Chinese New Year

I always overeat during Chinese New Year.....

But the food was really good :P

Getting ang pows was the best part!

just a few :)

This year is the year of the rabbit, and I was born in the year of the rabbit (I'm 12). My Chinese teacher in Beijing said that in China, when it was your year, you had to wear red socks and belts for the whole year! Thank God Malaysians don't do that! I could never find a pair of shoes that match!

Mom's Side

My cousin Ariel came back this year.

She and Eunice never run out of energy and games. 

They just play the whole day away while everyone else is suffering from exhaustion. 

But I eat the exact same food as them!

Six years ago:

top row: Kao-Fu, Kao-Niong, Ivan, Yee-Jeong, Ariel, Yee-Yee, Mom, Eunice, Dad

bottom row: Isaac, Po-Po, Gong-Gong, me

Now:

It's so rare to get a photo where all of the children are smiling properly. Many silly faces came out on the second photo, though.

Isn't it amazing how much we've grown? (I mean the children, not the adults)
Especially Ariel. I would never have guessed that was her if I didn't already know!

Dad's Side

None of my dad's siblings are married, so no cousins from there...yet...

At a Japanese buffet. The guy on the left is my dad's uncle.

Last Tuesday, while waiting for my Sok-Gong (my grandfather's brother), we were hanging around the park and saw some car tire swings.

Well, Eunice and I have only seen them in old movies, so we tried sitting on them. I can't tell you how much it hurt my butt...

But soon, we were all swinging around, laughing and having fun like little kids (even my grandma and my dad).

The swings were very short, though. My feet kept hitting the tree roots. And did I mention how painful my butt was?

Me and my grandmother

It was also my first time seeing a pineapple plant. It was so cute!

My Sok-Gong also brought us to a deer farm in Rawang. 

One of us tried feeding them banana leaves and they actually liked them! In fact, they loved them!

Weird, huh? I didn't know deers could eat banana leaves. I hope they don't get food poisoning (trust me, I know how that feels like).

I have no idea what type of deer these two are.

In the evening, we had dinner with my dad's relatives.

Sitting fourth from the left is my great-grandmother. I think she is 78 or 79 years old this year. 

She married at 17 and gave birth at 18. My grandmother also got married at 17 and gave birth to my dad at 18. So my great-grandmother became a grandmother when she was only 36 years old!

But my dad married at 28 and had me when he was 31 :D

The small boy on the right is my 2nd cousin (my dad's cousin's son) Marques (same pronunciation as Marcus). He's 16 months. It was my first time seeing him.

So my Tai-Po has three great-grandchildren now. I hope I get to live long enough to see my great-grandchildren.....that is, if I get married (which is highly improbable).

-Eliza