Chinese New Year 2007

Due the concern of the instructors, the squad was allowed to enjoy the Chinese New Year till Tuesday instead of Sunday. Originally we weren't even supposed to have the holidays. Do keep in mind that my instructors consists of a Scottish, a Malay, and the rest are Nepalese. Oh, did i mention the Gurkhas are taking my squad on this leadership course? And the 70+ year old Scottish man who is the legendary Gurkha Commander and who is also super fit, is the mastermind for this course. For those who don't know his name, he is none other than Bruce M. Nivens. Fortunately they decided to be merciful and let the squad enjoy this festive season, so i really appreciated that.

Anyway back to Chinese New Year. Well, this year felt pretty rush for me, always rushing from place to place. It was worse with the fact that i was ill as well, having sore throat and cough, and that usually means the virus is super strong and super contagious. Got a few others sick along the way. Steamboat meals are also getting very common. On the whole, glad to have met up with people whom i haven't seen in a long time. From my dad's side, my 12+ years younger cousins who have grown up and started playing X-Box, and also my 2 other relatively same aged cousins, Eugene and Steven. Found out that Eugene is getting married in a few more months time, and Steven has become a Christian! From my mum's side, all my childhood cousins who are now crazy about DOTA and you can probably guess what we do when we met. Also glad to see my 4 younger nephew and nieces all grown up too, though i'm not very close to them. And of course paid a visit to my dear's parents too. Time really flies whenever i am with my dear.

Sigh... Good things never last... At least for now. Back to camp on Tuesday night, and on to Nepal next Monday. Will be missing much of the festive activities this time round.