im just no good at giving relief

Happy Chinese New Year people. Though probably most of you don't even celebrate it. And most people probably think that I don't too. But I do. Every year, since I could remember. And probably before that.

I like the fact that some people actually text/message me just to wish those few simple words. Because most people associate me only with all those Malay occasions just because I'm Muslim. So to have people remember that I'm actually part Chinese, I think that's pretty nice. I like that.

My mom's side of the family is kind of small. We have my grandparents, 2 uncles and well, that's about it. Another two aunts in England and Singapore so they don't count. Normally when my dad's side of the family gather we'll need like a dozen 10-person tables, without even guaranteeing that everyone get a seat. But mom's side, I could probably fit them all in my dorm room, which is really small, and still have space to walk around on. That for me is the most visible difference between Eid and Chinese New Year.

So, went around a few open houses because it's the right thing to do. Basically what I did was just sitting down, listening to old people talk and eat. And I think I saw some kid I know from elementary school in one of those houses but we were leaving when she came in. I don't think she saw me, but if she did, she just ignored me. I guess she's like one of those type of people who'll say that they'll miss you at the end of the school year but forgets your name one month later. I try not to be one of them. That's why I almost never say that I'll miss anyone because most the time, I know I won't.

Well, hope this year will be a prosperous one for all of us. I'm using prosperous because that's probably the most famous word associated with the Chinese New Year.