old.

and the new commercials on dengue fever is -don’t know what to say-

別總是羡慕別人；
看似華麗緣分；
誰都有不能說的傷痕。

Stuff. Experiences.

(:

im happy!

work ending in few days time, omg i miss this job so much. the table, the colleagues, the money and finally the food! like everytime have food to eat from chocolate, goreng pisang, muffins etc. (:

meeting classmates again was nice too, esp, considering that our class performed pretty well for o’s!

went to watch redcliff today. quite nice luh, considering the effects and improvements in acting! but as usual, i think we are cursed or something, always cant watch the full movie w/o any hiccups. haha

latas

you’re the only one;
who really knew me at all.

追遠。

so my mum brought me on a malacca trip yesterday (even though i didnt want to at first), but it was quite a good trip i suppose, albeit the bus problems.

so it was dubbed the little nyonya trail, and the bus was kelong like shit. first was aircon breakdown so we had to wait for 1.5h for another bus in ulu johor. then after that was key jam and engine couldnt start. -.-’ so in order not to be featured in tnp or wanbao, they compensated us dinner.

we reached malacca around noon then there was the peranakan lunch, but was not as good as i thought it would, cos my ahma’s one tasted much better lor. then there was this cooking demo, so learnt how to cook new dishes and such.

then it was visit to the baba/nyonya heritage museum, which was like stepping really into an authentic peranakan house (cos it originally was), with all the deco and architecture still in place. quite cool place to see all the stuff. and we saw some familiar scenes, like the doorway when 劉一刀 came to propose 月娘 and the altar which inspired the ancestral hall. and the words 追遠 were inscribed onto it.

come to think of it, perhaps this might be considered one of my 追遠 trips? learning more about part of myself and seeing things that has been gradually eroded away in modern times.

then was walking around the historic streets and shopping at jonker street. bought some stuff and a shirt.

then was long way home, so tired. then they compensated the dinner at some chinese restaurant which i think is even more ex than the whole trip itself. (:

ride home was super tiring so just sleep and such. glad to have known more people (most of them are perankans too).

cleaning up home now.

latas

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First Tuesday.

有时候，独自一个人走是件好事。

today is supposedly one of those days when you just dont want to be around with people. home was too noisy to stay in cos of construction noise, so decided on a little trip around singapore.

hopped on the mrt, decided to explore some new shopping mall first and have lunch, so decided on liang court. liang court is still dull as ever, but meidi-ya still saves the day with all the jap stuff and food. bought some stuff there for tmr and family.

then took some bus to esplanade park to read. sit on the bench, face the basin/man-made lake and read. sometimes the idea of just spending time alone is therapeutic. nobody to disturb you, disrupt your flow of life and see how fate takes you in the end.

then after two hours, decided to take the first bus then i saw, so up on the bus i go, listening to music and just watch the world go by. sometimes the idea of having nothing to care about, nothing to think about makes life much happier bah. and i ended up in woodlands after 1.5h?

then took some bus this time to meet with family for dinner cos my bro is enlisting tmr.

sometimes, one needs to escape the hustle and bustle of a city, especially for a city dweller. perhaps this is my own form of therapy bah. thats why i also like night time in parks/meadows/beaches when you can just look up to the sky and lose yourself.

latas