Thursday, February 10, 2005

I simply love chinese new year!! Its that time of the year when you catch up with relatives,eat good food and most importantly get money^^

Day 1 : relatives visit those that live on the east side of singapore,which simply put is my house and my 2nd and 3rd aunts house. My family was first on the list and thus i had to wake up early to greet guests......aiyo......tired....but what to do....time to put on a smile... :)
my fave cousin and his family came first....and of course the normal thing we did was play cards....lolx..a game called "dai ti" as usual....he kept winning....no surprise there..lolx....more guests came and it was time to move on the bedok where my 2 aunts lived.
my nephew is such a cute baby!! he was certainly grabbing all the attention...everyone wanted to carry him around! but thats a baby for you...lolx...ok serious business...time for more card playing!! lolx....the adults were hogging the mahjong table...no choice....my other aunt jus lived in the next block...so my cousins and i went there and i learnt how to play some mahjong there...lolx....beginners luck rox...i had great tiles....too bad i didnt know how to win...it was practice anyways...no money involved....my nephews and niece came a while later my nephew came and took over me.....he knew how to play???!!! omg!!after more mahjong..back to 2nd aunts house....adults still at mahjong table....time for dinner!! ok...time for blackjack...money involved now....i lost like....$2?? but considering each bet was 20¢ played thru the nite...time to go home and the real party was tml!

day 2: time for the west side....lolx...2nd aunt and family came to visit first.my cute baby nephew also came. awwww...aint he adorable...first house to go...my fave cousins place....my winning streak started in his house. went there ate some lunch and then more blackjack!! i was like winning much more often.....money money money....i placed 50¢ bets...so it means more money....my nephews and niece placed 10¢ of course....lolx...ok..on to the next house...the house of my nephews and niece....we watch kung fu hustlewe only watched disc 1.disc 2 to be continued at the next house. my 1st aunt's house.ate some home made carrot cake while watching the show...ok...the last house to visit.my 1st uncle's house!! no one was there yet..except my cousins their friendsthey were singing karaok....omg...i shall not stress on about their singing...its not bad waited for everyone else to come....wat to do...i asked my mum to teach me mahjong!! lolx...."13 wonders"...the first thing she tried to do for me....lolx...unsuccesful though....everyone came and then its time for more blackjack!! 50¢ were now all i placed....since i was sure i was earning money....show me the moneyyyyyy.......dinner time!! ok...more blackjack after that....i was banker.....did you think i was gonna lose big time??wrong....i was winning a lot of money!! until they requested a change of banker....lolx...i was losing a little now...but my winnings were still a lot...so who cares?? played until it was time to go home overall winnings.....$14...who knew those coins could add up to so much money....my cousin won more tho...and so did my oldest nephew...but not as much as me...hehex....ok...i think i've writen enough...cya everyone!!