It's time to 吃团年饭

Another LUNAR year has past. And the time has come for all the family members to gather at the dining table for 团年饭.

This year as like last year, we will be going over to hubby's parents' place for dinner. It's really at times like this that I feel it's so unfair. Why does the wife have to go to the husband's side for reunion? Cannot go to MY parents' plc meh? Also parents ma. Also reunion ma. Reunion at hubby's side then my side how? Really sometimes, I feel the chinese is so unfair to their daughters. Anway, grouches aside, dinner at PIL's place for me this year. (again.)

We reached early enough with the mandrain oranges, APs, a can of pineapple tart, "Lo Hei" and also the steamboat + BBQ machine. After all the calling, we settled down to watch TV. Had nothing to do and while watching TV, I even dozed off, think I'm too stressed out over the online assisgnments last night and slept late. But before all these, I noticed that there is a big hamper on the table. Nicely wrapped up, then we found out that it was OBIL's GF who brought this over for the PILs. Nice of her hor? Can see that she's trying hard to get into the PILs' good books, and I hope she will succeed. That will take the 'grandchild' issue off me and hopefully, FIL will not be calling me too often then! =)

Would have been a good dinner, if FIL does not keep saying that he don't eat this and don't eat that and would have been better if YBIL knows when to keep quiet about the food too. After he HAD eaten his fill, he start to complain that this is not nice, that is not nice. Honestly? If I'm the mother, he would have received more than just food from me. But being, the very indulgent parents that my PILs are, they kept quiet. So being, just the DIL, of course I will not say anything else.

I cannot stand YBIL's rudeness. Really, I cannot. Critizising the food that MIL had prepared and then complain not nice not nice when he had finished dinner. Then eating, chewing everything loudly. Which person with the right mannerism will behave like that?! Even if the food is really not nice, how can he keep harping on it?! It is this same food that has brought him up to who he is now lor!

Anyway, after dinner, I helped to wash up. Then we settled down once again in front of the TV. Nothing much on TV and had to remind hubby twice to give the AP and also the oranges for a early "bai nian". Finally, time to "Lo Hei".

It's also auspicious to say something nice when 'lo hei-ing' and YBIL said, harmony in the family, I thought that's nice and sweet of him. Next he mention, "find a GF" I almost burst out laughing! hahaha... I did not laugh, but I sniggered. Not that I think he can't. Just that his mannerism will not frightened the girls meh?! Anyway, time will tell.

Finally, it's time to go home. Finally, I can go home! I find it quite a torture to be there to listen to YBIL go on about the food... somemore it's CNY eve! OBIL sent us home, I was not keen to take his car, but had no excuse to say no.

Reached home, grapped more oranges and AP then we went over to my parents' home. At least, the atmosphere is relax, we were just chatting and laughing while watching TV at the sametime. Not like in PIL's place. Stayed till slightly over midnight, then hubby and I went off back to our own nest.

Today is quite a nuah day for us, we managed to clean up the house last evening, I finished my assisgments as well, so today was lazing in front of the TV. Not a bad way to spend my CNY eve at all. If only, we did not have to go to PIL's place!

Made a pact with hubby already, next year, we are going back to MY parents' plc for reunion dinner!