吃完中饭，便赶去婷的家，去年我们便在一起过的新年，婷现在住在南大附近，她很善长写剧本，在NYP读书时便以一个校园青春偶像剧而一炮打红，升入NTU后梅开二度，祝愿将来的一天她能够为新传媒写剧，并在奥斯卡或戛纳的红地毯上留下她的足迹。这次她还邀请了新（现在在一间日本公司做工）和他的女友，阳（现在南大读书）和他的女友，林（现在南大读书）和竹（刚刚毕业于澳洲的昆士兰大学，找到了一份在苹果公司做客户服务的工作）。他们都是24，5岁的年轻人，整晚都洋溢着数不尽的青春。虽然她家没有电视，可我们围坐在一起看网上实况转播，也同样其乐无穷。
年初一想去拜访总统府，谁知兴冲冲地赶过去，却吃了个闭门羹，门口的牌子上写着只在星期五才开放，没办法，只好等下次机会了。然后赶去观音庙，谁知都下午四点半了，还是人山人海，只好在外面拜拜。观世音菩萨，华佗医神，对不起，过些时候我一定去看望你们。
年初一，初二，因为Mr. Bean开门太晚，只好去Coffee Bean吃早餐，谁知喝了咖啡后严重的影响了睡眠，初一晚上一夜不能睡实，初二一整天都不舒服。看来这洋玩意儿实在不适合我们。
This year’s celebration was the same as usual. We also started from the afternoon of Chinese New year’s eve. We started with Lo Hei in our school. Everyone got together, hoping for a prosperous upcoming Year of the Rabbit. The happiest thing for me was when I met my former director at NTU. He still remembered me. So touching!
After that, I rushed to Ting’s house for the reunion dinner. She stays near NTU. We celebrated Chinese New year last year also. She’s a good playwright. She started writing a campus love story when she studied at NYP and completed her second one after joining NTU. Hopefully one day she’ll write for MediaCorp and leave her footprints on the red carpets of Oscar and Cannes. This time she also invited Xin (who’s now working for a Japanese company) and his girlfriend, Yang (working on a bachelor’s degree at NTU) and his girlfriend, Lin (doing bachelor’s degree in NTU) and Zhu (just finished her degree courses at the University of Queensland, found a new job as a customer service officer with Apple). They were all 24 or 5, full of youth and energy. We cooked dumplings and some other dishes. Although she had no TV at home, we watched CCTV Spring Festival Show on the internet from her laptop. It was also quite fun.
On the New Year’s Day, I went to Istana, hoped to see our president. Unfortunately it was not open. I didn’t know why. The TV news program always mentions that it’s open on public holidays. From there, I went to the Guanyin Temple. Although it was 4:30 in the afternoon, it was still so crowded. I had to pray outside the Temple. Sorry Guanyin and Huatuo, I’ll definitely come some other time.
Because of the Chinese New Year, Mr. Bean opened very late. So I had to take my breakfast in Coffee Bean instead. That affected my sleep. So for the entire day of the second day of the Chinese New Year I did not feel well. It seems that foreign foods are not very suitable for our Eastern stomachs. Haha.
