Chinese New Year, a very important festival falls on the
first day and ends on the fifteenth day of the Lunar calendar month. This grand
festival is celebrated by all Chinese in Singapore and also all overseas
Chinese. Some Chinese from overseas choose to return to their native homes to
celebrate with their families as they think that this is a very important time
of the year and as such, they treasure this festive season very much.
However, for some, they remain staying abroad due to certain
unforeseen circumstances. As Singapore has a population of 70 to 80 percentage
of Chinese, almost in every corner of Singapore you will find many Chinese
celebrating by shopping for clothes, festive ornaments, and food.
Chinese New Year 2015 is just around the corner and I will
be pretty busy with household chores like spring cleaning the house and my
office as well. My office will be closed for 10 days for this festive occasion
so my workers from Malaysia will return home to celebrate with their
families. I, my wife and daughter will
also return to Malacca for the celebrations with my parents and siblings. Every
year at this time I feel so happy to be home to meet my parents, relatives,
neighbours and friends. Truly, I can feel the festive spirit of it.
On the eve of Chinese New Year, it is a must for every
Chinese family to have their reunion dinner at home with lots of delicious
food. Talking about food, eating leeks is a good omen because for Chinese, leek
symbolises there is money to be counted and I being having a business, do
really believe in this. In actual fact, leek is one of my favourite dish and
others include suckling pig, roast duck and pomfret.
However, some prefer to have their reunion dinner at
restaurants but I personally do not like it because we are only given two hours
to finish the food because there will be a second group of diners waiting for
their turn. In this way we have to rush through our food which I think is not good
for our digestion. After dinner, around
9 pm I will get together with my neighbours and old friends for a drink and
chat with them.
On the first day of Chinese New Year I will go and visit my
relatives and some old friends. During the visit I will give red packets to the
children and the elderly.
As Chinese New Year falls only once a year, I treasure it
very much as I only get to return to my native hometown to be with my family
members and also to meet my old friends.
To be blessed with good health and prosperity is my wish for
the Chinese New Year.
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