New Year

It's New Year, it's New Year! Holiday food, T.V specials, relatives and my favourite part of it, New Year money!!!

Muahahaha!!!

I remember when I was a child, New Year used to be my favourite time of the year. I'd travel to my grandparent's house, and meet up with the rest of the family for a great holiday filled with food, games and fireworks. My parents would engage in adult talk with the rest of the elders while the children would run around all day playing all sorts of weird games that we would create on the spot before running back in the house for meals and snacks and baths, haha! We'd also eagerly await the firework session that my uncles would start at the stroke of midnight. The cousins would all wait at the huge balcony like area and point at the beautiful displays, shouting loudly and jumping up and down while my grandparents would laugh with us, everyone happy to usher in the new year.

Then on New Year's day, we'd dress up in our finery and wish the elders a happy new year and receive new year money!! I remember we used to keep track of all the money we received from family as well as friends of our parents and then we'd compare to see who got the most. Yes, we were materialistic children. Blame consumerism.

Another thing I loved was all the lovely snacks that would be lying on the table for guests and for us to eat. There would always be a hearty breakfast prepared by my grandma and my uncle would whip us the best dishes in the world for lunch and dinner. My uncle would also wake us up in the middle of the night to partake in the supper sessions, always saying that it's the holidays, we should eat more in order to have a good and prosperous year ahead.

My lovely memories. My sis says that I have a romanticised version of the events in my head, but I don't care. They are MY memories and I can remember them the way I believe them to be!!

So there!

A new year is about to begin, and I want to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year. May everything you wish for come true and have a fruitful and healthy new year!!