Hallelujah

I have work. But I am Shirking It, because I'm in a Holiday Mood, which makes it acceptable, because I am Chinese.

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

I always like Chinese New Year, despite it being a time not unlike the tension filled Emergency Period of Malaya. Where there are hidden minefields everywhere, a devious little relatives just waiting to pounce on you and demand an explanation for your Singledom once every three minutes. Where the inevitable yelling spree with parents will break out. Where the anticipation of reunion dinner inevitably outweighs the actual dinner itself, which will be a sedate and very very normal affair. Where my grandmother will still be neurotic and a little barmy bouncing off walls.

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BUT!! Chinese New Year is definitely one of the main reasons why I like being Chinese. (Other reasons include because you are Chinese, it is culturally acceptable to do many things like be really stingy, use a toothpick, pray to a God of Money, eat lots and lots and lots of pork...). Chinese New Year is a time when all the Chinese in the world gather around and say "Hallelujah!"

So...

HALLELUJAH! IT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! YAAAY!!!