One of the best things about being a Malaysian is that we have the *most* number of holidays in the entire Asia Pacific region (thx to our muhibbah-ness). Years back, a comparison was done with some regional colleagues on the total PH days in a calendar year and Malaysia came up top. I remember my Singaporean counterparts being pretty darn sore about it. Hehe..
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I realised one thing though - CNY becomes less and less exciting for us as we grow up. Mainly becos we have to go back to work on Day 3 (for the single ones) or becos we have to give out angpows (for the married ones) to others. Not so much fun anymore, isn’t it?
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For me, CNY lost its appeal many years ago. Especially since I joined the workforce and have to get back to work even though the 15-day celebrations are not over yet. Through the years, I also stopped getting new clothes for CNY. What’s the point of keeping those newly-purchased clothing in the wardrobe for MONTHS just so that we can wear them on CNY?! Guess for me, CNY is anytime throughout the year - when it comes to wearing new clothes, lah 
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For those of you with kids of your own or kids in the house (nephews, nieces, etc), then I guess CNY is still an exciting time of the year for you. But then again, who’d complain about getting moolah for nothing?!! That’s MY fav part of the entire CNY celebrations - the angpow collection. Since I am still officially single, I have no qualms about collecting ‘em moolah! 
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Hope the year of the Ox brings you much, much love, happiness and excitement, ya! The year 2009 is starting out to be a darn exciting one for me. Filled with lots of wonderful promises and beautiful dreams. It’s all up to me now to get those promises fulfilled and turn the dreams real.
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