CNY visitation in KL
It's been another year of CNY visitation. As usual, my family drove up to KL to visit my paternal relatives during this festive season. We had intended to stay till Sunday, but due to a change in plans, I was back on Thur night.
My feelings about going are quite mixed actually. On the one hand, I look forward to spending time with them, especially my grandparents, keeping family ties and getting updates on how this or that person is doing. But on the other hand, this means that I'll be missing out on the visitations with friends back here during this period. Well, I guess that the priority here is still family.
It's rather different for my parents. My dad delights in the yearly family reunion, while my mum thoroughly enjoys the company. I must say, she's really good at interacting with people, building relational ties. As for me, I tend to be the silent watcher, preferring to just listen to her conversations.
My dad has 4 brothers and 7 sisters (dad is the eldest son). All of them are married with 1 - 5 kids, and some of my cousins have kids of their own. Can you imagine the crowd that hangs out at my grandparents' place come CNY?? Believe me, it's a whole lot of noise throughout the day and into the night. Not to mention, there's also the noise of firecrackers, lion dance troups etc.! And the heat was most unbearable! Thank God for sustaining me through that.
In a way, I've always felt that celebrating CNY in M'sia "kampung" is a certain privilege not enjoyed by most Singaporeans. The atmosphere there is so different and the season is accorded greater importance - longer holidays, more festivity in the air... But more than the atmosphere, I thank God for each person in this big and warm family.
My feelings about going are quite mixed actually. On the one hand, I look forward to spending time with them, especially my grandparents, keeping family ties and getting updates on how this or that person is doing. But on the other hand, this means that I'll be missing out on the visitations with friends back here during this period. Well, I guess that the priority here is still family.
It's rather different for my parents. My dad delights in the yearly family reunion, while my mum thoroughly enjoys the company. I must say, she's really good at interacting with people, building relational ties. As for me, I tend to be the silent watcher, preferring to just listen to her conversations.
My dad has 4 brothers and 7 sisters (dad is the eldest son). All of them are married with 1 - 5 kids, and some of my cousins have kids of their own. Can you imagine the crowd that hangs out at my grandparents' place come CNY?? Believe me, it's a whole lot of noise throughout the day and into the night. Not to mention, there's also the noise of firecrackers, lion dance troups etc.! And the heat was most unbearable! Thank God for sustaining me through that.
In a way, I've always felt that celebrating CNY in M'sia "kampung" is a certain privilege not enjoyed by most Singaporeans. The atmosphere there is so different and the season is accorded greater importance - longer holidays, more festivity in the air... But more than the atmosphere, I thank God for each person in this big and warm family.
posted by Handiworks @ 12:49 AM
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