Today is the first day of Chinese New Year, the year of the magnificent dragon..So why am I blogging here? I should be out visiting right?
Yea, the reason am blogging is this morning is this is the quietest moments of my time since the family is still asleep. We will be getting ready to go to my in law's house for lunch followed by the whole day of yakking among the grandma, sisters in laws, brothers, nephews, nieces, grand children etc until dinner time..
It has been an annual ritual for us to spend the first day of CNY at his mom's house the whole day followed by the second day at my mom's house with the same routine of eating and visiting.. Do we find this boring n so habitual? Ya, u bet! The children find this a chore.. But we told them this is the only time u get to meet all the relatives together at one place and get to "socialise" with them once in a year.
I know that they complain because it robbed them of the chance to go out with their friends during this break.. However, am sure that in their heart of hearts, they realise that this is the strong chinese tradition that signifies the "family unity" and culture. These values will stand them in good stead in the future as they realise that you can have many friends in life but you only have one family for ever.
Families will stay with u in good n bad times, in happiness n in sorrow and help tide each other over difficult circumstances with unfailing n uncondiitional love. The days of CNY socialising does "deepen" the understanding annually and gets better as they grow older.
There are many predictions for this Water Dragon year, some good n some bad for the different signs.. My hubby is a dragon n he "fan tai sui" so it will be a difficult year for him.. But I believe that destiny is in your own hands so u can always turn a dangerous position into an opportunistic one.So, for those "dragons" out there, all will be well if you continue to persevere in your right path and believe in what you do.
As for the rest of the zodiac signs, I hope you will all continue to enjoy the blessings and get what u worked for ...
Gong Xi Fa Cai once again.
Huat ah...
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