CNY 08
derek said it right when he told Prime Time Morning that chinese new year has always been about reunions in the shang family. and yes, it sure is. felt really good to be able to reunite with all my 30+ cuzins at the dinner table over the past 4 days, and have 'lao-yusheng' every single night. it wasn't about the eating session, even though the food was really sumptuous. it was about having a good dinner together around the dinner table with all the others who bore the same surname and share the same family bonding.

my aunts brought out the old photographs and we really had a great laughing session over our retro hairstyles and dressing we used to have in the 90s. some of my cousins weren't born yet; while there were other photos of me carrying the younger ones in my arms! i feel old now that these cousins are already in their first years in JC. and my aunts shared with us of the good old days stories of our grandparents and everything that was shang.

had a chance to meet my nieces and nephews... and play with my youngest cousins. i have always remembered them as baby toddlers. had a shock when i realised that the youngest is now in K2!!! ahhh, how time flies! but it was nice to be able to play and talk to them. the only regret that we didn't do this year, was to really take a good picture of the shang cusins. it would be nice.... maybe when someone in the family gets married soon! :)