new year countdown

in just a few hours time, everyone will be sitting down at the dining table having reunion dinner with their family members and relatives. there will be 11 of us at the table this year and i still have no idea how many dishes they are cooking. the table will be full i am sure despite everyone talking about not eating so much nowadays because of the fear of putting on more weight. sis has already put on 3 kg since she came back from australia...but i am sure she will lose them once she gets back this friday.

and i finally see my second sis whom i have not seen for 4 years (she left for australia) at noon today. sob sob...i could feel tears in my eyes...i am so emo. will be spending more time with her this week since they already require my service to drive them to kl to do shopping. see, i am the designated driver. third day of cny to aunt friend's house in subang for her open house and friday driver for siew. yee is also leaving for australia that friday morning, so maybe we will just go down early and hang around for a long long breakfast.
siew also did some spring cleaning in her wardrobe here. very easy- put all the pants and shirts in plastic bags only because she could not wear them at all now. oh i can gloat too because my brother-in-law said that i am the slimmest in the house now. muahaha...gloatttttt

the house is kinda quiet now but the heat makes you not wanna do anything. it is freaking hot! mom, cousin and aunt have gone out to the pasar malam. yee is ironing and altering wei's long pants. wei is reading. dad is watching tv in his room. grandpa is reading newspaper. grandma is washing her clothes after her shower.

i have not peeled prawn shells for ages...and i have almost forgotten how to do it. am i spoilt or what?? i did all the peeling as shown above ok. so many shells and yet so few prawns that came out.

the countdown for cny always starts with offering prayers to ancestors in the noon. the prawns i peeled were used in the plate of fried noodles.

i wonder how much we are going to eat tonight in this kind of weather? i don't feel like eating. i have drunk so much water but it never seems enuf. going to hang out with my friends after dinner...no choice, i have to settle my debt. it is not good to owe ppl money and all debt has to be settled before the new year.