Feast of Gathering

Few days ago, all of us will be celebrating the day of 'Chap Goh Meh' that signified the 15th day of the new Chinese calender, that mark the end of Chinese New Year. When I was a child, Chinese New Year is a festive season that create excitement for a child who has just gone in to the elementary school. I often relate this festival with the red packet that contain a small sum of money, which Chinese believe it as a blessing that we receive during this new year.  As a kid, apart from getting the red packets from our parents and relatives, having fun with other children become an important task for us when we get to meet each other. fire crackers will be our toys for that festive season and we will enjoy it and screaming around at the compound of our house.

As we grow older, Chinese New Year is not merely about getting lots of red packet or burning fire crackers around your housing compound. I start to realized this festival as a festival of gathering. Now, family members and relatives will be gather around to chit chat. We might be meeting some long lost relatives as well. Due to the busy life that most of us are facing now, sometimes we can hardly meet our relatives or even talk to them. This also happen among our friends which we are closed to. Chinese new year is a great opportunity for us to meet up and gather around.

Besides meeting, we got a chance to taste different nice food that prepared by our parents. As Malaysian (Me), food is part of our life. We always say: No Food, No gathering!!! Always foods are the main character or host, perhaps some might describe it as a soul for the whole party.

Gathering is a wonderful event that we can meet with people whom we perhaps do not keep in touch with them often.  Besides having a wonderful gathering, I have also enjoyed the food throughout this new year. Oppss...Gaining more weight now. Time for exercise !!!

Plan of the day?

Rumors said that the world will end on the 21st of December 2012 based on the analysis of the Maya's calender. According to one of my friend, before 21st of December, most of the Malaysian were buying lots of food to store because of  worrying the shortage of food when the day comes.  This is what most of the people react to the so called 'end of the world'. Even, I still remember people are posting on the social media asking who would you prefer together with when the end of world happen?

But, I'm going to tell you this. The real fact of it. The year will end after today when the clock strike 12a.m tonight. NOT the end of the world, but the end of year 2012. Haha!

So what is your plan for today? Just only today.How are you going to fully utilize and spend the last day of 2012? Eating? Shopping? Gathering? Sleeping?

I guess when this article is published, I'm still in Sibu,Sarawak doing my survey. So, my plan for the last day of 2012, will be WORKING!

Of course, if time permit, I will have a personal space to do some personal reflection on myself. Probably I might reflect on the bad things about myself, repent or change to be better and retain those good point about me. I strongly believe that, new year, we should throw the bad and retain the good. All of us in the new year, we have our  own role to play. We cannot be always staying at our own comfortable zone by finding ourselves are perfectly that do not require any changes.  What about you? What is your plan?

Before the day ends, I would like to wish all of you have a great and wonderful new year.

 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013.