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.Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
In respective order: Oranges, Goodies and Longevity noodles.
Every year's Chinese New Year, my family would go back to Malaysia to celebrate as all my releatives are there. When we reached our grandparent's house, there would be lots of goodies on the table brought back by all of us and we would all start to eat them as they are all very delicious. On the first day of CNY, we would wear our nicest clothes and go about visiting our relatives and friends with oranges. But before we step out of the house, we would have to eat a vegetarian 'Longevity Noodle' cooked by our grandmother in the morning as it represents that we have already grown up by a year. My grandmother's cooking are very delicious and we could even eat many bowls of it!
In the evening, me and my cousins will go to the nearby beach to play with kites, build sandcastles and even play with water and that brought us back to our childhood times. When we went back home, we would have our reunion dinner. The food there are all homecooked food and that gave me a sense of warmth in the family as no outside food can be compared to homecooked food. I think that reunion dinner is very meaningful as for families like ours where the whole family is being seperated the whole year, this reunion dinner can bond us more together and strengthen the bond within us. Usually after dinner, the adults would gamble a little while children like us would entertain oursleves by playing games, watching television or playing firecrackers. But now, firecrackers are banned and hence we cannot play it anymore.
But back in Singapore, the holidays we have compared to Malaysia is much lesser. They have 1 week of hoilday while we only have 2 days. But though the holidays are short, but the best thing is that you can get to spend it with your loved ones.
Geraldine!(7)
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``a dream, fading away
9:24 PM
