So Chinese New Year came and gone just like that. Well, it aint really gone yet...but since I'm already back at work, it feels like its over. And its a shitty feeling coming back to the office knowing that there won't be another long holiday for a loooong time.

 

Chinese New Year seems to be of less and less important to my family. No, not that my family is becoming less and less Chinese...or slowly turning Indian...but it seems my family doesnt really make a fuss or a big deal over Chinese New Year anymore.

 

I remember when I was a kid. I used to look forward to Chinese New Year as much as I did Christmas. I would start decorating the house with stupid Ang Pows and whatever Chinese New Year cards we receive. My mum would then buy the kuih kapeks, that stupid white rabbit biscuit, pineapple tarts, lo kams etc...almost one month in advance. And I would look forward to putting them in serving jars, all ready for visitors.

 

I also remember our reunion dinners on Chinese New Year's Eve. My family and my uncle's family would all gather at my grandparents' house in Klang..with each family preparing a few dishes. During dinner, my dad would allow me to have ONE sip of beer....and the only 'alcoholic' drink I could have was a Jolly or Anglia shandy. My grandparents would then start giving Ang Pows almost straight after dinner.

 

And on New Year's Day, I would get all dressed up in my new clothes...makin sure I was all fly and dressed to impress. We would then head over to my mum's side of the family for lunch...where ALL the relatives would gather for lunch. A gambling session among my in-laws would then follow after lunch.

 

 

 

 

Sigh....THOSE were the good ol' days.

 

 

 

This year, we hardly even had any goodies in the house. My parents bought everything last minute..and put up the decorations on New Year's Eve. The only "New Year" goody I had in my house was the damn kuih kapek. Come to think of it, I think my family IS slowly turning Indian...cos I think I saw muruku in my house!

 

There wasn't ANY gathering of the my mum's side of the family this year...with some of them being away for the New Year.

 

I also felt 10 years older this Chinese New Year. My cousins, of whom I used to play and joke with when I was a kid, are all starting their own families...bringing their husbands and wives and kids and shit. On the bright side, I get more Ang Pows cos I now receive them from my cousins AND their parents. On the downside, my relatives are fuckin gettin stingier and stingier every year.

 

 

Sigh....

 

 

Even my reunion dinner finished in....what..30 minutes? It was so boring I had to down more beer to ease the tension. Dinner was so boring I brought up a suggestion during dinner:

 

 "Hey, why don't we do something different next year? Just to spice things up abit? You know...like instead of having the conventional Chinese dishes, why don't we have roti canais and rendangs and curries? Then every year we can have a different 'theme'! We can have Italian food one year, Japanese food the next...and so on! Now isn't that a great idea??"

 

 

They all just cock-stared and me as if to say "Shudafuckup and eat your food boy!".

 

 

 

Right. Wait till I get my OWN family.

 

 

 

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian Works Minister and hip-hop star Samy Vellu, aka Samy V, has shot down rumours that he was switching from Death Row Records to rivals Bad Boy Entertainment. "I am very happy with Death Row Records and have no intention of leaving", Samy V told reporters on Monday.

 

Samy V, who has released two albums under Death Row Records (NPE in 2000 and MRR2: The Return of Samy V in 2002), added that he is currently working on his latest album Toll Hike and will be released in conjunction with the opening of the new PJ highway in 2008. Samy V has several number 1 hits under Death Row Records, including his latest single Nobody Toll Me which topped the Billboard singles chart last week.

 

Rumours of Samy V switching labels started when founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs announced that he will be collaborating with several artists on his new album, including Samy V. Sean Combs was not available for comment at press time.  - AP

I was driving home flipping thru radio stations (as usual) and I swear to God I heard this song playing:

 

 

What the fuck. How fuckin LAME can your lyrical skills be? I mean, who would go around saying "Eh eh, have you heard the new song by [insert a mah-chan singer]? You know the macam ini lah macam itu lah? Its damn cool wei..".

 

All I could think of was that it was a lame, I mean, STUPID attempt to copy Dre's "It's like this and like that and like this and uh..".

 

 

 

Macam your mother la.

   

  

Apparently, I don't have a very good first impression with people.

 

Apparently. I have an arrogant/action/kwai-lan face the first time I meet people.

 

Apparently, my face has more of a fuck off you sonofabitch look more than a Hi, nice to meet you. Can I be your friend? look.

 

Which fuckin baffles me in all honesty. I first got to know about it when Rebecky said I was "lansi" to her the first time she met me. I brushed it off at first, thinkin that she's the only one that felt that way...until I found out almost EVERYONE thought the same way about me.

 

Me? Being arrogant? Being proud? Weird. What have I got to be proud of? I ain't rich...I ain't the coolest guy on earth...What have I got to be proud of?

 

 

I thnk it's just  a misperception. I think it's more of me being shy (stop laughing you fuckin assholes) rather than arrogant. That's right, just shy. I usually need to reach a comfort level with people I meet before I get all friendly and crazy with them. I think EVERYBODY who knows me can agree with that. It's more like I'm hoping for the other guy to make the first move and say hi.

 

Honestly, I was abit shocked when I found out about it. And when I ask why, the reply I get is "I dunno. Maybe its because of your face". What the fuck. YOU have a problem with MY face and you say I'M the one being arrogant?? It's not MY friggin problem that you don't like the way I look! Blame it on my parents! I can't change my friggin face!

 

I admit to being quiet(er) the first few times I meet people, but don't take it as arrogance. Please, I think my indian neighbour whose family treats her like a maid has more reasons to be arrogant than I do. I think the reason I don't get many mosquito bites is because even the friggin mosquitoes don't think my blood is good enough for them.

 

But, it just goes to show how you can't judge a person based on first impressions. I mean, c'mon, I'm a pretty nice guy rite rite rite? (Again, stop laughing you fuckin assholes). I mean, you can't expect me to be smiling all the fuckin time, can you? Imagine if I'm meeting you for the time, put on a creepy ass smile and said "Hi, I'm Nigel. I'm sooo glad to meet you. Will you be my friend?" Won't you think I'm abit mental and start getting scared of me?

 

 

Arrogant. Pfft.