Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year to all my readers who celebrate this occasion! I just got back from my grandparent's place and I just finished a bottle of Apple flavour Vitagen=p I have no idea what are my plans for the rest of the day, but I sure hope I don't need to go for any visitings *crosses my fingers*.

I am not a huge fan of this celebration. In fact, I hate this time of the year. Not only I find a few traditions pointless, but I am waiting for the whole thing to be abolished. Yeah. I am such a hater. Sue me.=.=

8 things I hate about Chinese New Year. Well, 8 is a good numbers for Chinese..*shrugs* I should put 4, but I don't have only 4 things I hate about Chinese New Year!

1) The incredibly annoying Chinese New Year song that have the same beat for every songs. And the lyrics and the singers are just a pain to my pair of ears listening to them. Ugh. Frankly, I don't understand the message behind those lyrics and they seem to repeat the same thing over and over again, like Gong Xi Ni? Like what the hell is that?

2) Lion dance. It's too noisy for me. I don't like the noise. Pointless noise I mean. I don't mind if it's that hip hop sort of Lion dance like they have in S'pore which I think it's cool and they should really change the whole Lion dance steps or the beat. The rhythm of the songs especially.

3) Mandarin oranges. Yes, I don't eat them. But there are tonnes of them. I don't know why are they there for..=X

4) Family reunions. It's the same old thing, same dishes, and no conversations on the table. And the same questions being asked by the same bunch of people. Oh boy. And same remarks such as, "You're growing into such a pretty lady/man" and they say the same thing to any other ladies/boys (in mandarin of course). What an insult for those who are genuinely attractive.

5) Those ching chong language which I don't get. In my part it's Hokkien or Mandarin. I feel like a sucker all the time whenever I havta get someone to translate for me. Or having to use chopsticks to eat when you can use something easier like a fork and a spoon. Anyhow, I still use the conventional fork and spoon to eat despite of the comments received from my relatives.

6) The visitings. Waste of time. You show up at their door steps. Greet a bunch of strangers and just sit there and stare and wait till you need to make a move to the next house. In my case text or read. It's just a waste of time not doing anything (although reading or texting is doing something) but what I meant is, doing something, productive!

7) Ang Paos. Really not a big deal for me since it's not like they are generous enough to give me a hundred bucks each or something. Which is impossible really. Anyway, I just think that the adults are giving us just to abide to the tradition and it's out of courtesy for them to give red packets for us and it's also for us young people to say thank you, smile and greet them politely when you receive them. All I can think of is those red packets will be thrown away and they are killing trees for that!? Ok, yes, those ang pao packets can pay for some of my meals or my parking ticket. And thank you for that, really.

8) Gambling. I don't gamble. But I don't mind drinking, my family don't drink anyway. But yeah, gambling. I don't know how to gamble and I don't want to. Whenever my relatives gamble. I can't even join or learn to understand the same, cause I just don't get the game.

Ok, in short. I hate anything to do with tradition. Tradition is good, if it make sense. Most of the tradition that my family live up to are pointless in my point of view. Why visit those strangers every once a year when you don't know who are they anyway?o.O Can't I just walk over to my neighbour's place to greet them Happy Chinese New Year in the hope of receiving red packets? It's still the same since I don't know who are my neighbours. Then again, it's not like not receiving red packets are such a big deal for me. Receiving them or not, it really doesn't matter.

So what if I am so un-Chinese. Well I am Chinese, but I am not so Chinese in the typical Chinese people point of view. Christmas is still the best celebration, hands down. Good feeling in the air, awesome company (even if it's with your own family only or your close friends), good songs too, and awesome tv shows on tv. During Chinese New Year season all you can get are those Asian shows on TV or Asian movies in the cinema. Ugh.

Those Chinese who will be reading this aren't gonna be so please about my point of view, but then again, I also know a bunch of Chinese people who have the same point of view about Chinese New Year.

But what's good about Chinese New Year is..urhm..new clothes? LOL! Yes, new clothes.=)

But I am looking forward to hang out with my classmates on Sunday=) Can't wait!

Owh that reminds me, Chinese New Year, is almost like any other day for me. Since I am back early from my grandparent's place (double yay!), I have the whole day to myself. Am deciding whether to resume doing my assignments or just chill for a day..hmmm..