More celebration

Saturday, 24th February.

I promised my dad to write about my trip- sorry Abah, for the past 3 days I had been busy practicing my ribbon dance for our Chinese New Year celebration this afternoon. Or at least that was what I told everyone who asked about my whereabouts. Hehe. Actually I have become one of Wong Fei Hung’s disciples and traded medical books (pah! My laptop, more like) for some kicks and punches. *cue to roll your eyes*

When I was invited to join the group of nine people with utterly no knowledge of wushu (apart from the awesome Chai, who was our sifu) for a performance on that day, I didn’t skip a beat to say yes. That was before the fact that everybody who was anybody in town would watch us sank in, which by then was already a little too late. But I had a lot of fun, albeit having mere 3 days for training. It’s been a long time since I did this kind of thing, and I realised how much I’ve missed learning martial arts. Now all we need to do is goad Chai into opening a wushu club. Hehe.

Today also marked the first time I went to a party in a pair of track pants and not having a camera in my hand. Kinda cool actually, butting in every picture for once rather than clicking the shutter. I have to do this more often. Hehe. The food and beverage were top-notch, especially the pau. Yummy pau! There was also a little exhibition in the hall, featuring amongst others Chinese calligraphy, where you can get personalised inscription of your names, and the art of drinking Chinese tea which I somehow missed, being busy with our final rehearsal. Such a bummer for tea-lover me.

All in all- a festive occasion to be remembered. Once again, Xin Nian Kuai Le!

And Happy Men's Day (23 Feb) to every man in Russia ;)


One of our movements


posing for pictures after the show ended


From left: Sin Ye, Sin Wan, Kah Wei, Kak Haneem, Fatin, me.


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This one had me in stitches- these guys were trying to burn firecrackers made of paper. Haha.

ps: pictures courtesy of Kak Haneem. Xie xie ni!
pps: Turkey trip coming soon...