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My liang po po

When my grandmother passed away roughly 5 years ago, I was furthering my studies in Melbourne. I got one of those calls, from my Dad in Malaysia telling me not to worry and I didn’t have to return to Malaysia. Many thoughts crossed my mind, but I just said okay and found friends to console during this period.

My popo is always watching over me

I notice half the time, my dreams are visualized as I’m about to wake up and yesterday was one those times. As much as it was me worried about work, and being stressed it, the last bit of my dream left me awoken in an emotional state.

The last bit was arms wrapping me from behind and a whisper from an assuring voice I recognized very well, my grandmother. While others have their passed relatives shared 4D numbers with them, my grandmother just said:

Don’t worry, everything will be okay.

I woke up in a state of tears. Not only because I loved and missed my grandmother very much, it really gave me the feeling she’s always watching me.

Thanks popo.

My Chinese New Year Pictorial Celebration

During Chinese New Year, the weather becomes warmer and the skies become clearer. Not to mention, you become tanner. 😉

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A day to look up

Then, when the family is back for the new year, some like to celebrate it with a bang. So either they have loud fireworks or they invite the lion into their homes.

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Where's mah lion?!

And during Chinese New Year, expect to gain weight because the spread is massive. Plus, you’d be having a ‘lou sang’ of a time. 😉

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Western spread

Once you’re full and your tummy is bloated like the God of Happiness, you’d want to rub it a few times for some luck. Because the Chinese will open a table for some friendly gambling. The serious gamblers will go to casinos, so keep away the RM50 notes and bring out the RM0.50 coins.

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Gin rummy

And if your luck is down, you’ll want to pull out all the stops to not lose as much as RM10 during the session. And trust me, it’s not that difficult to accumulate a RM10 loss with merely RM0.50. 😛

feng shui amulets
Feng shui support

But at the end of the day, it’s really about family. Returning to see your parents and relatives. Tossing the ‘lou sang’ as high as you can to make it come true. Laughing, drinking and eating around the table as one big happy family. 🙂

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Family

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! May yours have been a very prosperous one with money, love, family and friends. 😀