拜年 in a big family
Sunday, February 13, 2005
More 拜年ing again.. this time at my 1st Aunt's place as usual.. where the humongous reunion of my Grandmother, Grandfather, six Aunties' families, two Uncles' families, two cousins' families (all on the maternal side of my family tree) meet.
The men will mahjong, the women will yak (more of a who-has-the-loudest-voice-in-the-new-year competition), the children will run around screaming while the teenagers-turned-adults (me included) struggle to decipher speech from the goggle-box amidst the ultimate chaos.
And my cousin (a year older.. graduated from NTU already) pulled a stunt.. she brought her boyfriend.
Which led to torrential interrogations from the hoardes of middle-aged papparazzi, men and women alike, on when I'd be bringing mine (I was the next oldest)..
"几时带你的来?"
"有没有女朋友?"
"去大学没有找到女朋友?"
"明年到你了!"
Even my 80+ year old grandfather who usually keeps his silence golden turned around to me (I was sitting beside him on the couch) and struggled to mutter in hokkien
"woooh gurlfriend boh?" (means got girlfriend or not?)
"ah buay ah buay..." (means haven't haven't) I awkwardly replied.
Which reminds me on the incident when Junsheng wanted to bring his not-sure-whether-is-girlfriend-or-not to Yaohui's place and decided to ask Jeffry for advice. Jeffry replied with "if you bring her, she is your girlfriend."
And so Junsheng didn't.
Well, almost didn't. We battered him to pulp and called her along anyway.
So for once I have to agree with Jeff that it's quite sacred to bring a girlfriend to meet the parents.. let alone my battalion of uncles and aunties. So I guess I wouldn't in the near future.. (even if I break the evil bachalor curse on me).. until i'm sure of it.. I mean my (another) cousin brought his 4th prototype of his girlfriend this year and I think I wouldn't want to earn his reputation.. haa
Hmm.. what an all-over-the-place entry. Nevertheless.. I checked out that dogs are in luck this rooster year.. so are rats.. but no so for pigs and oxes... =(
2 more days to Valentine's Day... I wonder what happens if all the flowers in the world suddenly die...? *evil laughter*
Signed off at
1:34 am
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