I could not post yesterday as I was badly�and still am�sunburnt.

Before I plunge into the story of how I got sunburnt, let me recount how I spent the Lunar New Year.

The first day was the usual going-to-grandmas�-houses. At my maternal grandma�s side, guess who was there again? Yes! Golden! 😆

This time, my younger sister had brought along her digital camera. Pictures are definitely much clearer than my Motorola E398.

Golden, why won�t you look here?

Cousin Sze Ying and Me with Dad at the back

With my cousins Wei Hong and Sze Ying

Golden�s still refusing to look at the cam

Little Red Riding Hood

I should have worn my blue one�

After the visiting, Wil asked me to watch Constantine with him. I admit I wasn�t at all interested in that movie. But that movie turned out to be rather okay.

In my last entry, I said that I rotted the whole day on the second day. Only because all my siblings were busy entertaining my cousin Abigail.

Judaxil and Abigail

Abigail had a habit of washing her hands. So she would request to go to the toilet every now and then. When I told Jun Wei that, he said she had OCD

Abigail washing her hands

I took this picture of her smiling!

Ewe. Her mucus is showing.

It�s blur. But it�s her.

On the third day, I went to Wild Wild Wet. It�s a water theme park like Sentosa�s now extinct Fantasy Island. Only that it�s smaller. And less fun<em>ner.

However, I would highly recommend one ride that really made me scream/squeal�Slide Up. Two people sit on this float and you slide down this really steep U-shaped ramp and slide back and forth. This ride really took my heart away. Literally.

Another thing I really enjoyed would be the swimming pool which has motorised waves making me feel like I�m swimming in a choppy sea. I even bothered to count the number of waves they emit at one wave session. 350 waves 😛

The aftermath of the whole Wild Wild Wet episode left me in great pain. I bet hell feels much worse 😮

Me at Wild Wild Wet

I can�t smile. It�s painful.

Okay so my other entry the other time was about reunion dinner with my relatives at my dad�s side. This time�s mom�s.

I enjoy going to my mom�s side only because she has like, twelve siblings, and so, cousins of various ages can be found there.

This year, there aren�t any small babies stealing the limelight. Oh, no. This year, it�s a dog. Yes, and mind you, it isn�t those small-puppy kinds.

Everyone, meet Golden, a three-year-old Golden Retriever. Mind you, it�s a she (darn, I kept referring her as �him� all night

Golden

And her again

Ain�t she just cuuute?

Stick your tongue out!

I�m addicted to her, I tell ya.

Golden belongs to my Xiao Jiu�s (Small Uncle) uh, girlfriend or wife. (Crap. I don�t even know! 😳

It was so amusing to see everyone taking out their digital cameras and cellphones (that are camera-enabled) and aiming the lens straight at Golden but can never really manage to get a decent shot of her.

Everyone who wanted to have a picture with her tried in vain to make her sit still for a picture with anyone. When she seems settled and the cameras are ready, just before the shutter goes off, she starts moving or turning her head the other way. Frustrating, I tell you.

Being the impatient person I am, I decided to take pictures with those who are not as hyper-active as Golden.

Me and my Commando cousin Allan

With cousin Sze Ying

Oh, does anyone remember my blog entry last year about my cousin Sze Ying? Oh, my. The way she jabbers in chinese just makes my head spin 🙄 And this year, her four-year-old brother Wei Hong is not as shy as last year and his baby-talk-cum-chinese makes it really hard for me to understand him given my atrocious command of chinese. I sincerely thought he was speaking hokkien to me!

Allan got another new phone (I seem to see him with a new model every three times I see him) and my sister was testing it out the camera functions by using me as her subject.

That�s TV at the background

Finally, as usual, during all these festive occasions, the text messaging system had to lag. Think I accidentally texted Jun Wei five times straight. So, we switched to talking on the phone.

I can hear fire crackers!

The JB trip was okay. It�s just like shopping in Singapore�only in Malaysia instead. The waiting, the bargaining� You get the idea. I�m never much of a shopper. I�m more into impulse buying 😀

I�m going to try to get a cable so I can transfer pictures from my E398 to the computer. I seriously think spending SG$5 on MMS to my email is extremely pointless

Last night, my family on my paternal side had our reunion dinner. I always look forward to it because that means catching up with my cousins. I only see them once a year as I don�t even see them on Chinese New Year itself! 😮

If you remember my entry for last year�s reunion dinner, my 12-year-old cousin Natalie, was very much into this card game called Dai Dee. Well, apparently, she still loves this game. So we spent our time playing that before, during, and after the dinner. Really, this girl does not know the limits

Kids these days are so lucky. They get cellphones at such a young age. So we spent a number of time checking out each others� cellphones and snapping funny pictures with the camera-enabled ones.

Two pictures (from my E398) to remember the occasion:

Me and my cousin Natalie

With my cousins, Wei Hao and Rolynn