Season to Burgeon

It is finally Chinese New Year once again and time for our (singles only) pockets to instantly overflow with money and our tummies to secretly expand.  This year it was pretty much the same routine for me.  I planned to start bathing and change into my new pyjamas at 11.45pm on CNY eve so that I could make it just in time for 12am, but I realised that I hadn’t changed my bedsheet.  I was in a frenzy to get everything done in time for the BIG day.  My family has this belief that whatever happens on the first day of CNY will happen throughout the entire year.  Thus, I had to automatically wake up early in the past to study, but I mostly pretended to do so.  Anyway, I did everything just in time.

At around 10am (it was supposed to be 10am but my mum woke up late), we went to the temple (莲山双林寺) at Toa Payoh after having abalone mee suah for breakfast.  There are two temples with the temple ground.  One is the peaceful and serene Buddhist temple and the other is the chaotic and smoky Taoist temple.  I dread the Taoist temple because my clothes will end up stinking of incense and my eyes will tear as the smoke gets in my eyes.  Luckily I wore contacts this year to protect my eyes.  It was a success.  On the contrary, I simply adore the Buddhist temple, albeit the slightly bigger crowd there this year.  It has lovely lotus plants and bonsai trees that complements the calm expression  adorning the faces of the Buddha statues.  The best thing is that incense burning is not allowed within the temple. Enough about the temple.  There was a slight change of plans this year.  We went home first to change out of our sandalwood-scented clothes instead of heading directly to my grandparents’ house.

We had lunch at my grandparents’ house and I collected the biggest angpows that I’ll ever get this whole CNY.  Later, a few of my aunts and uncles came over to my house and we went to my aunt’s house after that.  I took a few photos with my primary one cousin.  Haha.  We were practically camwhoring.  

Lastly, I went clubbing with Fabian and Terence!  Oh such fun we had.  Haha.  It was so bloody crowded, I felt like I was at chinatown.  I concluded that I should not regularly use the Bvlgari Aqva cologne that I bought a while ago, if not I’ll smell like a commoner.  I smelt the scent everywhere in the club yesterday.  It was like the club’s unofficial air freshener.  I put on my new cologne yestersday, so I’m glad I wasn’t smelling like everybody else.

Alright I’ll end here.  Good luck to Terence for tmr!  (you know what I’m talking abt. that dreaded thing.)

PS:  I hope everyone won’t see too much of a drop in their angpow collections!