Somehow this year, the Chinese New Year is pretty quiet and unexcited. Not like previous year, or the years before…
I still remember that when I was a kid, I used to be so happy to wait for CNY to arrive, and save all the money that I can save to buy the firecrackers. Then my parents would start decorating the house, and do the “spring cleaning” and applying new paints to the exterior wall, gate, and all that. Then my sisters would be going out for major shopping spree to anticipate the up and coming CNY.
Then, when I was a teenager, I saw that the kids were happy preparing for the long holiday, and then the parents would be busy buying new clothes for them, and buying all those CNY stock like biscuits and stuff. Oh! Let’s not forget decorating the house as well.
The shops will be playing New Year songs with such a full force that the speakers were vibrating like a major earthquake. Then there are sales everywhere, marking 70% discount, 50% discount, buy 1 free 1, buy 2 free 1, and all that kind of shit.
This year? Let me put it this way…
Next week is CNY, but the street is pretty quiet. I don’t see a lot of discounts in shopping mall. The CNY songs are not as loud as before, and the kids are nonchalant about it, like it is still months away… Me? I need constant reminder that next week is CNY or else I will forget…
Am I just being too old to feel the joy of CNY? Or am I just too used to it? Or is it because there are too many “New Year” for January until I am immune to it?
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