This years Chinese New Year period was quite hilarious. Full of absurdities and plenty of candor. Didn’t do the usual gambling/tons of visiting this year except plenty of sleeping (so help me God we’re lazy) and eating (so help me God we’re fat) and a couple of, shall I say ‘interesting’ excursions.
First excursion: Mambo on CNY eve. Wasn’t crazy packed as I expected it would be. So the four of us band of merry warriors (myself, MM, Mike and Coop) traipsed our way into Velvet at close to midnight (slight wardrobe malfunction on Coops part). The moment we walked, I felt funny, though not in a bad sense. Then it hit me. Jesus, Coop and I looked like a bunch of hookers that the boys paid for. *Of course when I told them this they were at the least extremely amused* But seriously, I swear I got more than one funny look from people that night. So yeah, interesting excursion #1
Second excursion: Lunch with MM’s parents. Got hijacked into visiting his aunt’s house, where it was supposed to be just her alone, but as luck would have it, it turned out to be a family reunion of some sorts! Lordy, nervous as hell I was and stuck to MM like superglue (he took a step left, I took a step left, yes for real). Here I was intro-ed to the long lost cousins/aunties/uncles as MM’s girlfriend (a moniker I was not particularly used to hearing). Pretty harmless though, except for the moment when she gave him ‘ang pow’ and left the parting remark “this may be the last time I give you ang pow because you might be married by next year”. Apparently I have no self-control as when I heard this I promptly burst out laughing, *sigh* don’t know how to coverline. Hardy har har, excursion #2
Sidetrack: When for a little trip to the corner of ‘mon lit’ where mountains were climbed, canyons were explored and angels were heard, repeatedly and rather loudly. Ooh la la..
Third excursion: MM’s daddy’s birthday dinner. Got all dolled up for dinner, which was great fun mind you. Just as we were tucking into our ‘yee sang’ a waiter approaches MM and asks him “Is your wife Malay?” WTF?!?!? Because apparently the yee sang is non-halal, weird, but that is not why I’m WTF-ing for. Wife?? Huh?? Doo doo doo doo *twilight zone song again* PLUS MM’s dad was trying to hoodwink his uncle (who has a little Alzheimers) that I was his WIFE!! Would the madness never end?! Golly geez louise, excursion #3
Fourth excursion: A trip to the zoo. Yes dear God I can hear you gasp in shock and horror, I went to the zoo. It was fun, we mucked around, I made some silly silly monkey (quite literally) faces. The only downside was there were groups of jackasses being Malaysian, and by this I mean completely oblivious to regulations and common decency. They were throwing water bottles at the orangutans to elicit a response. They were throwing sticks at the tigers and just general disgusting behavior. It was upsetting so for me so MM kept me away from them as much as possible. Let’s go to the zoo, there’s lots of things to do… excursion #4
So yeah, all this happened over CNY. Everytime I think about it, I crack up. As I’ve said when recounting these incidences “Someone fell asleep on the fast forward button of my life. Strangely enough though, I’m not complaining *wink*
XOXO
Drama Mama
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