恭喜发财 everyone!! May all of us be healthy and prosperous in the year of OX, not forgetting me getting a job haha.


CNY is easily one of the more tiring festive season around. There always countless of stuff to buy, many places to go, and endless things to do.


Like last year, the team went chinatown to soak in the CNY atmosphere on fri. Things that they are selling were pretty much the same, except that there are more people squeezing around you.

Sat was helluva busy day. Started the sleepy day by attending lecture, rushed down to kallang for training. 7 of us rowed a gruesome distance of 14 KM under the afternoon sun. The 1st time i'm so drained out that i couldnt bring myself to talk to the others and have to exercise my willpower to drag myself home. But it was good training. I'm glad i decided to turn out for training instead of doing some last minute tasks at home. Night time was followed by ah ma's 83 birthday celebration at labrador park.


除夕 was spent doing last minute shopping in town with wr and his friend CC. Though not at crowded as past few days, there are still quite a no. of people in the mall, all doing last minute shopping haha.


初一 and 初二 were pretty much standard. I managed to wake up earlier than the rest on 初一 and went for a 30 mins run around the estate. The streets and the road were quite empty, and all the shops are closed. Felt quite refreshed and less guilty after the run, cuz i know i'm going to snack on the yummy goodies when i have nothing to do at people's house. Bro got inspired by me and woke up early the next day to run too.


Every year after my dad gives us ang bao, we will all crowd around him and watch him give little oreo his. He's always so damn excited, knowing that beneath the red packet, it lies his favourite snack.

Luckily i stopped my bro from giving him bak kua, or he would have gone really mad after tasting it.


拜年 was always very boisterous at ah ma's place. More than ten families will gather in the house and when everyone started talking at the same time, i could hardly hear the television. And the highlight is always the black jack, where everyone will keep shouting and screaming for the banker to go burst hahah. A bunch of black hearted people.


So now that the 1st 2 days are over already, it's time to study hard now. Booo. Prelim timetable is already out. No more holiday mood.