Dancing Lions - They're So Cute!

Well, today's the 15th day of the lunar calendar, which is the last day of Chinese New Year, also known as "chap goh meh" 十五暝, "yuan xiao jie" 元宵节 or Chinese Valentine's Day.

So, despite being attacked by the flu (me) and lack of sleep (also me), all of us went to have a vegetarian lunch at some house-turned-religious-temple place. After that, we stopped at several (3, I think) proper temples to pray.

We were lucky today. The first temple we stopped at had hired a lion dance troupe and we were just in time to watch them go around the temple. I used to be scared of lion dances when I was small, but now I think they're positively cute! ^o^
It was pretty hot out though, those guys playing the lion must've been stifled under all that cloth (not to mention the super heavy lion's head O.o). Nevertheless, they did a great job, and the chief monk looked pretty happy. The funniest part was when, instead of giving out the oranges and sweets like usual, the lion dance people started throwing it to the audience. At least I managed to nab 2 sweets. -lolz-

I like this pic, it's like the lion is saying "Hi!"

The 3 lions and the chief monk.

A Series of Bloody Damn Unfortunate Events

That's just putting it mildly.

The day started off just fine, with a steamboat lunch at Aunty Ho's [my kai ma] house. I got RM50 for correcting some documents for her and we lingered until around 4.30 p.m.
Then we went home to get some rest before going out again, this time to Taman Sri Manja (Old Klang Road area) for dinner with my aunt, cousin, his girlfriend and her mother. Arrived there around 7 p.m. due to a bit of traffic congestion and rain. Everybody piled into one car (my dad's) and went straight to the restaurant.

Turned out they didn't have their curry fish head during Chinese New Year. Boo-hoo. [Event #1] So we ordered some other dishes and had a pretty good meal. Fortunately, they had "fa shang wu" (peanut cream soup) as dessert during CNY so we had some of that.
After hunting around for newspaper(s) in the area and failing to do so, we went to Eva's house to sit and relax for a bit. Everything was just fine and dandy, watching CNY videos and stuff, when suddenly a call came from my bro.

He said that the car had some problems with the clutch and he was stuck somewhere near our house. [Event #2] So, as usual, my dad went from cheerful to thunderstorm-cloudy [Event #3] and started talking about -bla bla bla bla-. In short, it was not nice on the ears. So naturally, everybody became less happy and you could literally see the 'cheer-o-meter' going downwards.
A lot more -bla bla bla- later and we were hurriedly eating up our 'mee suah' and saying goodbye to everybody. We arrived where my bro was parked and mum and I went to the car to sit inside with my bro while my dad went back to the house to get the AAM card. Then my dad came back to the site and not long afterwards the AAM staff came. So I went to sit in dad's car for the air-cond and also to make sure nobody drove off with it. =.=

Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from my aunt, asking if my cousin's car keys were anywhere in the car. Lo and behold! They really were on the back seat. [Event #4] So she told me they were coming over to pick them up.
In the end, my cousin came to get his car keys, my bro's car had to be towed and everybody's in a foul mood. So much for Chinese New Year and dong dong chiangs.

Oh wait, nearly forgot Event #5. I'm typing this in Notepad coz bloody Firefox isn't working whereas my MSN and bot are just fine. I can't even get to my Google main page.

What the fuck?!

Yes, I Know...

Yes, I know I haven't blogged in ages.
Yes, I know there has been a gazillion things I could have blogged about all this while.
And yes, I know that our lousy semester 2 final exam is no excuse for not blogging.

Don't look at me like that. T_T It's just the way I am.

So where should I start? Hmm...

You know, I really miss writing stuff in point form, so I think I'll do just that. =)
[Warning: Randomness and/or rambling may follow. You have been warned.]

✿ My 2-month holiday starts today! After 2 days of intense exams *cough* I am finally free from freezing-cold environments, day after day of chicken rice, assignments + lectures + presentations, unexpected traffic jams, etc.

✿ I was really happy and touched to receive the Chinese New Year cards from my friends. ^^ In this day and age where electronic greetings are the norm, it feels extra special to open a real card and read somebody's handwritten message, no matter how long or short it is.

✿ Talking about Chinese New Year, it's just around the corner - only 1 day away! I've already gotten 3 "in advance" ang paos: 1 from China, 1 from Singapore and 1 from a local relative. ^o^

✿ Our FICM July 2008 2nd semester event was a success! With a catchy title of "Love Is [Not] A Fairytale" and a wonderful sketch+musical, all of us worked hard to make it happen on the 7th January 2009. Cheers to everybody in FICM July '08! ^^

✿ I seem to have restarted my journey in ERO (again). All thanks to my fanaticism and baka Ert. -_-"

✿ I love Chinese New Year. The time for boisterous Chinese New Year music, good ole spring cleaning, red packets (ang paos), new clothes, family gatherings, holidays, good food, [illegal] firecrackers, shopping and a whole lot more.

✿ I enjoy washing cars. Seriously. Except that every time any of our cars are washed, it is almost 99% sure that it will rain later. Frustrating would be an understatement at times. Maybe it's jinxed, or somebody up there has a standing joke with us. =.=

✿ I need to clean up my handphone's memory stick. 1GB is definitely NOT enough for songs, videos, pictures and misc stuff. >_<

✿ The fridge is suddenly full of chocolate. Don't you dare eat my dark chocolates, or I will hunt you down. You're welcome to the milk chocolates though.

✿ I need my Junjou Romantica 2 fix, and soon! =/ Luckily I have a few other animes to watch in the meantime.


And... I can't of anything else. XD