lunar new year is just 6 days away! how exciting.
despite the fact that the obligatory gathering of extended family seems a tad too contrived as i get older, much like how they described it in the papers today. a group of strangers sitting in the living room talking about the limited info they have about each other, eating tidbits and watching jackie chan re-runs.
one can get all cynical and dismissive about it, but i still appreciate the chance to reminisce about the same old childhood incidents the 50th time (i made you cry at the playground!) and answer meaningless questions like "do you have a boyfriend?" /"have you graduated from university"/blah blah.
for i truly believe that at the way things are going, this sort of family gathering will cease to exist in approximately 10 years time and everyone will have their reunion dinner sent in a package to their doorstep. and at least it's still a chance to catch up with my relatives, for that short hour i spend at their homes in my pretty new year garb.
speaking of new year garb, i sure am glad that i bought mine way before christmas. talk about planning ahead.
my concluding thought about my recent trip to bangkok is : we are sure damn slow in catching up with trends. and we are very boring dressers compared to the bangkok teens.
trend forecast for spring/summer 2006 : vintage / nautical / tribal bohemian.
and don say you don follow trends cos we all do, to some degree or the other. i'm going for nautical this season!
i heart bangkok
despite the fact that the obligatory gathering of extended family seems a tad too contrived as i get older, much like how they described it in the papers today. a group of strangers sitting in the living room talking about the limited info they have about each other, eating tidbits and watching jackie chan re-runs.
one can get all cynical and dismissive about it, but i still appreciate the chance to reminisce about the same old childhood incidents the 50th time (i made you cry at the playground!) and answer meaningless questions like "do you have a boyfriend?" /"have you graduated from university"/blah blah.
for i truly believe that at the way things are going, this sort of family gathering will cease to exist in approximately 10 years time and everyone will have their reunion dinner sent in a package to their doorstep. and at least it's still a chance to catch up with my relatives, for that short hour i spend at their homes in my pretty new year garb.
speaking of new year garb, i sure am glad that i bought mine way before christmas. talk about planning ahead.
my concluding thought about my recent trip to bangkok is : we are sure damn slow in catching up with trends. and we are very boring dressers compared to the bangkok teens.
trend forecast for spring/summer 2006 : vintage / nautical / tribal bohemian.
and don say you don follow trends cos we all do, to some degree or the other. i'm going for nautical this season!
i heart bangkok
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