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Top Ten Burning Questions Most People Have To Answer Before Chinese New Year

Published by simon on January 24, 2006

For those not celebrating Chinese New Year or are unable to feel the festive spirit, I apologize for the recent deluge of CNY-related posts here in the past one week.

Now then, on to business. Some burning questions some of us may have to answer. And these things you won’t find at Wikipedia or Answers.com.

Top Ten Burning Questions Most People Have To Answer Before Chinese New Year

  • Should we go back to home town on Friday morning, Friday evening or Saturday morning? If Friday morning, then I have to take leave, I’m not sure my boss would approve my leave on such short notice. But Saturday morning the traffic would surely be horrendous…

  • If I pump full tank tomorrow, I’ll need to pump again before the long journey on Sunday. But if I pump tomorrow or Thursday, I won’t have enough petrol to make it back all the way, and there is only one petrol station on the way, but…

  • Look, if you take the trunk road, it will take a little longer to reach home, but you save on the petrol. However, the highway would be faster, but you’re talking about a lot of toll money here. An alternative route is to go via the old tunnel, but the traffic is usually heavy with trucks. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

  • If I stick around the TV on Saturday at your parents house, I might get a chance to swipe the remote control and switch to ESPN to catch the EPL game. If not, I might have to sneak off to the nearest mamak with a decent 21” TV. Failing that, I’ve got to learn to program that God-forsaken VCR of ours.

  • Honey, on the first day of new year, do you want to wear the red qi pao, or the white dress mommy bought for you, or the pink dress from Singapore? It would also depend on what shoes you’re planning to wear. What about socks? Do you have enough socks?

  • Should I use the Maxis ang pow packet or the DiGi ang pow packet? But I use Celcom prepaid…

  • What am I going to do with all these square New Year cards?

  • Which type of kuaci should I buy for Chinese New Year? The black water-melon seeds, the white powdery type, the hard red type or the sunflower seeds? Does anyone actually eat this stuff?

  • Should I give my hell-raising, screaming nephews RM1 or RM1.50 ang pows?

  • Should we come back to the city on Saturday night, Sunday morning or Monday morning, if Monday morning I need to take leave… (ad nauseam).

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Comments (13)
  1. mama23beas Said,

    One question..how much time did you take to come up with all this questions?
    No questions for me as yet, all I know is I get one whole week leave…yeah!

    I’d love to share something that might interest you a bit in my blog. Besides I’ve linked you in 3 entries in a row…go and see, puhleeeese pweety, pweety puhleeeese!

  2. Pat Said,

    I just veg out and let my wife worry about them! :)

  3. Ken Said,

    Should I clean the attic, rearrange the living room, wash the curtains and re-paint the house; or should I just rearrange the living room, wash the curtains and hang the tanglungs only?

    -_-” I get that all the time. Guess who’s doing all of those stuff in the end?

  4. Bulu Said,

    u shud write a movie script …… u read life so well its scary!!!!! You could be another M’sian to win award for shows …. e.g. the Sepet one??

  5. Inevitable Said,

    Should I sweep the floor now before the auspicious day? Or should I do it an hour before?

  6. Din Said,

    what about,

    Should I stock up on Nescafe or Red Bull during the drive home? I kind of like coffee, but Red Bull should provide me the F1 feeling…..

  7. Wingz Said,

    but b4 that i got lotsa others stuffs to worry bout still !!! sigh* who invented CNY anyway ?

  8. lilian Said,

    Should I cook the large white prawns for your siblings or should I keep them for my own siblings and fry the sotong for your siblings and cook the white pomfret for my brothers or fry some cabbage for you siblings and keep the brocolli and scallops for my sisters……You get the drift? It is gaduh time! Gee, I hate CNY but what to do, we are Chinese, after all.

  9. simon Said,

    anyways, happy new year, everyone! make sure you guys all don’t run out of fuel halfway on the highway.

    mama23beas (the person formerly known as mama22beas!) - 13 minutes, why? :)

  10. mudslinger Said,

    simon, i’m gonna take this opportunity to wish you and everyone who visits your blog a Happy CNY!
    whoohoo, gong xi, gong xi….

  11. nite Said,

    happy cny! For the ever 1st time.. i’m not travelling home. so need not think so much on the traffic. Another thing though, if you take bus - which bus to take? What time to take the bus? ;)

  12. Lian Said,

    Just want to wish you Kong Hei Fatt Choy! Wishing you prosperity, peace, health and many more great blogs.

  13. simon Said,

    thanks for the wishes, and happy new year, everyone!

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