The New Year

Reunion dinner was steak and champagne, after which we sat the Singapore Flyer which almost lulled me into a bored kind of sleep. Visitation was to the same old folks' rental flat, where I devoured giam chye arh (duck with salted veg), ayam buah keluak and assam pork... a meal I had dreamed of the day before. Before that, I kinda fell asleep on the foldable chair, while some TV programme was flashing in the background with some hokkien-english conversation taking place between the older adults. Some minutes before that, my brother was fooling around along the corridor in my lil' cousin's sky-high neon purple platforms (he walks much better than I do in them, quite the natural). Today, I wake up with some memories, tinged mostly with talk about the IR. Yes, the IR. Some Indon guy gambled away $1,000, and got arrested for stealing someone's mobile phone at Changi Airport Terminal 1. I mean, it's only been three days since the IR opened, and we already have a crime. Lord, help us. But anyhows, CNY was not bad, especially so with family around. One year older with loved ones is always good for the soul.