happy chinese new year to all.
its the first day of the lunar new year, and boy, was it a day of eating eating and more eating.
it's just one of those days where you sit down and realised how much time has flew by without you realising, and when you realise, its already another new year.
i was just eating dinner at my grans place and we were sitting down at the usual "kids" table when we realised that all of us (my cousins) haven't done this for years! we were pretty much like
"it's been years since we really sat down and ate dinner togther, just like the good old days"
more than 10 years back, we used to spend every single Sunday at my grans place, gathering, hanging out, playing funny kid games like catching and "what's the time Mr Wolf?", before heading for our weekly swimming sesh at the pool. Our coach was this rotund tanned Santa Clausy guy, who we remember fondly as Uncle Chan, and he used to drill us in our strokes till we perfected them. Not forgetting the amazing mee siam, hotdogs and horlicks that come along as a reward for every strenous training sesh. Sundays were always remembered as pool days together with a ton of fun. We grew up together, spending our Sundays toghether, and it certainly was a memorable time.
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everything also made me reflect on my life this one whole year, crappy but certainly maturing, in terms of life and my own personal growth.
my closer aunts came up to me with an ang pow in her hand, and knowing what i went through this year, she only said one thing to me,
"i wish you just to have a smooth year, one that is filled with nothing but happiness"
it meant the world to me.
i, having lived through everything, realised how difficult it is just to attain simple happiness, and for that, i wish that onto everyone, that everyone may find the same happiness in their lives.
just by knowing how difficult it is for happiness to come by, i made a promise to myself, that i won't let time go past me, i won't let time stand still. i will move on and make myself happy.
going in search of happiness, something i really wish everyone can find.
its the first day of the lunar new year, and boy, was it a day of eating eating and more eating.
it's just one of those days where you sit down and realised how much time has flew by without you realising, and when you realise, its already another new year.
i was just eating dinner at my grans place and we were sitting down at the usual "kids" table when we realised that all of us (my cousins) haven't done this for years! we were pretty much like
"it's been years since we really sat down and ate dinner togther, just like the good old days"
more than 10 years back, we used to spend every single Sunday at my grans place, gathering, hanging out, playing funny kid games like catching and "what's the time Mr Wolf?", before heading for our weekly swimming sesh at the pool. Our coach was this rotund tanned Santa Clausy guy, who we remember fondly as Uncle Chan, and he used to drill us in our strokes till we perfected them. Not forgetting the amazing mee siam, hotdogs and horlicks that come along as a reward for every strenous training sesh. Sundays were always remembered as pool days together with a ton of fun. We grew up together, spending our Sundays toghether, and it certainly was a memorable time.
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everything also made me reflect on my life this one whole year, crappy but certainly maturing, in terms of life and my own personal growth.
my closer aunts came up to me with an ang pow in her hand, and knowing what i went through this year, she only said one thing to me,
"i wish you just to have a smooth year, one that is filled with nothing but happiness"
it meant the world to me.
i, having lived through everything, realised how difficult it is just to attain simple happiness, and for that, i wish that onto everyone, that everyone may find the same happiness in their lives.
just by knowing how difficult it is for happiness to come by, i made a promise to myself, that i won't let time go past me, i won't let time stand still. i will move on and make myself happy.
going in search of happiness, something i really wish everyone can find.
