CNY 2015

I was back in Penang on the first day of Chinese New Year. This year, I was accompanied by your mon and Raj. As usual, uncle Boo Eng picked us up and headed to his place. We stayed for a while before Teng Lye dropped me off at my mother's place. I had invited Raj to visit my biological family; my mother, at 95, looks quite healthy except that she cannot recognize or remember me at all. I had a good time taking photographs of family members, all of whom I see once a year. About 2pm, Teng Lye picked us up and headed to uncle Teik Ee's house where we met up with almost everyone in the family. Khim's eldest daughter Chin Chin is in form 6, doing well in school and aiming to do medicine at university.Uncle Teik Ee's youngest son, Wen Koay (who called himself milo juak) is a smart cookie, designing web applications at the age of 19. CNY is not cny without a game of mahjong. Raj (with some help from me) played with aunty Girlie and aunty Ah Eng's sister, and emerged the winner (you can say `beginner's luck' played a big part). By the time, we got back to KL, it was past midnight and we were all exhausted. We had dinner with Pheng, Cheng, Bobby, Lisa, Xian Wei and Ah tiau at TGIF; food not so great but it's the company that counts. Cheng is recovering from dengue, while everyone else seemed subdued (we sure miss kor kor). Bobby and family headed back to Shanghai on Sunday while Raj and I returned to Singapore.