CNY

What do i like about Chinese New Year?

No traffic jam. Look at Ss2, one of the most congested areas in PJ. And it was practically empty today! Oh my god i was so thrilled! Took me 5 mins to reach SS2 as opposed to the usual 15 (20 during peak hours).

This is the mostest most congested road of SS2 where drivers usually experience extreme fist-balling frustration. But today, no cars. Is such a refreshing change. It's like the city is being cleared out to film I Am Legend-esque movies.

And it's not just SS2. The LDP snailway was pretty clear too. I zoomed around as if i owned the freakin' road and it was mighty exhilarating.

God bless those who had to scuttle back to hometowns. Thankfully i didn't have to as my parents work during CNY. I don't really get the reunions. I hate traipsing hundreds of kilometres back to dad's hometown to congregate with not-so-related relatives.

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Now ang pows. Sigh. My ang pow income is much lower than previous years. Grandpa passed away last year and he was usually the largest contributor. I don't really have loads of relatives. Let me do some counting.

Dad has got this pact with his two bros. "U dun ang pow my chilren, i dun ang pow your children." So that's pretty sucky. Mum has 2 sisters and a bro in Taiwan. Aunt 1 is separated with husband for past 10 years so... ang pow

Aunt 2 was divorced from cruel-raced Japanese husband since i could remember. Divorce = Single = ang pow. Uncle was divorced from cruel-raced gold-digging Japanese wife and is now re-married to gold-digging mainland wife. Hmm. Pretty complicated... Taiwanese ppl love divorce, so it seems.

So a Happy Chinese New from me, fellow readers, and may your ang pow income be much much higher than mine. ;)