Got Zhng?!

Everytime I come back to hometown, I will check out my neighbor's car and see any new zhng he did to the car. This year, to my surprised, he zhng-ed a lot!!! Wide body kit, VR rims, CF spoiler, and color totally changed! Hmm... maybe he changed another STI?

Chinese New Year is all about...

This is the year of Cow. Happy 牛 Year.

Chinese New Year is the once a year big event for Chinese people all over the world. No matter where you are, as long as you are Chinese with the Chinese tradition in your head (or a tiny bit of it), you will celebrate this day.

To me, since I am single, I see Chinese New Year is all about:

Eating (until you feel like a pig)

Sleeping (until you wake up automatically)

Playing (all kinds)

Walking around (and wonders why)

And of course getting Ang Pows (for the unmarried ones)...

Creativity

Many times when I visited friends' places with children, I can most the time see that they have too many toys. The friends most the time said "aiya, few bucks only ma..." and ended up buying too many and become waste.

Kids in the 80s were unlike kids nowadays where they (most of them) can get what they want from parents easily. I think because of this, they tend to forget what "hard earn" is about.

During the clean-up project, I found this old toy gun of mine. See how old it is already? I think over 20 years.

Broken? Not a problem, tape it back.

Missing strap? Not a problem, make my own strap.

Cracked cover? Not a problem, make the spark through the cover even cooler.

Softdrink rubber piece from caps: I don't know how we played the game already. I think it is something like flipping or pushing away others' pieces by slapping the surface with arching palms. See we even have "secret weapon" - self drawn pieces.

Back then, we didn't get a new toy easily unless there is a really good reason to get one (like when we made to #1 spot in school). I don't know if this is just my family or most of us came through this? Yet I know I came through this well and I like the idea (call me old school). My children (one day in the future) will probably have to fight through their childhood with this hard neck father.

Pre-Chinese New Year Preparation

The year of Ox is around the corner. The last week before Chinese New Year, most people do the house chores for the last minute (cleaning up the house, replacing old stuff, ... ). We are not expectional.

During the process, I found a box of my old toys when I was a kid (like 20+ years ago). What a memory. Also, I found a box of my highschool stuff. This is even memorable. Reading the autograph, I just felt like "we thought who we are" during that time is actually small case in life.

Do students now still do autograph?

Are you ...

Sorry, you are not my cup of tea... By the way, I prefer Teh!

Who is this?

P-Daddy, you see who I met at SFO and HKIA?

Home

It is always good to be home, no doubt.

When you feel the tropical heat 24/7; When you see the Malay words here and there; When you see some "ma chan": When you see some Chinese speaking loud with the Malaysia-style-Chinese; When you see the bad traffic most the time on streets; ... etc. you know, you are back :).