Chinese New Year 2006
How was your Chinese New Year (CNY) 2006? Have you come back to the office? I had a great time during the last few days. For many people, CNY is about ang paw (read: money), gambling, and firecrackers (even it is illegal in Malaysia…). To me, CNY is about gathering among family and friends.
Family
Our relatives are not in Johor, therefore CNY is only a gathering among internal family members. On every Chinese New Year Eve, we will have steamboat. It is the tradition of our family. Before getting the ang paw from my parents, we are required to report our yearly plans to Dad. It is not easy to get ang paw from my dad. :P
Talking about ang paw, we usually do not get as many ang paw as the others because we are not living near our relatives. My highest ang paw collection rate is not more than 10.
Gambling is a “common activitiy” during CNY but not for my family. We don’t gamble, even during CNY. It is barred. Therefore, our CNY activities are only watching TV (Thanks to Astro) and eating snacks. I think I gained some weight again…
Friends
Chinese New Year holiday is the only time I get to meet most of my old friends, ex-schoolmates and ex-collegemates. I met many primary schoolmates who lost contact with me for many years. That’s great!
Every year we have a friendship gathering at a friend’s house and we would get updated on the latest information about each others. We did more than that this year, we had dinner together.
Chinese New Year 2006 – dinner with friends
It is really great to know them! :D
My two cents
These few days, a group of bald head uncles are popular because they were caught for gambling during CNY. Their pictures are on newspapers’ front page for two days! I feel shame for them. Chinese New Year should not only be about gambling and “Fat Cai” (strike rich). In my opinion, we are celebrating Chinese New Year because we have survived another year. That’s why we say “Gong Xi” (congrats) to each other. :)
Gong Xi! Gong Xi!
P/S: My Adsense income revealed highest daily income record on the first day of Chinese New Year 2006. It is a good beginning, huh? :D
Mine was too short!!! Had to go back to office since we only had a 2 day break. However boss gave a big red angpow hehe. Played dota and watch astro as well…
Anyway, congrats on your adsense earnings. I am a new blogger who is inspired to earn money online after reading ur blogs. Hope we all wang wang this year keke. :P
highest daily income record for adsense? how much could that be?
i have never been to a CNY w/o gambling =)
first day of chinese new year, i went to my 1 aunt’s house and last night went to another aunt’s house again.. The other times, all stay at home.. Sit in front of PC until my relatives think i am SJB (seng jing bin) mean “gila”. :D
We must learn tips & tricks for earning more from adsense so liew must write an e-book :)
I wonder how many will buy my ebook and how much they are willing to pay for it. ;)
my new year is so so only…
but i hv built up a blogger in this new year. :D
charge it cheap so malaysian could afford it……so u can sell more books as well.
anyway..i feel that shaving their heads on second day of Chinese New Year is really against culture……plus…saloon charge more if you cut your hair few days before chinese new year
I have nothing against gambling among friends..as long as the amount is small and it is just for the excitement and fun of celebrating chinese new year together
I enjoyed the CNY….but my fren invited me for Mahjong 2 days ago
Guess wat….I lost around RM 1k……. sigh…need to work harder hehe.
Liew…u look tall in the photo? U got 6 feets?
I am 180cm tall.