Chinese New Year's Eve 2014

How has everyone been? Lacking on updates because life has been really busy and hectic for me. This year, 2014, has not been all that well to me. It has been a challenging and mentally exhausting path so far...and I thought that time would pass by quickly because I'm not enjoying my time of 2014 really. However, it's only the 30th day of the first month. 

Food for thought: Why do time always pass so quickly when you're enjoying every single second of whatever-that-is-going-on but goes by so slowly when you're least liking whatever-that-is-smacked-into-your-face-without-you-asking-for-it?

Anyway, I'm able to just post this little entry up because..... it's CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE!! So, I'm back in my hometown, celebrating this festive season with my paternal family and missing the family members that are not able to come home this year. This also means, no university, no classes to attend hence, spare time!! Well, I did take one day off from my university classes. Would be hating it when I get back, having to catch up with whatever work or assignments or lectures that I've missed today...

It's good to be back seeing the long-time-no-see relatives whom we only see once a year and that's Chinese New Year. It's good to soak in and enjoy the Chinese New Year atmosphere that's more abundant than back home. It's good to feast on the Chinese New Year meals and goodies prepared by my aunt who's an amazing cook. 

But.. not so good when people or strangers bombard you with questions that you wouldn't want/like to answer. What are you studying? How's your grades? You working yet? Married yet? If not, when are you getting married? How many kids do you have? If there's no kids, when are you having one? If there's already kids, how many more do you want to have? Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend? How much do you earn? Why like this? Why like that? Or even hearing statements like... wah, you've grown skinnier/fatter huh? Eh, why you still so short, not growing any taller? How come got so many pimples on your face? etc etc etc... 

Lucky this period of time only comes once a year. I'll enjoy this festive season while it lasts. Hope you all will have a nice reunion dinner with your families. I sure had a nice reunion dinner with my family. Had Lai Niao (literally translated as "Peeing") Prawns, Pork-Yam Kou Rou, Buddha Jumps Over The Wall (with lots of amazing ingredients inside such as abalones, fish maw, sea cucumber, oysters) and a few other dishes. I love reunion dinners!!

Have a Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year to all of you!! 新年快乐, 恭喜发财, 马年行大运!! 새해 복 많이 받으세요~~ :)

Best wishes,

Hannah

Just an update on Hannah's life

I've been pretty busy these days. Mostly busy with the piano. Yes, piano! 

Actually, I haven't been going for my piano lessons since last October, which makes it about 9 months since I've been playing the piano on a regular basis. Sorry Teacher Fel! I promised her that I'll be back for lessons soon after my A Level but I've been dragging on and on - because of me travelling often, being away from Brunei and being occupied with other commitments.

I'm a little rusty with the piano even though I've been playing it at times (rarely!). I've been asked to write out music scores for a couple of songs for Sunday School and I'm trying my best to do it. It's a challenge for me because I'm not a musically inclined person (I have to practice a lot compared to those natural talents who pick music up easily) but it's been nice, spending lots of hours with my piano. I do enjoy my moments spent with it :)

Also, I'm trying to blog more often. Compared to last year, in the course of 6 months (I started back in June 2012), I've blogged about double or even triple the amount of posts than I do this 6 months (2013). Yeah, I know. I'm not the most consistent person out there but at least there's some progress going on or as some would say, it's better than nothing.

I didn't know that my dad reads my blog - but I did talk to my dad about my blog at times (the very few times, countable on one hand). My dad says that I don't blog about anything much that's going on around me and my life, but instead blog about the more general things and other people or other events and so on.

I admit that I'm not very comfortable with sharing about my very personal life (only general stuff) or personal pictures or whatsoever personal here on my blog just yet, since it's open for public to see. I did those though for my previous blogs. Haha!!

I think as I grow older, I tend to keep more and more things to myself. Even my Facebook account! I was really active with Facebook a few years ago but as I age, I don't even update my Facebook anymore. I only use Facebook to stalk catch up with other people's life events. 

I think that maybe I should start slowly. There are family members of mine who are living far away from where I am who are reading my blog as well and I'm sure there's a certain few (won't name you out :P) who are always curious about me. So maybe, just maybe, I may start revealing my more personal bits and pieces. But it's just that nothing much or interesting is going on in my life right now.

Other than that, I hope that my days ahead for this week would be better. Fell into a big slump for the past weekend because I wasn't in my best condition and was feeling rather awful and lethargic - I was really easily irritated and annoyed and got all moody and upset about many useless things. I didn't want to talk to anybody because I just wanted to be left alone. I think I scared quite a few people because I'm usually portrayed as a friendly and amicable person (I think :P).

I feel sorry for the few people that I wasn't very friendly and nice to. I want to apologise sincerely right here (that is if you're reading this. Haha!). I wasn't really myself for the past weekend because I was just so sore and tired, just feeling really stressed about the past hectic week that had taken a toll on myself. Sorry!!

I'm going to be facing another busy week next week. Kind of looking forward to it but at the same time, not so ready to face it. Can't make up my mind about how I feel - mixed feelings.

Just trying to keep myself afloat now. I can do this.

Sorry that it's such a lengthy and wordy post.

Hannah

p.s. I just checked and this blog of mine is officially 1 year old!! Yay me!! :D Reality strikes since 12th June 2012 - 1 year and counting.