My Kind of HAPPY Lunar New Year =)

Every year when this is approaching, it's so routine... 初一 to paternal grandma's and god-grandparents' home, 初二 to my maternal grandma's home. This is only the second lunar new year with him thus our plans does not really revolves around each other yet.

Anyway, was pretty excited when my mum told me that this year, we are all going to Kukup to spend the Lunar New Year. The whole maternal side went and the buses were only us and us. It was more of a R&R trip as there were nothing much over at Kukup. Modern people like us are never going to be satisfied with the simple village kelong life over there. However, it was the company that matters.

We set off in the early morning of 初一 at Jurong East MRT station. The bus was there to pick us up. Greeted by my all my aunties, uncles, cousins and grandma, we boarded the two mini buses and headed for the custom. It took us about 2 hours to reach the fishing village.

Things were really different over there. Like it or not, I feel that we human are really the causes for our own doom. The water that greeted us were milky and loads of nonsense were thrown into the water just above all the houses. You name it, they have it. Rat corpse, tables, chairs, spoons, forks, plastics, I wonder how many more years will the dreadful effect comes into full force. Having said that, the houses were beautiful, clean and huge. In a troop of 20, we managed to stay at one house with 6 bedrooms and each bed room has an average of 4 double decker beds. The place was in fact too big to accommodate all of us. There were so many mahjong tables around, a KTV set, and a fishing net for us to pass our time. All food were provided. And when I said food, it was good food with lots of seafoods. However, I was not very keen on the seafood because of the fact that the water is so milky and whatever was flushed down, went directly into the water. Of course, I was told not to be too bothered about it for most of the seafood came form such environment. I took some bites and of cos, it tasted exactly the same as those in Singapore but fresher. However, I still cannot get over the fact that these seafoods were from the milky, muddy water that contains all sorts of waste, including human's. Sounds gross? Haha... We are too pampered I guess. I came home healthy and well. No Lao sai though since I'm a sucker for it. =p

Anyway, for the younger generation, it was the first time that we meddle with the fire crackers and fire works since it's not allowed in Singapore. It was truly an awesome experience! =) What a wonderful family I have. Thank you God for that =) Not only are my immediate family members lovely, my relatives are all as lovely too.