merry xin nian

happy chinese new year, mah fellow yellow people.

is it just me, or is it just not the same this year? my cousin daniel has one feeling about chinese new year this year - he felt "sleepy". which i smugly scoffed at until i fell asleep in one of my uncles' rooms after new year's lunch at my grandma's. and found daniel standing at the door laughing at me... prick.

sigh. somehow, the mood isnt at all right this year. this year, i turn twenty. everything just becomes less special now, doesnt it? everything gets old and boring and tired; what's tradition but glorified cliche?

everything gets old and stale, doesn't it?

my elder cousin though, she's something else. she's 30 ( i think), and lived in hong kong till last year. she's going to take her doctorate in NUS, and she looks and behaves like a bubbly 18 year old. which is hella amazing. she's my role model for a 30 year old; youthful in appearance, spirit, demeanour.

if i DO take up a law degree i'd *better* be like that. youthful and everything. i dont want to graduate a fuddy-duddy and miss out on years of babe-action.

allright im gonna retire to my stan getz-ey play list. bossa is the way to go...