Chinese New Year, Yay!

Roughly two weeks ago, I started a new role at work. It is a very exciting time, things to learn, people to meet, projects to design... Unfortunately that also means, I gave up a lot of my free time in order to settle into my new job. Time that I used to make dinner, lunch, clean, fold clothes (at least I still do laundry :P)...

So when my mother asked me, what was I going to do for Chinese New Year, I thought, let's have minimal expectations.

I mean, it is our first year Ming and I are going to spend Chinese New Year as a couple and of course I want to do everything right: have a spotless house, new clothes, decorations, and THE FEAST...

But face it, Chinese New Year is this Sunday, and Valentine's Day the week after! What does Valentine's Day have to do with me? Hello! I work for a chocolate shop. 

Thus, I think this week, I will allocate a little time each day to work on tidying the house, maybe get some flowers after work, buy some oranges (symbolizes good health), if we really push it, we can get get some pomelo leaves from Chinatown (bathing in it at New Year's Eve washes bad luck away). It's really late starting preparations now, but better than never :)

Side note: I bruised myself pretty badly snowboarding last weekend, thank god for helmets. But I did get something positive out of it, at least enough to stop people trying to talk me out of playing this sport. If you fell really hard, it meant you were probably up pretty high, or riding really fast. And isn't that great after all? Because most probably you'll be back up there in no time again.