Chris’s Domain

Forget the stupid TAS and uncoordinated myUNSW for now. UNSW is a great place to be. After all, which uni has Eskimo Joe performing for it’s Orientation and for a mere $10? It’s definitely worth the experience.
Well, the crush for Eskimo Joe resulted in me being squashed like pancakes by a sweaty plus size model and a psycho French-kissing couple making out next to me. Guess they were putting the condoms handed out to First Years earlier to good use. Yes, the uni hands out a “Starters Pack” to First Years and guess what it contains? The Basic Essentials to surviving uni, i.e. IndoMie, Frisbee, McD’s VIP cards, condoms, water bottles, lots of crap pamphlets, stationery, student diaries, etc, etc…..
O-Week is really quite an experience, even more so when you’re an innocent First Year, all eager and wide-eyed, pure and simple, before the seniors (and mentors) corrupt you. The CSE Photo Scavenger Hunt is equally interesting, albeit exhausting. Kinda showed the ugly side of UNSW, having to commute from Lower to Upper Campus on foot. Trust me, even the fittest human being will give in to this torturous path. So, imagine me having to go from Lower to Upper Campus and back again several times a day for different lectures. It’s nutcase, but good exercise. One of the reasons UNSW’s gyme looks deserted. Why pay to torture yourself at the gyme when you can do it everytime you attend your lectures?
Chris is embracing uni life with wide-eyed eagerness and schoolboy innocence. Look out for him!

My first 3 days of the Chinese New Year……………..summarized. Click to read more

Btw, it’s the Year of The Rooster…..They say good stuff happen in the Year of the Rooster. So, keep your heads (and hopes) high!

Click [URL=http://blek.chrixkit.net/gallery]Gallery[/URL] to oggle at the pics. :icon_biggrin:
2005…..The Chinese Lunar calendar finally ushers in this wonderful year. This New Year proved exciting and interesting for me. After being away from home for the past 10 months, there’s certainly much to love about this New Year.

They say New Year is all about eating and…..well, er….eating. I disagreed at first. Boy, was I wrong!

On the eve of New Year, we had a reunion dinner, both on the paternal and maternal sides. So, you can basically guess how filling that is. Twice as much food, twice as much company. The steamboat was a hot & sweaty affair, but still very fun. How often do you get to sit down with the entire extended family to have dinner? After dinner, my cousins and I played fireworks till midnight.

Then, I called up friends to wish them “Gong Xi Fa Cai”. That’s how we wish Happy New Year in Mandarin.
Jackson : I’m performing “Ching Chai Shen”
Chris : What is that?
Jackson : “Cheng Choi San”. Invite the God of Prosperitylah.
Chris : Oh, got such thing?
Jackson : Aiyah, you too Ah-Mohlah. You don’t understand fuck about Chinese culture
Chris : What the…?
Jackson : Go ask your momlah.

Mom : Yes, it’s a ceremony to invite the “Chai Shen”. But we don’t do it. Some people do it for good luck.
Chris : Oh!
Jackson : Anyway, Kong Hei Fatt Choi (Cantonese version of Happy New Year)
Chris : Same to you too! Enjoy your New Year!

Mom woke me up at 6.30am. It was sooo early and I’m still sleepy. It was only like 3 hours. Anyway, I woke up, got dressed and headed to my Grandparents’ home. There’s going to be a lion dance and I did not want to miss it.

After the lion dance, it was a trip to my paternal Grandma’s home. There’s another group of 100 over cousins to meet and “hong baos” to get. Traditionally, the married elders are obliged to give red packets containing money, “hong baos”, to the kids and unmarried members of the family and friends.

Nothing’s better than a full-fledged family reunion. Surrounded by relatives, we bombard each other with questions, doing all the catching up while others would be busy playing cards in the game room.

Eating never seem to end during Chinese New Year. From lunch till dinner, we ate like almost every hour. No wonder everybody gained weight and head to the gyms right after the festivities. We visited a lot of places and go to temples to pay respects to the ancestors. Friends dropped by, chit-chat till dawn, and so on….

That pretty much sums up the first 3 days of my Chinese New Year.

After that, it’s business as usual till the 8th day when we hold large scale prayers to the Heavenly God. It’s pretty much a Hokkien festival, but it’s widely celebrated in Penang.

Click on Gallery to check out some pics. Chaoz.

Phishing scam at its cheapest. Take a look at this e-mail.

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Just when I thought I could be free of this nonsense junk, I really do pity those who fell for such a crudely orchestrated scam. These scammers should burn in hell for this.

In less than 30 hours, the world’s most orgasmic event is going to take place and it is CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo! It’s time to celebrate. This is the Year of the Rooster (or Cock, if you’re unAmerican). According to Feng Shui predictions, it will be another good year. I’m looking forward to it.

For those of you wondering how the Lunar Calendar works, take a look at this very detailed explanation.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-chinese.html

I’ll be updating this blog during the New Year season with lots of photos and experiences of how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in Malaysia.
In less than 30 hours, the world’s most orgasmic event is going to take place and it is CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo! It’s time to celebrate. This is the Year of the Rooster (or Cock, if you’re unAmerican). According to Feng Shui predictions, it will be another good year. I’m looking forward to it.

For those of you wondering how the Lunar Calendar works, take a look at this very detailed explanation.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-chinese.html

I’ll be updating this blog during the New Year season with lots of photos and experiences of how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in Malaysia.