Second rivercruise in Perth on last friday.. I wasn't bothered to dress up to the theme at first due to the extremely hot weather and weariness from the hectic week until housemate Jac said at least wear something close to the theme. So being the lazy me i pulled a black dress out of my wardrobe, a hair clip that that I got some days earlier and put on some makeup. And there I were ready for masquerade rivercruise.
The rivercruise is organised by my church for orientation's purpose. We had two rivercruise which i attended the one at 7.30pm. I would say it was a huge success thanks to all the passion people. It wasn't easy to organize a rivercruise for 320++ people where transport have to be provided as well. But..we managed to pull it off! Credits to all passion!
Not many photos were taken because half of the time I was experiencing sea sickness :S
Evan and I were playing with the camera while waiting for Jac to get ready..
Look at how shiny our faces are..all due to sweats... The XiaoDiDi - Chris Housemate Jac.. The boy band - David, Erwin & Wilson.. Angie the Angel.. The cool boy wannabe-s.. Managed to capture the view of Perth Eye.. I made some new friends.. Donkey and Monkey.. Housemates.. Young man - Michael.. Myself and my neighbors, the twins.. Xiao Ting, Kathleen, Geraldine, mua, Evangeline & Florence.. The non-look-alike sibling..
Running here and there the whole night on heels caused me blisters, sore legs, sweats all over and oily face! Still I enjoyed the night not because of the rivercruise though. It's the companion also the hard work of everyone that touched me and put a big smile on my face :D
Another Chinese New Year away from home.. Had no celebration or house-visiting sort of things since we are in Australia which made me upset :S However, being a traditional Chinese, I would never missed the most significant reunion dinner. So, a simple reunion dinner for 9 of us.
Preparation started around 4 in the noon where we had all the washing, cutting or chopping.. YanHwa, Jaclyn, myself, my brother & Dayong. I'm the one wearing purple shirt. Forgive me for not looking at the camera as I was looking extremely auntie at that time!! DaYong, my bro & YanHwa were our kitchen hands. They asked if there's anything they could help so I gave them the important task. Make the dumplings!!! We had dumplings in different shapes as some of them seems fascinated with it.. The decoration team.. After 3 & 1/2 hours, reunion dinner was ready.. The Lohs.. The family in Perth.. First and foremost, Yee Sang.. where I replaced raw fish with prawns as some of us doesn't take raw fish.. Time to dig in!! I called it Pork Chop.. The must-have vegetarian dish.. Lotus root soup which I boiled for 3hours.. Tasted so rich and sweet with all the red dates.. This is just a small part of dumplings. We had steam dumplings, boiled dumplings and fried dumplings up for your preference :) Tau-Yu-Bak.. A pork belly dish, taste fantastic but easy to prepare.. And the pork meat ball which the ingredients were actually leftover from the dumplings' ingredients..
There goes our simple reunion dinner. Hope you all have a great Chinese New Year wherever you are!
A place to crash I Got You No need to ask I Got You Just get on the phone I Got You Come and pick you up If I have to
What's weird about it Cause we're right at the end Mad about it Just figured it out in my head I'm proud to say I Got U
Go ahead and say goodbye I'll be alright Go ahead and make me cry I'll be alright And when you need a place To run to For better or worse I Got You
In falling apart Of... Let's be bigger than that And remember The colding outdoor We we're both alone Both surviving No trouble no need for a show Just wanna say; I Got You
Go ahead and say goodbye I'll be alright Go ahead and make me cry I'll be alright And when you need a place To run to For better or worse I Got You
Go ahead and say goodbye I'll be alright Go ahead and make me cry I'll be alright And when you need a place To run to For better or worse I Got You
'Cause this is love that I And nothing we can both control And if it don't feel right You're not losing me by letting me know
So, Go ahead and say goodbye I'll be alright Go ahead and make me cry I'll be alright And when you need a place To run to For better or worse I Got You
Go ahead and say goodbye I'll be alright Go ahead and make me cry I'll be alright And when you need a place To run to For better or worse I Got You
A place to crash I Got You No need to ask I Got You
Once a year Chinese New Year is drawing closer again. Tomorrow evening would be the time for reunion dinner and sunday will be the first day of Chinese New Year.
I was browsing Yahoo News Hong Kong's website and came across all the news regarding cny celebration. My heart felt so heavy at that point. Had a phone conversation with my mum yesterday and we came to the topic of cny. At that very second my heart just sank. I couldn't hold my tears any longer. I felt so badly for not being home with my parents during this important celebration for the second time. I am not fulfilling my filial duty as a daughter to my parents. How could I?
I remember I used to say that being away from home during cny ain't any big deal. Guessed I was wrong. Being away from home, away from parents really open up my eyes to the whole family relationship thing. It draws me closer to my parents, having such great desire wanting to be with my family, realizing how important for a family to be together and also realizing the heartaches my parents had or have having their daughter and son away from them.
Reunion dinner is tomorrow. What would my parents do without me and my brother? Who should they give angpaos to the very first thing on the morning of cny. Dad and mum used to hide angpaos under our pillows before they woke us up and made us look for it. Who will be watching all the cny entertainment shows with mum? Who will light up the fireworks and play with it with dad? So many memories and questions started popping up in my head.
As i'm typing this, my tears are dropping as well. I miss home, terribly. I regretted for not going home when I have the chance. After all, I am still a baby to my parents no matter how old I am.
Ps: Thank God I still have my brother and housemates with me..
Something about polaroid attracts me.. The instant capturing of a story at that very moment, having it on my palms, writing down the dates and the story.. I have always wanted to have an album full of polaroids.. Other than Diana & Nikon, this is my must-get camera.. May my wish comes true..
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