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Friday, February 8, 2008

7 Feb 2008 - Welcome to the Year of Rat!

This year is the year of the rat and I was borned in the year of rat too. And you know what, the first day of Chinese New Year (农历正月初一) is also my Chinese birthday. As such since I was a baby till I started working, I had been getting double red packets from most relatives. However, I guess nobody ever remembers it now because all the focus is now on Jerlene. I actually do not mind because seeing Jerlene enjoying herself is my greatest gift of all.

As usual, our first Chinese New Year visiting is to my grandma's place. As we were quite late, there were already many people there when we reached the place. Jerlene is overwhelmed and she took quite a while to adapt to the environment. And when she started getting used to the people and place, she began to show off all her skills. There was a drum which caught Jerlene's attention and she spent more than half an hour playing with the drum. As she has already mastered the skill of playing a xylophone, learning the drum is not an issue to her. And you know what, whether she plays xylophone or drum, there is one thing in common. And that is her ending pose, throwing away the stick!!!!


As we do not have program in the afternoon, we decided to go to town for a walk. We thought all the shops will be closed initially but when we reached there, quite a number of shops (including Carrefour and Toys-R-Us) are opened.

We were there till about 4pm before leaving for Chinatown. And again, we were surprised to see some of the shops/stalls were opened. As we walked along Eu Tong Seng road, Jerlene suddenly insisted on getting down and walked by herself. This is the first time she walked in a public pavement and she enjoys it.

In the evening, we went to visit Tracy's grandma. The scenario is the same as in the morning. Jerlene was initially overwhelmed by many people but got used to it after a while. Somehow today Jerlene was really in the mood of walking and she kept walking from one point to another around the house. As the place was pretty warm, Jerlene started to get uncomfortable and became quite cranky. We have to bring her out to the corridor where at least there was some light breeze. As she hardly had any sleep in the afternoon, she was sound asleep on the way home.

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