Saturday, January 28, 2006
Today is Chinese New Year eve but act i'm nt really in e festive mood..probably coz i've grown out of it..& things haf changed over e yrs...ever since my grandparents were admitted to e nursing home which was bout 2 yrs ago..cny is nv really e same again. in e past, our immediate family members used to gather at my grandparent's place for reunion dinner on cny eve. my grandma will be e one who's doing most of e cooking with some help frm my aunties & mum. (i miss her cooking & her hakka delicacies). on chu yi, we'll all gather back at my grandparent's place in e morning again..& tis time relatives will come over to bai nian..so it's a quite 're nao' & we get 2 see e adorable kids. But now, we dun haf such a gathering on chu yi anymore coz my grandparents r nt living in their own house..so our immediate family members will gather at my aunt's place for reunion dinner & for chu yi itself, my family will juz go to a couple of places to bai nian. e places to go bai nian seems to be lesser each yr..maybe dat's y cny doesnt excite me much anymore. even dressing up & wearing new clothes doesnt seem dat appealing anymore. e thing dat upsets me most is dat my grandpa wont be having reunion dinner with us..imagine how lonely it is for him nt being able to spend reunion wif his family. i understand dat it's inconvenient to bring my grandpa out of e nursing home coz it's veri far ..plus there's safety reasons to consider...but i really wish he cld join us coz tis is a once in a yr affair where he can see all of his children & grandchildren & his wife too. .but then again he cant join us for reunion dinner tis yr again=( i wonder if there'll ever be a chance when both my grandma & grandpa can have reunion dinner with us again juz like in e past...i really really hope so.
