Pretty Butterfly

Saturday, January 24, 2004

First day of Chinese is always great! We always start at my maternal grandmother's house which my 3rd aunt's family lived there too. Its a few busstops from Sijia's house....My cousin is a savvy gamer and I always like going there to consult him on games and sometimes get free games...heee...His room has alot of gaming gadgets that can become a haven for a distributer den...haha...i'm not kidding...He has 2 Xboxes US and Asia, 1 US PS2 and 1 Gamecube plus 2 computers. He can burn DVD games and movies from the high end computer in his room using his wireless mouse and at a same time jamming at a PS2 set just beside his bed using another computer monitor as a tv. Recently, he bought a TV tuner which has a functions of like watching tv on the computer. It can also record tv programmes and when connected to cabletv, its possible to record cabletv programmes..So cool....Too bad i have neither even though i hope i can get..My dad always say we have no time to watch cabletv...blah blah....but all my relatives subscribe to it..=.=' Besides gaming, i like to eat my grandma's cooking during chinese new year festive season. She would prepare dishes like abalone in tomato ketchup, mushrooms and "lian ou" soup. I wouldn't miss it every year. Soon many people came to the house and its ang bao collecting time!! haha! After spending 3 hours, its time to go to my paternal grandmother's house in Sengkang which is opposite Compassvale Primary School. When we arrived, quite a number of relatives were around. More ang bao collecting.....My grandmother is dressed in traditional Peranakan dressing which look quite similiar to the sorong kebaya. Sort of see through dress embroided with flowers and a batik sorong decorated with flowers too. Beaded slippers and high heels are to go with the costume. This costume is so nice that i might want to wear to prom if there is one...haha... I was surprised when my second uncle's wife use to make these beaded slippers before as this kind of skill has almost died in Singapore with only very few people can do. I am an auntie in my father's family tree. I have 3 nephews,Brandon,Vernon and Matthew. This year is the first time i saw Matthew because he's only 16 months. He's so bubbly and cute. He's so cheerful and never cry infront of so many strangers. Somemore he has a cute face....hehe....Vernon oso. Matthew listens when told not to do some things and will say some simple words like hello and bye. His tiny little hands are so fragile and love him even more....His mom who's my cousin's wife, Serene is quite a modern woman. She has a modern thinking that all sexes are equal and that men should also do housework and care for the family too. She would send her son to a co-ed school. We chatted quite a bit and share ideas and opinions with each other. 1 of the topics was why i studied poly and the freedom of choice to go into either poly or jc. I came into poly because i didn't like some of the cjc people and its stressful. So i am quite lucky when my parents support my decisions. Ah...didn't know my cousin-in-law is such a nice person. After 2 more house visits, its back home to rest....such a long day but fruitful.

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