It's the month of March. Flower for the month of March would be the Daffodil. It is chosen to mean friendship and domestic happiness.
Xmas has passed and so have Chinese New Year celebrations which have came with a blast and over quickly.
2013 has indeed been special and so have the CNY celebrations that come with it.
For the first time, our own family including my brother's , have had our own reunion lunch this year. Good food was never in lack but somehow it just lacked that extra little oomph that families who eat together look for, especially on a special occasion. The meal was relatively quiet, not much topics on hand. Perhaps it could have been with my illness which I have carried from start of Jan 2013 to Feb 2013, right in the smack of CNY. The night was later spent at my granny's and there was much more chatter this time among my aunties and uncles, and not forgetting my cousins Nic and Mal. We grew up into our early teen years together and it seems that bonds created this year look hard to break. There is no ice breaker needed also even if we mostly meet once a year. I am sure whenever we meet, the rapport which we expect of each other will be the same, as per what it was during those Sesame Street years. Of course, due to the further studies both have had than me, i started to get lost in their topics once they started to talk abt investments where figures came to 6 figure sums.
As we really didn't get to play some cards that night, I went home earlier to prepare for my 'boyz to men' buddies. Jing was away at the in laws and despite my irritating cough, the 4 boyz of us managed to drink away several cans of beer to usher in the CNY. Played some dice and we have had not such a good laugh together for so long.Likewise, friendship bonds created like the 4 of us are hard to break,especially if forged in the hardest and the most testy of times, when one's loyalty and patience with one another comes tested. This year I will be going back ICT without them and i have already started to get hiccups and bad dreams such as being late for ICT and not really knowing where to go. However, I believe that wil not be the most challenging part in ICT. The hardest part will be the day i make my last insteps as a reservist NS men walking in Seletar.So much memories, so much joy and laughter and tears. Jack Neo should start to make a third army movie abt Ns Men and i will gladly sign up for the audition. As much as i detest some of the policies of our government, NS is one thing they have really scored a high mark here. Just look at what happened to Sabah, our East Malaysia neighbour who was recently attacked by a group of nonsensical amnesia struck filippinos who suddenly decided that they should come back and claim back Sabah after a 100 years. Should one day Raffles come back from the grave and says to want singapore back, i will not hesitate be Dean or Sam and send him back to where he belongs....
On another note, it was also the first time i have invited colleagues back to home for not only 1 meal, but also on the nearly last day of CNY. Jeanie, Macy and Yvonne. Best of my current colleagues and it was very good to see Jing talking and sharing things with them as if they were long lost friends.
Good food, good companionship and a good feel among all. To cap it off, Arsenal won both games on the CNY eve and the eve of Yuan Xiao. =D