A late bloomer, that’s me.

I used to be in Kuching everytime come CNY…but this year, due to work I break the tradition and stayed at home.

It’s a silent CNY here, even prior to the festive day, I could still see some Chinese roaming around Jusco around 8 pm last night. Felt like approaching them and ask, “Why are you still here? Shouldn’t you be enjoying your Yee Sang already?” The big difference that I noticed was, the groceries (operated by Chinese) were still open even it was already 3pm. When I got out from the cineplex in Alamanda (Inkheart) the handphone kiosks were still open and the blonde-haired Chinese still entertained their customers. It was 7.30 then. As opposed in Kuching, during CNY eve, shops will be closed half day, meaning… places like Teck Kong, Kenyalang, Padungan, Green Road, Batu 7 and even the famous golden triangle will be closed by 2pm. It’s understood. By CNY and 5 days that follows, Kuching will be a dead city. No one will trade during this period. But Kuching is alive because of the fire crackers, we can see people actually wearing red, visiting is a must and we can actually get angpows if you’re single, doesn’t matter if you’re 60. Kuchingites are genereous I suppose and know how to have fun during festive season.

Not here though. Last night I slept at three a.m, keeping hubby company on Underworld back to back. Interesting chronicles. My Astro decoder decided to play dead on my days off and it just simply sh**. So, practically I just did what I’d normally do on my days off, domestic chores and watching stack of DVDs, some I didn’t even remember purchasing. Funny it was dead silent last night, no fire crackers, not even family dinner cheers… it felt weird for the fact that I live within the Chinese community…but I still receive free oranges though from the nice neighbour across my unit. They’d normally fly to Korea this time around but this year they’re at home, probably breaking the convention like I did.

So what do I do today? I think I wanna have lunch at McDonald’s. You bet, Prosperty burger it is.

Oh well, for the sake of celebrating a silent CNY…Happy Chinese New year to all my Chinese friends especially those in Kuching.

PS: Congrats to Nadhirah on your engagement today and to my sis too for being so committed and reliable. I’m proud of you.