CNY's coming.

I'm looking forward to it and i'm not looking forward to it. contradicting right.
Aiii, i'm looking forward to the break, to the times whereby i can just sit back at home, look at my mother walking in and out of the kitchen, scolding us once in a while when we did something wrong. But then again, CNY period no one is allowed to say bad stuffs or throw temper. Oh oh oh, and partner and i surely do look forward to the angbaos!!! money money money~ $$

What i'm not looking forward to will be, the endless irritating questions from relatives. So, to preempt awkwardness between relatives and me, i better prepare myself well enough to face the questions asked "annually". Yea, yea, yea i've memorized what to say already.

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R: Relative, D = Me

R: Ah ni, what you studying now?
D: I graduated long time ago already.

R: Ah ni, What are you currently doing?
D: I working in a branding company.
R: What is your company name?
D: Slice of Life Designs.
R: Oh, never hear before.
D: right.
R: Boss good?
D: good.
R: Colleague good?
D: good.
R: how many in company?
D: 3
R: HUH???
D: boss, colleague and me.
R: HUH?????
D: newly start up company.
R: oh........

Hao lian R: Ah ni, how much you earn ah?
D: ok lor.
Hao lian R: Ok is how much?
D: enough to survive but not as much as your son/daughter.
Hao lian R: so is less than 2 k ah?
D: *smile*
Hao lian R: Oh, my son ah, he haven graduate already got big 4 looking for him to work under them. Starting pay confirm more than 2.5k lar. my daughter hor, going to be a dentist soon. got many guys like her but she don't like them lor ... blah blah blah
D: congrats. *looking around for bak kua*

R: Ah ni ah, got how much bonus?
D: *shakes + smile*
R: oh. yea lar, recession. my bonus also got cut. cut a bit lar, but heng still got.
D: ha. ya. *smile*

NEWLY ADDED QNS THIS YEAR
R: why ah boy (my brother) never come ah?
D: he don't want to come.
R: why?
D: he no job so don't want to come.
R: Aiyoooo why lose job?
D: quarrel with boss.
R: how come?
D: boss eat his no pay leave and they just can't get along.
R: why ah boy till now still never have a stable job ah?
D: *smile*
R: ah boy girlfriend leh?
D: break already.
R: waaaaaaaaaaaaa break again ah?? change girlfriend ahh?
D: yes.
R: so now got another one?
D: er. maybe another 2. er... or 3. or er 4... er... or...
R: wa....

Actually, i only intend to tell them my brother didn't go because he went overseas with friends or something like that. It's gonna be a lie. but my mother insisted that we tell the truth. my brother say don't want, tell truth means the relatives will again look down on us. well, they always look down on us anyway. but what surprised me was that, my mama said:" Just tell the truth that ah boy lost his job so he don't want to go grandpa house. Yes, they look down on us, so what? This will motivate you two to work harder next time so that people won't look down on us. We don't lie coz we don't have to lie." wah... my mother reminds me of the little nyonna, yueniang's mother. the xiang yun ah. haha.

TOP ASKED QNS (Standard format)
R: Ah ni, got boyfriend already?
D: no. *smile*
R: Aiyooo, not small already hor, must faster go get one then bring here take angbao mah~ why? too shy is it?
D: no.
R: Then why? so chosey ah?
D: no.
R: Then why don't have? cannot always so shy you know if not next time cannot marry.
D: haven meet the right one.
R: why so long still no right one?
D: how i know?
R: you not anxious ah?
D: anxious no use. got means got, no have means no have.
R: you no friend is it so shy one. from small shy till now.
D: *smile*
R: you like what kind? Come, aunty intro you.
D: i don't know.
R: how can you don't know?
D: I really don't know.
R: Aiyo, go outside make friends!
D: *smile*
R: Next year must bring boyfriend here okay? (6th time)
D: *smile*

o well. can't blame me for being so "shy" and "anti-social" during house visits to grandpa hse on Chu 1 right. I think i can sit and stone in a tiny corner, waiting for the day to pass. oh, and worst thing is that the kids grow damn fast and i bet most are taller than me esp they have the "tall genes". I wonder what happened to me.
I felt so intimidated.

ouch.
CNY come and go.

P/S: i miss the baby me.