im beginning to realise im not a very traditional person when it comes to upholding chinese tradtions, which surface every year during this period.
yup, chinese new year.
stuff abt not being able to sweep the floor, wash clothes, sleep on lunar new yr so as to prolong ur parents life.. etc etc.
there's tons which i dont even know about.
i dont buy it. but i go along with it simply cos my parents do.
and i wonder if others my age feel the same way. do we follow for the sake of following? ok so maybe the thing about "not arguing on the first day of chinese new yr as it will bring bad luck for a whole yr" is true cos i remember last yr i argued with my parents on chinese new yr morning (-_-")
and look what happened. haha.
another thing - i dislike visiting.
notice i used dislike, not hate. cos i feel hate is too strong a word. tmr i can be expected to be bombarded with questions along the lines of "how's sch?", "how's uni life?", "when are you graduating?", "what course are you doing?", "how's exams?"........etc etc.
it gets tiring having to repeat yourself over and over.
and when i do graduate, the questions will shift to "got boyfriend already or not?", when i get my first job it'll be "what do you do? pay good or not?" and when i get married it'll be "why no children yet?".
you get the gist.
thankfully, for all our effort we get paid!!!
so sue me if you dont like the way i look at things. but seriously.. who doesnt like to receive money 'for free'? especially if ur me, who is broke (again) yet still spending money like nobody's business (as usual).
i will endure 1hr of questioning + smiling at pple whom i didnt know im related to until now if that means an extra $10.
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YR PPLE!
and hope u receive lotsa lotsa hong baos for minimal answering of questions!
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