Remember.....

The Chinese New Year celebrations almost over, another week to go. Time just don't fly, it just zooms. The first time that i spent the CNY without mum. My sister and i talked about the times when mum will tell us what to cook and what to do for the celebration. After all the recollection of the past, we realized that from this year onwards, we will have to set our own style of celebrating the CNY. We will set our own traditions and pass them to our future generation. In time, they too will set their own traditioons and pass them to their future generation.
However, i'm glad to know that the tradition of 'balik kampung' or going back to the ancestral home to spend the CNY is still very strong amongst us siblings. So, i was very glad my brother and his family came back to celebrate with me and my nephew. My sister too came to visit. Despite the fact that mum is no longer with us, we still feel the sense of family ties. This is good relationship indeed and i hope my nieces and nephews will carry on this tradition at least.
Celebration is also a time of eating and drinking. I'm sure i have put on two or three kilos already. So from now onwards, it will be a time exercising to control my weight. Just hope that i can go back to my original weight.......