Chinese annual wishes in welcoming the new year goes like this:
恭喜发财
gong xi fa cai
新年快乐
xin nian kuai le
万事如意
wan shi ru yi
歲歲平安
sui sui ping an
年年有余
nian nian you yu
It basically says Happy new year, may you have a good luck, years of peacefulness, be prosperous and may this year would be better (not respectively).
I didn't celebrate CNY for the past two years (I was in Sydney two years ago, and my grandpa passed away last year) so this one felt like something new. Something that I hadn't been doing for quite some time. But somehow, it didn't go as well as I'd expected.
Maybe it was just me… Or maybe Dad's getting old tired. But his temper rises as easy as I put the CNY cookies into my mouth. Seriously. We used to say to each other not to ruin the new year's aura with anger and negative feelings. But just three hours before NY he complained about the dinner. And then he got mad on the first day of NY. This morning he yelled at my mom, sister, brother and I.
Whooa.
Somebody needs a chill pill.
Well, maybe we were also at fault. But I really wish he can at least be more gentle in expressing his dislikes towards our attitude. And I think my hormones didn't help much to cope up with his anger and mean words.
It was still a fun day though. I met all the family and we had a good time. Had lots of sweets and cookies and cakes (also spring rolls and fried dumplings!) I think I gained more kilos than what I had lost.
I just love this kind of celebration. Very oriental. Very 'asian'. LOL. Very… familiar. :)
Wishing you a great new year people!
GBU.
Verse to remember:
1 Corinthians 2:9
"But as it is written;
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man,
The things which God prepared for those who love Him."
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