Well, it's still Chinese New Year and I've been giving this some serious thought. 'This' being the traditional exchange of mandarin oranges when we go visiting people's houses (which I don't bother about really. I just take the hong baos and keep quiet about it).

Has it ever occured to anybody how these ORANGES are passed from hand to hand? Think about it carefully. The oranges come to your doorstep either straight from the market or in some box delivered by a friendly neighbourhood fruit monger. The oranges are now tucked away in a neat corner of your house waiting to be distributed to relatives close and distant alike.

When you get to your relatives' place, your parents hand them the crinkley-hided citrus fruits and your relatives then put them away in some corner of their own house, seeing how they've already received so many of those stupid things.

The next time your relatives go around visiting other people, they bring the exact same oranges handed BY YOUR PARENTS to another relative's or close friend's house and deposit them there. So what happens is, this whole cycle might eventually continue until

1. The very first pair of Oranges you handed out come back to you or
2. Some pair of Oranges come round to you and you have no fucking clouded idea as to where they came from, or even worse, where they HAVE BEEN.

So that's something to give you fans of Sherwin's blog something to think about.

I can only say I've been 'preeeetty busy' during this CNY. Free food, free cocktails and allowance from my aunty and uncle. While spending the nights away enjoying cocktails of all sorts till the wee hours of the morning. And of course, enjoying tim with my beloved friends.

It was pretty hard to imagine Vicky left the country today to head to Melbourne for 'greener pastures'. But I could say we had a fun time during the last few moments at the terminal. But one thing's for sure, You're not gonna be gone for long Vicky, I mean, it IS only 45 days isn't it? Just go ahead and have fun while you're there. I'm sure things couldn't possibly be all that tragic as was made out to be this afternoon :D. Indeed, it was an emotional moment but as I said once, I shall say again, you'll be coming back soon! Don't worry about it!

All right, apart from heavily downloading shit on my computer (not porn, please), the cocktail drinking night after night has been a pleasant experience. What I'm actually doing is sorting out the drinks which I actually like and eventually stick to that particular drink. Hence, me sounding like a complete alcoholic.

In fact, I think I'll go grab a swig and a sip right now..