CNY celebration

this is my first year celebrating CNY somewhere else besides in Penang and ive got to say its d quietest celebration ive had so far.
last thurs was Chap Goh Meh and i didnt even noe til today. Oh well.....
Family is important during CNY. i just didnt realise how much til now.


last nite my uni had a function to celebrate CNY. haha better late than never eh?
anyway it made me realise that we chinese have a very rich cultural history. i knew that but i thought that was all in the past. teenagers nowadays rather be gaming online than to go for training for some sport that has not much future but i was surprised yesterday. there are still a handful of people who are willing to sacrifice their afternoons for years to perfect an art that some teenagers arent even AWARE of its existance!

last night for the first time i witnessed 8 drummers perform a piece. its not easy. the discipline involved might put the army to shame. they were so synchronized and in-time.

it was also my first time seeing smth that looks like a gasing(yes ,yes im one of those ignorant chinese kids who grew up wid Looney Tunes and Disney) but is bigger and u dont spin it on d ground. u manipulate it wid smth like a skipping rope. the guys were throwing it up on d air, spinning it around, up and around their body, between their legs....and many more tricks while not dropping it at all. the thing( which looks like an hourglass shape) just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning. the best part of it is that its not tied to the rope. its just being balanced. amazing.

the performers are all teenagers. the oldest is about 22 while the youngest couldve been 12yrs old. facinating. the lion dance performers and the drummers were equally young.

guess our chinese heritage still has a chance to survive long enough for our kids to witness with their own eyes like i did last nite.


midterm tmr! AHHH!!
cant wait for it to be OVER!!!
planning to go to A Famosa after it to celebrate