I don't like the atmosphere...too formal. I prefer an informal gathering.
I don't like wasting my time away like that...and schools love to give homework during CNY so that makes me dislike CNY in the sense that i want to spend that time to do homework, instead of visiting. The issue of homework keeps nudging me so i wont be able to relax.
And I don't really like to recieve angbaos...(am i the only one in the world who thinks that way?)...i feel uneasy receiving money haha....
An excerpt of conversation-talking about CNY
s a r a h says:
normally wad u do at e houses?
*Jviolet_hime* dear sky.... says:
watch tv and eat...tat's all
*Jviolet_hime* dear sky.... says:
and stare into space for a good few hours
s a r a h says:
hahaha
s a r a h says:
ohh wells
*Jviolet_hime* dear sky.... says:
yeah and i will be thinking about my oppotrunity costs
*Jviolet_hime* dear sky.... says:
ahha
s a r a h says:
HAHAHA
s a r a h says:
so cute lah u
*Jviolet_hime* dear sky....thinking abt my opportunity costs during cny kekekez says:
thank you thank you *bowing**
haha...the idea of opportunity costs just came into my mind..haha what a great idea to describe what i am thinking during cny visits...haha
For those who didn't study economics..
Opportunity costs refer to The cost of passing up the next best choice when making a decision.
The true cost of something is what you give up to get it.
This includes not only the money spent in buying (or doing) the something, but also the economic benefits (UTILITY) that you did without because you bought (or did) that particular something and thus can no longer buy (or do) something else.
For example, the opportunity cost of choosing to train as a lawyer is not merely the tuition fees, PRICE of books, and so on, but also the fact that you are no longer able to spend your time holding down a salaried job or developing your skills as a footballer.
These lost opportunities may represent a significant loss of utility.
Going for a walk may appear to cost nothing, until you consider the opportunity forgone to use that time earning money.
Everything you do has an opportunity cost (see SHADOWPRICE).
In my context....my opportunity costs refer to (what i would rather do if i didn't spend my time visiting people during CNY) such as studying.
In the morning, went to my maternal grandparents' house for lunch. haha and i much prefer the atmosphere here. haha
I let my youngest cousin play my psp and then he wanted to talk to me in my grandparents' room. So he closed the door and said that he wanted to show me something.
He started to pour talcum powder on his palm and blew for a few times.
Then he put it on his hair...so I commented that he looks like grandpa...and he immediately started to shake out the talcum powder on his hair
I told him to bathe later after he has finished playing with that
and he asked me to help him bathe..i thought he is independent enough to do that on his own
haha he started giggling..
Next, he suggested to play hide and seek...
during the first time, he told me that ah ma's wardrobe (he called it gate) has nothing in it so dun bother opening it but i knew he is going to hide there...wahaha
after finished my counting..i purposely take my own sweet time to find him and pretended that i am surprised he is hiding in ah ma's wardrobe..wahaha
then he keep telling me to hide....and i said i am too big to hide anyway...and he showed me potential places of hiding..haha
so i decided to hide behind the main door..but one of the cousins told him loh..
he kept asking me to hide and said that i have to hide 3 times before his turn.
When it was his turn to hide,my aunts kept laughing. But i couldn't get the hint.
My favourite aunt said look at ah gong...hmm...i don't know what is that suppose to mean.
Aiya!! he was hiding under the sofa!!haha
quite fun loh...i missed playing hide and seek at my grandparents' place..
after my exams..i am thinking of playing hide and seek with my little cousin again.
We went back home to get ready to go to my paternal grandmother's house in the late afternoon
My parents were busy preparing food for my paternal side at home.
After visiting my paternal grandmother's place, the whole family went to my aunt's house.and that's when the accident happen..
My mother was setting up the table for the dinner..and when she walked out of the kitchen...she skidded because of the puddle of oil and water on the floor......and luckily stopped just before reaching the table leg.
i was near the table and i didn't know how to react...all i saw was my mother suddenly became shorter,...that's when i realized that something was very wrong with my mother..and i quickly pulled her up...
At that time..my father was standing at the table eating...
and when he knew about it...all he did was scowling at my mother while eating!! as though it was her fault for falling......where's the concern?
that made me so unhappy..
And some aunt didn't even care when she knew it...
Tuesday 27 Jan 09
My plan as i have told my mother earlier is to stay at home and catching up with my studying....
But my father was in a bad mood since day 1..for unknown or perhaps ridiculous reasons. So I may have to go.
My mum told me that we have to go to her extended family's house for a visit....
So she asked me to bring the Street Directory book to her so she could take a look.
All I did was to stand at the shelves and keep searching for it.
My father came in and asked-what are you searching for?
Next thing I know, he was shouting at my mother.
Sigh...the atmosphere was so negative that i just keep quiet during the journey..
The rest of my relatives were waiting at the carpark.
It saddens me to see how being senile is a really sad thing to happen to anyone. My grandmother's elder brother's wife is senile and she kept wondering where her husband was. But in actual fact, her husband has passed away recently and she doesn't remember at all. Every now and then, she will ask the same question- where is her husband?
I came back home to study...struggling to study despite of getting very sleepy..and i didn't know the rest of my family were sleeping until my bro came in and told me that....locked the door and went to sleep
meanwhile hoping won't get to go visit again...
i want to study!!
and my papa's hp rang..which disturb everyone from their sleep...
yea my parents went without us...
i feel so relieved and my bro and me enjoyed steamboat for dinner..
Wednesday 28 Jan 09
I messed up which one are the holidays....i don't care about the holidays, i will just study no matter what.
STUDYING
Thursday 29 Jan 09
STUDYING
Friday 30 Jan 09
The first day of school after CNY holidays..
My 2 friends promised to go to MAS talk with me but they didn't show up at all.
Later I was told that DWS lost her phone so she had to go to the police station to pick up her hp.
And LSM was sad over yjc's mummy cat's death.
MAS talk is interesting and helpful to know about singapore's monetary policy, essentially exchange rate policy.
The economics week opening was grand, they hired the lion dance troupe and i recorded the whole performance..haha the lions kept throwing oranges and lettuce at the vips..and accidentally hit them in their faces haha.
Saturday 31 Jan 09
STUDYING
Last Saturday, when S told me about it, i felt it was a very close call.
What if it was me with S on that day....frankly speaking, i don't know how to react.
Whenever i see S's friend, I actually froze.
Will we really see each other on the streets? Most probably not.
I realised anything about 'yester' only gives me a perplexed feeling...like i couldn't figure out the probability of anything. Is it possible or not? I can't gauge/judge. Yester is especially difficult to judge.
