Wednesday, 28 January 2009
It's chinese new year... I am supposed to be happy to receive Ang Pows and stuff but this year isn't exactly a good year for those born in the year of the ram and I can see evidences of it already.Yesterday, my dad brought the whole family to visit the relatives and when we got to my Aunt's (father's second eldest sister) house, almost the whole family (my father's side) was there, what a coincidence. Of course we greeted everyone and while we are about to take a seat, my uncle (father's brother) started his... ranting. He 'replied' to my aunt's words of "that's grandma, do you remember her?" using "of course they do not, it's been a year over since they visited her. And to think she looked after them since young." something like that. Though it's true we didn't visit grandma last year for Chinese new year but still, my dad sometimes bring grandma to our home. It's not like we haven't seen her for a year... OK, so we let that slip. Now the house is silent and filled with an air of 'murderous spite' and awkward-ness. BUT! It didn't just end there, he repeated his words again in Teochew (I understood a little Teochew and I know he was ranting again) but then my dad couldn't take it anymore and rebutted, telling him that my dad does bring 'mother' (grandma- duh) to our house once in awhile. Then my uncle finally shuts up after saying "if only that were the case". After that, the whole house was silent again, only after he left then we we able to relax a little. It's like a nightmare turned real, you expected a rather joyous atmosphere during chinese new year and you get crap like that. Well, my uncle has always been like that- a little petty and stubborn, the expression on his face never changes- it's as though he is never happy. Maybe he's in a bad mood because of the recession (he lost his job some few months back). I wonder how it feels like to have a father like him, I pity my cousins a little. Well, after hearing his words I did feel a little uneasy, afterall it is true that we didn't go visit grandma last year (grandma is staying with him) but only because we don't really like him, or rather, my siblings and I are afraid of him. Well, we did manage to loosen up abit after the incident yesterday by visiting another aunt's house (my father's eldest sister). My aunt, this aunt, isn't on good terms with my uncle. they had an argument several years ago and now they don't speak to each other. We went to my aunt's house and somehow the adult's conversation went to my uncle. They were like... talking bad behind his back about stuff he did before. There were MANY cases and so, knowing we are allies made me feel a little better. Finally, when we are back home and at around 10pm, my aunt (father's eldest sister) came to visit. Along with my cousin, whom I have never seen for years. He still has several piercing on his face but it's alot less compared to last time. This cousin of mine used to be.. bad. He had beaten up a classmate and had been on probation by the police before. But he's changed for the better. He told my sister and I things about the 'outside' world and some things about his past. Our chat was rather enlightening, and it was fun. It reminded us of the times we uused to play catching outside my grandma's house when we were young. He is the same age as my sister, a year older than me. Well before he left, of course we complained about my uncle to him and he shares the same thoughts, saying his siblings (4 of them) all don't like him. He left at around 11pm, leaving behind his 'wisdom' and knowing that we had several allies made me feel glad.
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Thursday, 1 January 2009
It's the 1st of January and officially 2009! Woo~ There's the countdown thing on TV yesterday but I started watching only at 11pm after the documentary on Okto ended and I stopped watching at around 11.40pm. The countdown thing wasn't really that nice, maybe because it's on TV and the LIVE thing may be nice (I won't know) but yeah, I didn't really felt a need to watch it. School starts next Monday for me, and after several weeks of break... I seriously don't feel like going to school. Oh well, at least this time it's 2D Art Fundamentals and there'll probably be drawing. Any lesson involving drawing won't be THAt bad... I think.
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