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Saturday, February 05, 2005

B3-2-1 Reunion Dinner

Hello people, it’s been a while since I not update my blog, due to some “stuffs” that needed attention. Stuffs like packing, playing, chatting took up most of my time from the “World of Blogging” & I'm feeling guilty now, muahahaha…


Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and where ever you go, the sound of “Duk Duk Chiang” can be heard miles away, people dressing up as “ Choy San Yeh Yeh” (God of Prosperity) giving out “Ang Paus”, red lanterns can be seen hanging on every lamp posts, and chinese decoration fills the interior of every shopping complexes.


“So what is so special about Chinese new year?


For those comrades of mine who are from different races, The Chinese calendar starts on this date, much like the 1st of January in the Gregorian calendar. Chinese’s people all around the world ushers in the New Year by visiting their friends and relatives who are from different generations, from the great grandparents to the great grandchildren. It is a time of gathering, pretty much like a reunion gathering of family members who are scattered around, pursuing their dreams and wishes. It is also a time of Ang Pau collecting, where those who are already married will give out the red packets, mainly to bless those who received, and at the same time, distributing their wealth, hehehe… children will love this tradition, which had went on for centuries, and it is the main highlight of the Chinese new year. There is also lion dance, where the specially trained lion dance troops will make their way to your resident upon invitation, and perform the dance. This is believe to changed the “feng shui” of the house, and to invite more wealth to befall the occupants of the house.


On Thursday night, the occupants of Cyberia Condo B3-2-1 (my housemates and me decided to go for a reunion dinner in Dengkil. It was a significant thing to do, as the 5 of us had been housemates for almost a year, but only have dinner together once. Yeap, just once, and we thought due to the coming Chinese new year, we go for a reunion dinner, to celebrate our friendship and also he one year of staying together. So off we went over to a seafood restaurant in Dengkil at 7.15PM


We called for 5 dishes, which includes fish, chicken, vegetables, tou fu and also pork, which is a balanced and healthy diet. We had our toasts, and also a great time of housemates bonding. Normally when we were at home, though we are staying together, we seldom talk to each other like how we do it in Dengkil, and even when we do talked, it’s mostly concerning tutorials and also academic stuffs. So this reunion dinner had reached it’s objective.


Then one of my housemates suggested we have “Lou Sang”. Coolness…. We asked for a pre-pack version of it, as we are gone do it at home. Then we stopped over at one of the groceries shop to buy groundnuts, carbonated drinks, kua chi and a lot more food. We chatted happily in the car, regarding everything.


The first thing we do when we reached home is to clean up the table and prepare the plates and eating utensils. We moved out our dining table, which was formally used to put books and bags and a lot more stuffs. It is a wooden table, and was put here by the landlord for our convenience.


The food were ready, everything is prepared, and on the count of Yi….Er….San, we Lou Sang!!!!!


I wished all of you will have a girlfriend this new year
I wished for 4 flat
I wished that we’ll do this again next year
I wished that all of you will be healthy, and never fall sick
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It was super fun as we tossed and turned the pile of food on the table, together with the song played, and saying out what we want to achieved during the new year. Lou sang symbolizes the mixing of wealth, and it’s for business people, who believe that the higher you “lou”, the more money you will get in business.


I had a great time bonding with my housemates after that, and the fellowship of B3-2-1 will not end here. The legacy continues……