Lunar exuberance

The lunar new year used to mean vegetarian noodles in the morning and angpau's from the parents. It now means white rice for breakfast and giving angpau's to little kids.

It used to mean taking a leisurely drive on KL's roads and revelling in the peace within the city. Now, it means battling the PLUS highway jams, and then battling the out-of-town traffic in Ipoh.

It used to mean an annual family trip to the cinemas for a CNY movie in malls crowded with foreigners. Now it's a huge boisterous family gathering in one of the auntie's houses with many funny noisy stories.

We used to wait anxiously for our friends to return from their balik kampung trips, so we could traipse around from house to house together. Now, we're the ones who balik kampung and the city folk wait for us to return.

Growing up, getting a new extended family, celebrating festive seasons differently - all part of growing older. I'm loving every bit of my life now, and looking forward to another great year. The big 3-0 in the year of the tiger is going to be grrreat! :D

Have a fantastic lunar new year, guys - kung hei fatt choy - and the diet can start after chap goh meh, eh? ;)

Capoeira

I could almost do these cartwheels last night - ALMOST. After class, I felt like I grew longer - I felt so stretched! And this morning (actually even after class last night), I started aching in places I never knew I could.

But, I like the fact that I could do an ALMOST-cartwheel. There's something about tumbling round and getting dizzy that makes you feel young again.