say bye bye to the Year of the Rat soon and prepare to welcome the Almighty Ox!! =X.

being a little biased over here as you can see im born in the Year of the Ox. lol.

alright, what i was trying to say was that Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

only 3more days!!!

and unexpectedly, this year i am celebrating it with one more new member in our family

- my lil baby edlysia. =)

talking about CNY, i really missed celebrating it with my relatives [mother side] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

its been for 3 consistent years that we didnt go back there during CNY.

as in the past we used to go back every year before my grandma [wai po] passed away in 2004. =( frankly, i enjoy celebrating CNY at there than in Singapore.

firstly because the atmosphere is so different, my CNY in Singapore is always so quiet. yes way too boring can!! dont really have much conversations or interactions between my relatives here. its as thou everyone go my grandma house for the sake of being there - just like reporting there only because its CNY so no choice. plus with those gossipers around and those stupid COMPARISONS that people like to do over here, makes me more ZZZ. but over at KL, its a completely different scenario. almost all my relatives stays in one village - Kepong Ulu. one big family living under one roof. and other relatives are just staying one or two streets away.

which makes gatherings much more crowded. thus, more fun and laughters.

secondly, im more prone to love the people there.

and well, im more close to them than those relatives [father side] over here in Singapore.

somehow i do find them much more friendly. they are not picky over who to befriend with. and to them, everyone is the SAME. they will not do judgements on people neither will they despise people. for instance, they wont discriminate me because im a single mother or even if i did something terribly wrong. they do gives me support because they believe that family should stand together against all odds and not rivaling, pushing each other towards dead ends. they are poor but they learn to live life more happily and joyful than others. at times i do admire and envy them. if possible, i may just migrate over and stay there instead. haha. im a simple person, and adore simplicity. i detest complications and when it comes to socialising, i loathe those kind of fake courtesy. im adhere to people who treats others with his/her heart and not using his/her mind. as im also one of them. i dont really like to think about how i am going to treat that person because of whatever reason behind, i wish i could just treat the person by how my heart tells me to. =). haha~ so that makes me a straight-forward person at times.

thirdly, i do feel more carefree and stress-free over there.

but too bad, this year we are yet again unable to go back as baby edlysia was too young to travel.

at first, mummy did feel like going back as we got the available time cause daddy had decided to rest a few more days before resuming business after CNY this year. but it would be too tedious if we bring baby edlysia along and due to the fact that the environment over there isnt very good - lots of mosquitos at night and poor hygiene, we are also afraid that her immune system are not strong enough to handle it, so she drop the idea. hmm, also true lah, baby edlysia is only 1mth going 2 mth old. still fragile. =]