Sunday, January 29, 2006

i dun believe the hype

Happy New Year to all my Chinese friends out there.. wish u luck in collecting all your ang baos and hope u all make a whopping out of the collections.. unlike all of u we Malays are facing a decline in proportions in more ways than one.. u see.. on Hari Raya we get lesser and lesser as we grow older and older.. unlike your traditional beliefs that u onli have to give ang baos if ur married.. ours entitle us to the spirit of giving if in any way we are able to.. meaning that once u start working and have that something extra it entitles u to give out those measly amounts of money.. and unlike all of u who receive on average 10 dollars for each ang bao.. we malays have the average figure at $2.. so juz imagine.. we all need to collect 5 of such juz to be on par with u when u juz visited one house..

in any case.. i juz experienced the "spirit" of CNY if u put it that way.. and in my opinion.. i ask myself.. Whats the big deal?? wheres the celebration? as an outsider who dun realli understand the concept of all of it, i feel CNY is overrated.. on TV and adverts its such a big hoo-haa.. but wen i see it for myself.. its a bit of a lukewarm feeling.. i dun see joy.. true joy.. i dun see the pure redness of CNY.. not all are donned in red.. and to me the disappointing thing of all.. all are out in their normal ordinary clothes.. well new as they may be.. whats the diff.. i can always go out on an alternate sunday wearing a tshirt i juz bought but will the public realise.. its disappointing for me at the very least..

Forgive me if im wrong.. but i guess u all are a bit on the downside in the expressive element.. maybe u dun express that joy in celebrations.. or maybe u celebrate it indoors.. the pure joyous occassion are made for yourselves and not the rest around u.. i guess thats in your own right den..

i noe i have no business comparing my celebrations and yours.. but hey if i could celebrate CNY with my family.. i betcha that i can do it better than anyone of u which has done so today.. i dun believe the hype guys.. Happy Chinese New Year aniwaes..

posted by: mfirdie @ 8:34 AM

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