17 February 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
it will be a very different new year...as everyone gets happy during the new year whilst receiving ang paos, eating all the new year goodies and visiting loved ones.... all i will be doing would be remembering the times i had with
her... especially during the new year...
usually my new year celebration would start on the eve of the new year, at my
dua gu's house, where
mama would be preparing the ingredients for the big reunion dinner later... she would also be preparing the hoi sim and chicken rice....
yum yum... over the years, i would try to help out in the kitchen, but most of the time i would end up with the task of washing all the vegetables and sometimes, i would be able to do some cutting... the reunion dinner would be the highlight of the entire new year, as all of us, all my uncles and aunties, all my cousins would try or best to be there... at the "peak", all of us would be able to fill up 5 tables and since there was a lack of steamboat pots, the last table (usually the table i will be at) would end up using a normal pot... haha... i really miss those moments as that was the only time of the year where everyone would have a chance to eat a meal together...
the first day of the new year would usually start with my visit to my
dai gu jie as well as
ji peh... then would be my visit to my
mama's house... from as far as i remember, whenever we reached the place, everyone would have to "take turns" to wish her happy new year... she would be so happy to see all of us in front of her... she would never be tired about the usual boring greetings that we give her... all she wants is for the entire family to be together... everyone would have lunch there... to eat mama's speciality -
derh toh teng... (aka
pig stomach soup) this is the only time that i would eat something like that, because she cooked it...
now that i have mentioned about her a bit, i don't feel like blogging anymore about the new year... i don't know how it is going to be like esp on sunday where i will be paying my respects to her at guang meng sua....
happy new year guys.... (",)
~*candice*~
