snap shot moment...

so...
the cycle of life has renewed...
another year, another animal, another different brand of bak kuah my mom's trying to shove down my throat...
chinese new years are like holidays not to celebrate, but to smile awkardly and remind your relatives your name...
19 years of doing the same routine over and over again...
and you know what...
not tired of it...
just yet...

brunch/lunch/high tea/dinner at my maternal grandmother's place...
is what you can consider, and anorexia's nightmare or a bulemic's deathwish...
and that if you really look around...
every moment is a snap shot moment...

brunch starts of with primary giving and recieving of ang baos...
pointer one... when your hands are free and ready to recieve your ang baos...
trust me, no one comes up to you...
(snap shot moment)
when you've finally gotten a seat and you start stuffign your mouth with food....
then the flying of hands and ang baos start to attack you...
(snap shot moment)
brunch is usually kept light and simple...
your basic perankan dishes...

lunch comes straight after brunch...
where the fun starts...
1pm- Whole Roasted Pig
1.15pm- Buddah Jump Over the Wall
1.30pm- Roasted Duck
1.45pm- Shark's fin
2pm- traditional Mutton Soup

you get the picture...
my uncle just came back from auzzie...
and apparently abalone there is dirt cheap...
so...
everything you could find on the dinning table were either abalone...
(snap shot moment)
filled with abalone...
stuffed with abalone...
mixed with abalone...
garnished with abalone...
high tea and dinner is exactly the same except the food order gets rearranged...

and my very first...
get married, settle down and have kids speech came out...
seriously...
just last year it was...
try not to screw up your O levels...
and this year is trying not to screw up your family line?!?
(snap short moment)
riggggght...
smiles awkardly...

don't you just love snap shot moments...
you know its gonna happen...
when it does...
you just bite yourslef in the tongue...

damnit...
it'll start all over again next year...