Chinese New Year Day 1

As usual, I will visit SSA HQ in the morning with my paternal relatives, meeting and sending wishes to follow friends and members I know in the process. Meanwhile, one of my cousins is still in slacking mode despite his 'N' Level year. He seems like he just hacks care his studies to the extent that he still not gotten his textbooks for the current year !!! Well... there is a MUST to homevisit him within these few weeks.

Went back home to have lunch with my parents together with my paternal relatives before heading to Fullerton hotel to celebrate CNY with my maternal relatives. Well, my cousin, Melissa, had booked the suite the night before to view the fireworks. Being with my maternal relatives, I only see them once a year during these festive seasons. However there is a unique bond with them, since I spent most of my early childhoods with them. Can say we play until grow-ups. Most of them are there... seeing my nephew and niece running around... while I had another newly-born niece in Rozanna. Meanwhile, Gerald and Lishan are taking O Levels this year, while Sean, is back for a term-break this festive period after studying music in Austria. By the way, I never knew Sean's dad was a ex-youth national footballer in his youth until his NS !!! While, me and Yansen, who is at the same age as me, have a good chat about our current lives. Overall, it was a very good occasion renewing family ties and collecting more ang baos !!!

Meanwhile, I made the further realisation that this younger generation of my Chia Clan(My paternal cousins) seriously needs to wake up... as members of SSA & SGI, as disciples of Sensei, and know what they want to do in the future, and being capable people to the society.

Went for a short walk with my family at the River Hongbao Carnival after that and I saw the stands meant for the Chingay Parade at Padang... Well, how I wish I can be involved in this year's Chingay with my fellow ITACSD comrades.

Anyway, looking forward to tomorrow's lunch session with my ex baby sitter and her family as well as this saturday's ITAC CNY gathering. While there is also a nights out with my fellow NSmates that weekend, and also CNY gathering with 2e1 peeps next week.