26/02/2013

Its been more den a week since I've wrote here.

Nothing much and nothing interesting have happened in these few days.

Chinese New Year have offically ended and everybody is back to work, including my mom who had a very long holiday and rest.

This year's Chinese New Year is juz like the same as every year. I find Chinese New Year in Singapore is nothing but a few days of public holidays for people who are tired from work and wants to take a break from work.

For people like me who works in the retail line, the Chinese New Year period is the only time that the shop will be closed half day from Chinese New Year Eve to the 4th day of the Chinese New Year.

This is the only period which we can really have a break from our usual work schedule, BUT it doesn't mean we really get to have our break.

We're all scheduled to go visiting to the relative's house or the relatives will come over to our place, which in turn may be even more tiring den working usual.

Like for myself, I need to go for visiting which in the end I have to wake up earlier den my usual working time and going home later den the usual time I knock off from work.

It may seems like its a period of holiday which people think no work equals to rest. But honestly most of us will be more tired den usual.

Apart from the usual practice of house visiting and having lunch or dinner gathering, there's no more the sprcial festive mood of Chinese New Year.

As all these festive seasons from the olden times to the current societies we are staying in, its juz days that vendors can get to sell things at a higher price and people will not make noise.

Why would people choose to buy Bak Kwa at $50 per kg during the Chinese New Year period and not buy at $30 per kg during the non Chinese New Year period.

Its all about marketing.

During Chinese New Year eat Bak Kwa and non Chinese New Year period eat Bak Kwa got taste different meh ? Eat Bak Kwa muz see mood one meh ? This is all about marketing but ppl during this period do not complain coz its the festive season.

I think in the next generation, they will not even know why they are celebrating the Chinese New Year.