New Year, New York !

Since everyone's blogged about their exciting/unexciting New Year, i shall do mine too, to complete this festive season. In fact, this is the biggest festival tat ernie celebrates, so all the more it should be documented. Ernie doesnt consider 1st Jan as New Year.

Think i've tired myself out pre-New Year with the cleaning and everything, tat i've kinda fell sick by 初二. This year's new year is even more downscaled than last year:

-less visiting (didnt go family home at all to pay respects. Only went grandma's place for the two days and nuah throughout, which was only 1 block away lah, so is tat considered visiting at all?),
-missed prime angbao hours ( I've learnt that the best time when everyone turns up at grandma's place is 12 to 2pm on 初一 - ernie happily turned up at 4pm... see how Off tat was)
-Intensive binging for Reunion lunch/dinner ( lunch which was delayed till 6pm, slept, then dinner again at 8pm- no wonder i was sick lah)
-Didnt go out with the cousins ( coz ernie just really didnt wanna go out with them at all. BUT u can give me BLest friend, anytime!)

Achievements:

-got enough $$$ for Europe and for Driving License already.
-I refused to acknowledge in front of the kids, but this was the only first year tat i've actually won overall at gambling. Lied to them tat it was NOT the first year tat i've won overall. I'm so sick of losing to those kids and being jeered at.
-watched more movies on tv this year than the last, so ernie indulged in inexpensive yet entertaining entertainment.
-didnt have to entertain those stupid questions tat BLest friend and Faith had to endure. Poor gals you!
-had 3 cans of beer under Daddy's nose and he didnt even make a noise! Poor gals BLest friend, her brest friend and Faith...
-my room looks neat and minimalist again! Havent seen it this way since 1 year ago?

Funniest candid moment this year:

-while playing Black Jack, a drunk aunt ( dunno wat she was drinking before i came) was screaming in my face tat I've exceeded 21 points when i've got a 3, an 8 and an Ace. For a moment, i thought tat i was really wrong, but remembered tat we've been playing for donkey years and tat's 21 points. Then she realised tat she was wrong and blamed it on the drinks. Right......
Moral of the story:
1)always trust urself firmly.
2)drunkens ought not to be trusted at all.
3)people are always after ur 20-cents during every Chinese New Year. They dun seem to hunger for them during the rest of the year.

PS: am listening to Lush 99.5 and its driving me crazy! The chill-out jazz music's just making my head spin round and round without focus. Gimme techo anytime..