12th day of CNY

so, it's the 12th day of chinese new year. another three more days before the end of the celebration. apparently, it seems like i'm more chinese than the average chinese.. so sue me. anyone who knows me well enough will know that i read a lot, inquire a lot, and have a deep facination with the chinese culture. i could identify the era where cheongsams were popular, use proverbs as old as the Haan dynasty etc.. so i guess it's nothing new if i were to blog about chinese festivals. like i've mentioned before, it actually saddens me to see that more and more chinese are being westernised. they do not know, understand or appreciate their culture which is steeped in values and tradition.

fine, i'll take a break from the 'mumbo jumbo' blogging today and go back my mundane personal life (besides, there's nothing special today in the chinese almanac). so, i went for dinner last night. we wanted to toss the yee sang, but sadly, it wasn't available at the restaurant. eventually, we ended up eating more than 400 bucks worth of seafood. fish, crabs, prawns... luckily we didn't order the lobster. as usual, i couldn't eat much, hence i only took a few bites from each dish..

after dinner, we went over to T's place for gambling session. yup, u heard it right, we gambled. we played mahjong and cards. actually, i was quite happy with the mahjong session, because i was the biggest winner of the night (however, the prize money is very little). but then again, i had fun. after the mahjong session, we played this game called 'in between' with a deck of cards. simple rules, but high stakes. eventually, i lost 25 bucks for the whole night (kah hooi lost more). but all is not lost as the pool money will be used for another eating session..haha

ok, enough of my pathetic life. until the next time then

ciao
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ben