Though CNY was a week ago, I just started (and ended) the celebration yesterday.
Like last year, I went to Tzu Chi NJ headquarters for the celebration cum praying sessions.
But, this time I didn't watch the performance because my friend and I went for babysitting.
It's kind of weird because it is very hard for me to get along with kids. I just don't have patience for them. But, luckily, the kids there were not that naughty.We spent most of the time making pretty bookmarks with word of wisdom from the Master on it.
The event ended around 3.30pm. At first, I planned to go home around 4.30pm so that I wouldn't miss the steamboat dinner with other Malaysian students in Rutgers. But, there were a lot of cleaning up to do at the end of the show. So, I decided to stay a bit longer to help out. I'm so sorry for being late to the dinner! :S
At last, we left at 6.00pm and reached home at 7pm. Luckily, I was just in time for the steamboat, though I missed the "lo yee shang" part :) It's the 2nd time we had CNY steamboat dinner at Rutgers. Compared to last year, we have more Rutgers students since 9 Malaysians decided to study here :D We've 3 types of seamboats ~ chicken soup, tomyam soup and herbal soup, and plenty of food. The next few hours were the chatting and eating time, definitely a lot of eating...
I think the highlight of the night was the game time! We played the super idiotic "Hilarium" game after spending hours (just an exaggeration :P) to figure out how to play the game. Then, we played "Mafia". The first round was kind of long and boring because I got killed 2nd in the game (No offense!). But I enjoyed the second round very much because I got to "kill" people :P The game ended great with the survival of all 4 lady mafias!
The gathering ended at 1am when everyone was exhausted. It's definitely a long night for me coz
I slept round 11-12am these few days. But, I must say that night is definitely a memorable one where all the Malaysians gathered together for such a wonderful festival. Not to forget, this might be the last gathering we had Cindy and Yati with us since they're graduating in May.... :'(
*On the journey back to my home, I had a serious conversation with a Shi Jie. She said when we hold sth way to hard, we might end up losing it. The word of wisdom really fits into my current situation. I realize that recently, I'm so obssesseed with something I might not hope for the first place. But, fake hopes seemed to intrigue me into getting it. Should I continue my quest or give up?
2 comments:
wahhh so nice steamboat!!!
my uni got 3 msians and we dun see each other =(
sometimes the tighter we hold on to sth, the easier we lose it.. there's a time and place for everything. If something is meant to be yours, you might or might not have it now, but someday it'll come back to you.
=)
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