I know this is a bit late but happy chinese new year everyone!
Unfortunately I hardly have any relatives in Australia as they’re all still in Malaysia & Singapore, and my mum, sister and eldest brother is in Malaysia on holidays so there was only my second brother, his wife, and two of my cousins.
Chinese new year in Australia is pretty boring and it doesn’t have that festive atmosphere that you’d find in countries that do celebrate it. I just had a simple steamboat lunch with my remaining family and relatives. Unfortunately we couldn’t find the proper steamboat pot so we used the rice cooker instead hehe.
I was mentioning to Hong Yi how fun it was when I was a little boy and driving up to Taiping, Perak with the family to congregate with all my other relatives to celebrate Chinese new year.
From the endless supply of food, the lighting of fireworks and gambling, I really did enjoy it all spending time with family. Not to mention all the red packets I get from everyone we visited.
The family on mum’s side is quite big. I have 4 uncles and 4 aunties. So I’d say I have 30 over cousins as well. That’s just my mum’s side. Can you imagine how packed it is fitting everyone into my grandma’s house?
Compared to Hong Yi when she visits her na’s place, she doesn’t have any cousins on her dad’s side and has two uncles. Well, I guess she has her two brothers but that’s different. Would be quite a different environment from what I’m used to.
So it’s finally the year of the Ox, my year. Let’s hope this year brings much fruitfulness and live life without regrets :)
