Right

" So, u guys wanna watch movies now?"

"Er..No!"

"Nah...jz watching episodes..."

"Oh ok....I'm coming!"


















Now, it did sound normal.

Only this time, it ain't a trip to a cinema or theater with someone you prefer to go with.

The world is full of idiots, fools and bastards that don't have the most basic instinct of sensing and perceiving others' most obvious non-verbal behaviour that even a twitch of the mouth that would have probably murdered a nearby cat. In short, they are ignorant.

Of course it wouldn't be a problem if you are the only one who dislike a person to watch episodes or movies or porn with you. The solution is you don't have to. Simple.

But buuutt....
The destination is somewhere that you called it as your home, where you have the right to preserve how it is going to be, who is coming in, where things should be, when people are allowed to step inside. You have the right to prevent god damned intruders forcing themselves into a home without the consent of the rightful owner.

Yes, blame me for the failure of exercising that right. Blame me for being compliant. Blame me for being weak. Blame me for having no courage to speak out my mind.

Then again, most people just take rights for granted. Some abused them. Some overused them.

Whichever side you are in or with, it tells you that rights aren't something easy to deal with. Just picture the scenarios of the people that had been fighting for human rights like since forever and the people who had been compressing them.

Still...
I really would have like to brake a bone or two or maybe the whole fucking structure of the next foolish being that steps into my room without me saying yes. Hear that, bastards!

Out.

Chinese New Year Part 2

I so much want to skip this blog....but thx to my irrationalness and stupidity, I labeled "part one" in the previous blog, and it ain't a custom for me to see something cliff-hanging there. So, what the hell?

Part 2 is mostly about the Ti Kong's b'day, which is a big deal for Hokkien people. It falls on the 9th day of CNY.



















This is definitely NOT how TheeKong celebrate b'day.
















The actual visual of how it is done.

Lots of stuff was offered. Fruits, kuihs, chicks and ducks(literally, mind you) and occasionally one whole roast pig.

The preparation was long. It took almost the whole evening to set up the stuff. And by midnite, the ritual begins. Praying, burning of hell (or in this case, Jade Emperor's) notes, and of course, feast.

















Practically, the ritual is to seek blessings from the Jade Emperor.
As for how the ritual begins and mostly limited to the Hokkien ethnic, read HERE.

Traditionally, my family had always did it at my uncle's house. This time around, according to mom, we did it in our house to have more blessings. Oh well.

As I was busy taking pics, my cam beeped and indicated low batt. =.=///
So I missed the bonfire and all the post-ceremony situations. Darn. Next time around la.

And so here I ended my long breath CNY account. Writing festive blogs are tedious, especially after the mood's gone.

Out.

Chinese New Year Part One

It's always sweet to be back in Penang (or wherever ur hometown is) during CNY. I really sympathize friends who had to stay continents away during the festive season. Sooner or later it might happen to me, but for now I am still enjoying it here. Blek!

Anyway, this is how my CNY for the year of the Piggy goes....

Prelude to CNY

Ever since I moved to Kay Lel, holidays before CNY is always dedicated to meeting lau peng yews. There are soo many of them, ur kampung one, ur primary school one, ur secondary school one, ur kindergarten one....
It is when all gatherings is to be held, because people most probably come back for CNYs.




















Kel's place. Poor guy departing right before CNY.
















Secondary school gathering. No babes allowed! XD

Then of course those small small gatherings, like going-for-movies or jz simply sit-at-on-a-padang-and-kap-siao types.

And not forgetting people who needs to depart from Penang to stuff their brains with tons and tons of knowledge. To you guys I sympathize.
























Will miss u guys definitely.

CNY Eve.

Also known as Chu Xi in mandarin. It is time to start gatherings with families.
















Dad (in blue) with uncles.

The eve is always about family gathering and eating together. Due to overload of people (my grand dad had 11 kids, imagine that...), we don't do it in Arthur-and-his-knights-of-the-round-table-style. We just scatter all over the house to eat. Well, as long as you are in the house and as long as u can hear others shouting ur name from the kitchen, it is still considered that we gathered, right?

As I mentioned, Chu Xi is about family and food. So there are tons of food here.
















All these years, we did steamboat each and every time. It's been the custom for my family like since forever.






























One thing good about doing a steamboat is that you can take as many rounds as you want. Jz add in what you craved to eat into the pot for a while later, u can get what u want. One more advantage is that, as my auntie quote, we are a bunch of sharks, we need a helluva lot of food. So, steamboat is of course the best option.

Chinese New Year

The actual day(s) are of course about saying Gong Xi Fa Cai and receiving ang pows. It is always a bonus to have lots of relatives who are already married. More married relatives = more ang pows. Hehe.
















Of course it comes with a price. Visiting relatives for me had to be done for 4 to five days. It is exhausting, traveling practically the whole island.

But then again, think ang pows and exhaustion will be gone. XD

To be continued.....