Chinese New Year Fever

When I was a kid Chinese New Year was one of my most favourite days. It wasn’t considered as an official holiday, but my Chinese friends usually didn’t go to school. After school I was in rush to get back home and dressed up, then visited to my Chinese friends’ houses. It’s always lovely, they served sweet cakes and good food, mie soa or long life noodle. The best part was surely the red envelope one. The earlier I could visit them, the more I would get.

Now, 2007, it seems that my 3 year old nephew continues this Chinese New Year fever. His granny took him to pray at some Chinese temples before the New Year and he enjoyed the prayer. Then the fever goes worse after he saw the lion and dragon dance aka barong and liong sai.

Before the New Year, his granny took him to see barong sai show. The show absolutely dropped this little dude’s jaw. He gave the dancers red envelopes, again and again. Still, thank goodness his half Chinese great grandmother wasn’t there, it would make him more generous and emptied his aunt’s wallet. Ever since, he has been busy pretending as if he was a dragon dancer and imposing his granny to be his mate. The dude dances and his granny plays the drum, or the vice versa version. What’s so bad about it? Nothing, but one of my non sexy sleeping gowns turns to be his costume.