It is now about 3 days before CNY, and here I am, missing home and the CNY atmosphere in Malaysia. Believe it or not, never in my life I have spent any CNY away from my parents! Last CNY we were in Hong Kong and ShenZhen, and this CNY, I will be stuck in Germany, a country where people here DO NOT celebrate CNY like we do. There is no one single sign of CNY here, not even in the Asian Supermarket I usually go (can’t blame the boss, he is Vietnamese).
I have no idea what I want to write here. I just finished reading 3rd Degree by James Patterson, a nice thriller. Have been reading a lot lately, books from Mark Haddon, Bill Bryson and Sidney Sheldon (he passed away last month though, at the age of 89, due to Pneumonia, if I am not mistaken). And yesterday was Valentine’s Day, Vik got me a small surprise in the morning, then I spent the afternoon making Tiramisu, reading and chatting with Selena. At night we had a simple dinner together (without candle light but with a bunch of Tulips), then watched my favourite TV program - Deutschland Sucht den Superstar (direct translation will be ‘Germany looks for Superstar’, a.k.a DSDS, a.k.a German Idol). Everything was so simple and peaceful, just lovely.
And now, still cracking my head trying to figure out what can I do on CNY. Invite SooLing and her hubby over? Dinner with Frank and Christine? Another ‘Spielabend’ (board game evening) with Mischa and Matthias? Stay at home and cuddle with Vik? Go to Köln and walk around? None of these sounds better than having Steamboat with my family at home, eating prawns and sea asparagus and baby abalone and scallops and crab sticks and all sorts of ‘yong tau fu’, visiting friends and getting ‘ang pao’ (which I am not eligible of getting anymore), saying ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’ and ‘Xing Nian Kuai Le’ to everyone… Gosh, I really miss the time back home…
Well, it is not that bad, I keep telling myself. After all, I am going back home, a few days later is better than not going back at all, no? Am blinking back tears now, yet I am sure my heart will shout for joy, once my flight arrive in KLIA in another 9 days’ time. If you are reading this, you can be sure I miss YOU a lot too! Hugs!
