Returning to my mum's hometown, the simple life, it's a blessing to have such a place to retreat to, especially when you are tired of the rush and bu city life, technology all those stuff.
sitting outside the house just feels so relaxing,
the wind brushes past you on a lazy afternoon,
the clear cloudless blue sky,
chickens run around the place,
the laughter of the young cousins surrounds you,
all the your problems and troubles suddenly disappear,
your memories refreshed to a blank sheet,
time just passes slowly even though you wished it would stop.
that's simple kampong life for you!
how i wished my younger cousins would cherish this scene instead of playing computer whole day long. we used to play around the place before the computers came, just plain running around and catching. but it's true there's not much you can do when u'r a teenager there coz those games the kids play no longer appeal to you.
this year it's like revisiting teenage years.. haha i finally learnt basketball and practised shooting the hoop, then took my gang of cousins for a big walk, to explore around the forest and places we'r never visited before like the fruit plantations and stuff, haha like army sia.
searching the pond for fishes, watching out for spider and snake, everyone had a walking stick, up the hill for the view and they tired out easily and the youngest one said 'guo nian guo dao zhe yang xing ku' hahahax. and when ppl ask 'what u do on chinese new year?' 'oh i went on an expedition exploring the forest.' haha weird.
and they started calling me 'lao you zhi' coz i said i like to watch ben ten and they know that i had gundams and i have a lot of candies on my table. -_-"
anyway, this year's cny is like last year, quiet coz there's not much fire crackers to play around. the onli one is the hong pao, the long red ones where u hang on a pole. the police are quite strict in recent years.
i mean, what's cny w/o fire crackers!??!! it's like xmas w/o xmas trees and presents.
the part of cny i love most is the fire crackers!
sometimes i do pity sporean kids who haf never played with fire crackers before, your cny isn't been complete.
haha, it's like the main event of CNY, apart from angpows. lucky i recorded some stuff from previous years! will be up next entry! pardon the quality coz i used my hp cam.
picture time!
why did the chicken cross the road?
beautiful sunset just in front of the house
playing cards at nitee
our gong gong made this concrete bench for generations of young kids. it became our fav hangout
angpow from popo!
haha remember this cutie?
walking around the neighbourhood
we celebrated popo's bdae! same as mine!
i always hate to leave the place esp when my family is one of the first to leave
haha of coz i must give credits to the resident photographer with her canon SLR. haha
to see the entire album,
http://picasaweb.google.com/aestar.huiyee/NewYear09PD
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