Using the lunch hour for this entry – before the month ends before I know it.
January has been an eventful month and I really should write about it.
In fact, one of my resolutions (besides sleeping early so I can have better skin) is to pen an entry at least once a month.
I am back in office today.
Because according to the horoscope reading, 初三 is the best day for roosters to start work. 
January in summary:
iChestnuts, Ameizing
We caught the play and the concert on 2 consecutive nights (6th and 7th January).
It has become a yearly tradition for me since 4-5 years ago to watch this bunch of crazy and funny people in Chestnuts. I’ve always enjoyed the play because they make me laugh so much. And Sis#3 joined us for the first time!
Ameizing was, well, truly amazing.
I don’t think there is any female singer who can do equally well in making you high and cry at the same time!
I teared when she sang 掉了 because it reminded me of a friend’s late mother, and teared again when she sang her 40-minute medley. 海阔天空 was really a hidden gem of a song. 
Chinese New Year
I think we’ve done well for the boot camp this year despite the unnecessary drama (not caused by us, thankfully).
We reached CCK on time on CNY Eve, visited the temples with all the food offerings, prepared for reunion dinner and left to join my family just in time for some gambling fun in-between.
We had an early reunion dinner with my family a day earlier at pu tien, which was really good. Good food, good company.
We arrived at CCK at 9:30am (our earliest!!!) on Day 1 to help with the 千人宴 preparation. Even Ah Ma remarked that we were early.
Tom cut his thumb while cutting fish and refused to see the doctor until everyone urged him to. He then refused to bring his medication along – saying there was no need to – which resulted in the hb having to drive back from the clinic to retrieve all the medication. It was important to know which medication he was taking for his diabetes, high blood pressure etc before the doctor could prescribe the right treatment for his cut.
And then he insisted on the hb driving us to Malaysia the next day without him, even after the hb protested about not knowing the route.
Thankfully, it was all resolved by the time we drove to my parents’ place.
And then it was po-piah making at my parents’, followed by some kinect fun while the hb caught up on some sleep.
We got back at CCK at 11:30pm to stay the night.
Woke up at 6ish on Day 2, drove in to Malaysia, said hi, said bye, said hi again, said bye again, etc, and finally reached SG at 4pm, hopped over to his godma’s place, and finally finally got home at 6pm.
I showered and dozed off (with my hair still wet) and woke up close to 9pm.
The toughest part of CNY is over!
It remains as stressful as before but I guess we’ve learned (the hard way) to manage it better.
I didn’t even get to have a proper poo (sorry, tmi) for the past 3 days! But I’m happy we’ve done well enough not to be scolded or given the black face or punished with F1-speed driving.
I’ve learned to close an eye to his lazy and rude and forever sleeping sisters. I’ve learned to smile and not say a single thing when people TELL me to have a dragon baby.
The conversation goes either like this:
Random relative: You SHOULD have a dragon baby this year!
Me: (Smiles)
Or like this:
Random relative: You SHOULD have a dragon baby this year!
Me: Hahaha.
Dear Random Relative,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I am NOT having a dragon baby.
My baby, who might or might not come this year or next year, is going to be a HUMAN BEING.
I don’t mind (as much) if it was close relatives wishing us luck in child-bearing but it was seriously too much.
Even Tom, for the first time, has started hinting at it – with his calligraphy. He wrote the word 劲 and pasted it in our room in CCK, and asked me how I interpreted the word. (Which, by the way, the hb read the word as 圣力instead. LOL)
I deliberately said, Oh it must be for his sisters – for them to study hard and not be so lazy.
I can’t decide if nosey relatives or subtle hinting is worse.
I guess both are equally bad because I like neither of them. Haha.
Wedding Anniversary
Evident from the list of activities above, we did not manage to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary on the actual day. We had a pretty nice staycation at Hotel Fort Canning, where we got married, a week in advance. And we would be heading to Krabi this coming Sunday for a short vacation.
Gift exchange done!
And last but not least, song of the month:
到了世界尽头 开始习惯了风
捧着厚厚的寂寞 平静向前走 不当做那是折磨
到了世界尽头 开始学会快乐
不同方向的辽阔 是你最后的温柔
一直到现在我才懂 (就算舍不得也不能回头)
海阔天空 在我心中
湿透了眼 就不再迷惑
望着你给的黑夜 当泪划过 才能对自己宽容
海阔天空 我顶着风
当雾散开 就真的自由
独自寻遍这地球 找新的出口 谢谢你让我爱过
-张惠妹<海阔天空>-
I’d be spending most of February in airports / airplanes / out of Singapore.
Till then!
