Gong Xi Fa Cai

at last, a week rest for the celebration of chinese lunar new year. No work, no sideline and a stress-free week ahead (hopefully).

Part of their custom is giving 'ampao'(aginaldo) on their new year. I always recieve 10$ ampao on a small red envelop from the boss, aside from 'percentage' bonus they give every new year, talking about 'being un-galante', hehehe. This year, no bonus, no ampao and I had reserve that (wishful) amount of money to buy a new SLR camera, tsk tsk tsk, 'it's me' counting the chicks before the eggs hatch.

I haven't seen Chinatown during this festive season. They said there's a lot of bargain sale - food and everything. Ba Kua (grilled meat), a lot of candies and mandarin oranges are the best buys during this season. We'll go for a walk one of this night to share the experience of lunar new year rush.

We're off for a 3-day road trip to Malaysia next week and I've booked for 3 holiday destinations - Sunway Lagoon, Genting and Kuala Lumpur. From what i've seen on travel shows, Malaysia is quite a beautiful country, rich with natural resources and tourist spots. Maybe we can compare it with Pinas during 60's when everything was 'virgin' - forests, beaches, mountains, ladies (bweheheh). Seriously, I envy them, that they take good care of their resources and maintain it's natural state, hope we can do that also.

Have a safe and relax trip - to us, hik!