Feb 16 2010
Shaun’s 10 Things I hate about CNY!
10 things I hate about CNY
1. Steamboat: Reunion dinners are all about steamboat and I personally hate steamboats. Steaming hot bowl of soup really makes me steam with with hatred towards this dish.
2. Nosey Relatives: Relatives, aunties, cousins really have to ask the dumbest of questions during this period. ‘ When are you getting married?’ , ‘Have girlfriend/boyfriend’ , ‘ Your not getting any younger’ . Well, honestly, it’s really none of their business.
3. Chinatown: Hey, most people have to go to Chinatown for non-cny reasons. So, cny period makes it almost near impossible to go Chinatown.
4. Giving Red-Packets: Hey, unfortunately some of us have to get married and its an absolute pain to give red packets to irritating kids running around giving everyone a headache.
5. Queing up to buy Bak Kwa: Hey, can we all just pre-order earlier. Whats with all the queues man?
6. Delivering CNY Goodies: Hey, its a real pain carrying a basket of oranges around TOWN. How cool can anyone look with a red basket walking around the central business district. ‘Applicable to sales people’
7. Having to diet after CNY: Hey, what better time to pig out on all the CNY goodies and yes, the after CNY diet.
8: Over-dosing on Mandarin Oranges: Hey, the oranges are all over and everyone just cant help to shove them down our throats. Well, prepare the lomotil.
9. Having a girlfriend who works in Mediacorp: The roads in the night are absolutely jam near to Mediacorp due to the flower gardens around. Once again, can pre-order or not?
10. Wearing the colour red: Well, honestly, red is not the most flattering colour ever so, some people just dont look good in it. So, enough said, these are the 10 things I hate about CNY. Best soloution, go on a holiday but remember to book early!! :>
Shaun Lim is a 28 year old sales manager who has been trying to skip family reunion dinners, but to no avail. To date , he estimates that he has spent over $10,000 on CNY food and decorations that his mum made him buy over the years. He hopes to marry a girl of another race and use that as an excuse to not celebrate CNY.
One response so far
I also hate CNY. I had hide myself at the office for the past 3 days to avoid the relatives. I am still single but my parent want me to give hong baos to the small kids because I am older.