kay i'm back. well, not just but like couple hours ago. was so tired that i fell asleep before i did anything else when we got home just now.
anyway, it was pretty awkward for me cause nobody from my "clique" (people like jing, hanyun, kaihan... etc) were there. and the aunties were just staring openly at me. it's like the moment i stepped into the house, all their eyes followed me and i hear murmurings.
"it's her daughter la....""you sure or not..? don't look like.."
"i think it's her daughter.."
"she change a lot hor..?"stuff like that. and when i finally got introduced as "her daughter", they were like bombarding me with how much i've changed and many other stuff that boosts your ego. LOL.
"wah you really 女大十八变!"
"ehhh... you become more girly already..."
"wah now so pretty huh...""prettier than your mom last time leh.."
and on and on and on... it was damn embarrassing and i could do nothing but just
SMILE and
WAVE. it got worse later on in the evening but i'll leave that for later.
so we were waiting for the lion dance troupe to come (yes lion dance, dad's lecturer/adviser is rich and generous and very very deep rooted to the chinese culture). as i've said, it was awkward for me cause i knew no one. resorted to
DJ MAX until the lion dance troupe finally came!
you know right, i was damn pissed off with my BB's camera. it really sucks to the max can! somehow wish that my SE C902 was still with me. but nevermind! maybe it's time i get a camera.
alright the "gets worse" part.
you know how the lion would pick up oranges from the ground and throw it into the crowd for
大吉大利 (prosperity for the coming year). like you see in the following photo.
all the aunties would like try to bribe the lion with angbaos so that it'd throw the oranges to them. like a small token of exchange i guess. it was very amusing to watch.
so whilst enjoying the performance, the lion got up to look around for its next "receiver". suddenly, it just came over and stared at me. and i guess i was supposed to take the orange from the mouth and then!!!! it just wouldn't let go of my arm. you know there were two girls around my age sitting right in front of me and they had to move aside for the lion to "flirt" with me.
i think they are pissed off cause if i were them i would be! i think..
aiya then the aunties, including mom, were laughing and stuff. so did the entire lion dance troupe.
ohwell, as least this year i will 大吉大利.the finale and wishing us good health for the coming year.
the "gift" from the lion.
went around exploring the house after that. it's damn cool cause the entire place is filled with antiques!
cameras and charcoal irons!
plenty of oil lamps and smoking pipes. on the way up!
gramophone, AWESOME stuff.
many many of the
pounding thingys.
teacups and teapots! MR MAO (:
couple of old typewriters.. and finally, a
pretty english lamp with lace lampshade.
it's super fun walking up and down just looking at those antiques. like a leap back in time while welcoming the new year. and i finally felt peaceful cause the antiques weren't giving me weird stares. haha.
and i realised how comfortable it was "appearing offline". no disturbance or distractions. and i can really enjoy my music and blog. and it's like, you guys will never know if i'm really online or not. haha. i can pretend not to be and avoid awkward conversations. NICE.
PEACE Y'ALL! (: