Confessions of a City Slicker

CNY wouldn’t be CNY without the merciless hot sun burning down.  The kind of heat that makes you just wanna shut yourself at home with the AC on all day.  The heat bites at your flesh and makes it real hard to keep your eyes open because of the harsh glare.

Will it ever rain again?

Yet, early morning finds families in all their fineries travelling all over the place visiting relatives.  As we passed a temple in town yesterday, it was packed with people all performing their prayers for a good year ahead.

I start to sweat thinking about that.

Of course, red is the color of the day.  Not for me, though.  Wearing red just makes me feel hot, therefore, I normally avoid the color like a plague when shopping for CNY clothes.

Speaking of shopping, glad I managed to close my shopping just at the last possible minute.

I thought that I had bought everything for CNY when Mom asked, "So what are you going to wear when you start work again?"

Which made me realize that I had bought a new pair of pants, but no top to wear with it.  It’s a good thing boss gave us half the day off.  So after a quick stop back home for my lunch Herbalife, I’m off to Prangin Mall in search for that illusive top that is professional looking, yet comfortable enough for this hot weather.  Found it in the second shop I visited.

So, Gong Xi Fa Cai, folks.  May the God of Fortune visit you good people and bless you with abundance.

CNY wouldn’t be CNY without the merciless hot sun burning down.  The kind of heat that makes you just wanna shut yourself at home with the AC on all day.  The heat bites at your flesh and makes it real hard to keep your eyes open because of the harsh glare.

Will it ever rain again?

Yet, early morning finds families in all their fineries travelling all over the place visiting relatives.  As we passed a temple in town yesterday, it was packed with people all performing their prayers for a good year ahead.

I start to sweat thinking about that.

Of course, red is the color of the day.  Not for me, though.  Wearing red just makes me feel hot, therefore, I normally avoid the color like a plague when shopping for CNY clothes.

Speaking of shopping, glad I managed to close my shopping just at the last possible minute.

I thought that I had bought everything for CNY when Mom asked, "So what are you going to wear when you start work again?"

Which made me realize that I had bought a new pair of pants, but no top to wear with it.  It’s a good thing boss gave us half the day off.  So after a quick stop back home for my lunch Herbalife, I’m off to Prangin Mall in search for that illusive top that is professional looking, yet comfortable enough for this hot weather.  Found it in the second shop I visited.

So, Gong Xi Fa Cai, folks.  May the God of Fortune visit you good people and bless you with abundance.

Oh they’re everywhere!  Every corner I turn, every home I visit, right there in my kitchen area….

All calling out to me asking me to wrap my trembling fingers around them and stuff them them down my throat.

Fam’s pineapple tarts, so soft and fragrant, even the ones that an uncle brought back from Singapore pale in comparison.

Her peanut biscuits, as usual, moist and melt in your mouth.

5 packets of Ngan Yin groundnuts still in the storeroom that I can easily finish in 1 sitting of movie on TV.

The big pot of steamboat filled with all my fave balls.

My must have during CNY - pigs trotters soup - that I am rationing at 1 small bowl a day so I don’t overeat.

No!  No!  And NO!

I WILL NOT succumb to these callings!

OK, maybe just a few pieces of cookies, after all, this is CNY, but that’s it.

I made the decision to become thin, therefore nothing else will do but that.