Joy of Christmas

I love Christmas! The celebration of birth of Jesus Christ. The Gifts! The joy of giving presents to people that we love and care. It's a wonderful feeling. Every year, my family and our church friends would decide on whose house to visit. Once decided, each family would start to take down list of gifts to buy and food to bring. December is the busiest month for my family. My brother and I would help my mum wrap the gifts, It's hard work. We use days or even weeks to finish wrapping the presents. But in the end, we still finish wrapping. After all the hard work, we enjoy ourselves at the house we're visiting. Adults and kids go our separate ways, the adults would start chatting among themselves, For us kids, we would play PlayStation or xbox or even the latest game "Wii Fit", or either that we''' play board game or watch television. By the end of the day, we'll gather and exchange our gifts. I feel that my gifts these few years are getting boring. When i was younger, my gifts were like something fun to play with. But now, all i get are books or some weird things in boxes or mugs. Totally boring! :( But still the joy of Christmas isn't about receiving, it's about giving. That's why i look forward to it every year. :)

Hari Raya

I love Hari Raya. Normally we will ask each other for forgiveness and continue our objective of visiting our relatives.The day that I will look forward to is Hari Raya eve. We'll start of the day by cleaning and packing the house and maybe decorate the house to make it more stunning. Then comes the challenging part which is to bear with the fragrance of scrumptious delights that my mum makes as I'll be fasting then. My definition of Hari Raya isn't about traditions or killing myself by thinking how much will I get or what will I buy, but to enjoy the festival. My family and I believe that first thing in the morning of Hari Raya, we should go to the mosque. Even though we own a car we prefer walking to the mosque as bonding takes place while we chat on the way. When we reach home I will straight away take a bath and leave home to go visiting.Getting money can be quite exciting but my father racing down the streets is a very inappropriate thing to do especially on an important event and me being an apprehensive person I'm always reminding my dad to slow down.

Chinese New Year

My family and I celebrated Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year has a duration of 15 days but my family and I usually only celebrate the first 3 days of the Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year eve. On Chinese New Year eve, we will celebrate it by going to my aunt house and eat together for dinner. My aunt's house is only a few blocks away from mine. After dinner, we will go home. My sibling and I usually sleep after the clock struck 12 as we believe that by doing this our parents will live longer. The first day of Chinese New Year, we wake up early and go to my aunt's house to receive red packets. During the afternoon, we went to my uncle's house and we ate lunch there. My paternal aunts and uncle was there too. We chatted for quite sometime and they gave us red packets before leaving as we seldom meet. The second day of of Chinese New Year, my family and I went to Malaysia to visit my Aunts and Uncle we usually reach there in the afternoon. We will chat and play with my cousin and aunt until dinner. We will eat and watch television together after dinner, On the third day of Chinese New Year, my aunts will give us red packers in the morning. In the afternoon, we proceed on our journey home. At night, my aunt will come to my house for dinner. I felt safe and comfortable in such a cosy family. I love my family very much. :)