Actually, you do not have to pay through your nose to get some lion dancers to come to your house (…and scare the living daylights out of the kids…like KNB! ROTFLMAO!!!) in the hope of attracting some good fortune…
I read somewhere that if you have a lot of happy visitors to your house, the good vibes will bring good feng shui to your household and you can be assured of a year of bliss. Well, Penang blogger faisaladmar‘s friend, Arjun Rampal Ajil, spent the night at my place on the first day of Chinese New Year…
The poor fella has been posted to teach English (though majoring in BM and Social Studies) somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the Dalat district where there is no handphone coverage, no radio or tv reception and no piped water. Luckily, they do have electricity there, unlike some other worse places.
Well, Clare of Kampua Talk got to meet Ajil when she dropped by with Cheryl – my ex-student from my English tuition class sometime ago…
Kpenyu happened to call at that time and was eating his heart out as I got to spend my Chinese New Year with sweet and pretty young girls. LOL!!!
Pollie and her family also came to the house…and friends in the teaching line e.g. Lim who could get hold of some “poomba” sometimes and would always spare me some. This is a photo of his son, Bryan, who was somehow rather shy when at my place (Perhaps he was intimidated by my size and my stern looks! Hahahahaha!!!)…
…ex-students including the one who is now a lawyer (KNB will know whom I’m talking about!) and my in-laws, of course.
Some bloggers jumped the gun and came in the evening of the 2nd Day instead, like Wongpk and Alexallied…
…and Bongkersz brought along his better half…
Kongkay wanted to drop by too…but was unable to do so because of the flood in his part of town. Well, next year perhaps…
Those who came “at the right time” later in the evening were in for a treat as they had the opportunity to sample my missus’ cooking; my culinary skills are good enough for ordinary days only. Sorry, Clare…you came a bit too early and all you got were “free smells” (like Famous Amos at Sg. Wang). Well, one good lesson to be learnt here – precise timing is very important! LOL!!!…..I will be posting on the food that my missus prepared in my next post, so make sure you all come back to have a look!
Some of you are back in the office already today, probably grumbling away. Don’t! Be happy, smile a lot and say nice things…at least, till after Chap Goh Mei (15th Night) to make sure you’ll be happy the whole year through. Looking at the bright side, be thankful you still have a job to go back to. Many don’t…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 