Do you see red?

Chinese New Year this time round was quite a bore.

We didn't go back to Johor - again. I used to dread going back there 'cos of the journey. Well you know, small kid; long journey.. not good :D But now I kinda miss my grandmother's house.


I miss the overgrown grass. I miss poking and prodding those vegetables she grew. I miss walking down the road, along the houses with my brother while trying to avoid those stray dogs. I miss comparing my height to that really tall cactus (I think it's dead now). I miss the fear of the way the people drive there? Nah. I miss visiting the people I only get to see once a year.


It's quite different celebrating Chinese New Year here at home. Although the company is pretty much the same, something's still missing. There's no 'vibe'. There's less hype, and it almost seems like it's not that big of a celebration.


We didn't do much visiting this year.


On the eve of Chinese New Year, we went to my uncle and aunt's restaurant in this.. ulu place. OK fine, it's somewhere in Klang, haha. Bandar Bukit Tinggi? I had high hopes we were going to the actual Bukit Tinggi. How cool would that have been, eh :D

But nah, it was this reallyreally big shopping complex. It was cold.. so I guess that made up for the weather we were missing.


The food was good. Us, kids took the opportunity to wander around the shopping complex after dinner while the grown-ups were talking.

There were a few performances around. And by performances I mean, skimpily-dressed girls who couldn't have been any older than 15 years of age, 'shaking' as though they've been shocked with a stun gun on stage. GOSH. The 'music' stayed in my head for a good hour or two.


The next day we went for a movie. What better time to catch a movie huh. The parking lot was empty. It feels like a tradition already, going for a movie on the first day. Anyway, Inkheart? I guess it wasn't too bad. Entertaining in a way :)


We watched..



IP MAN! at night after dinner at our place. Hahah, judging by reviews I just had to sit down and watch it. There had to be subtitles of course. Xiang jiao :D The sound effects were like, exaggerated a bit too much la. And all those limbs bending in just about every direction possible, eek. But still, probably one of the best chinese movies I've seen so far.

The second day was mostly spent at my other grandmother's place. My relatives had already gone back to their hometowns then, so it was just a few of us.

It was a quiet Chinese New Year for me.

I spent hours doing the drawings for KH. It's SO frustrating. Who knew it would be this hard designing BOXES :S Anyway, yeah.. still trying to finish off all that homework. I'm still hopeless at naming the parts, veins and whatnots of the heart. Guess that crosses out cardiologist for me? Haha.

Jason Mraz, anyone?

It's a must-go.