CNY is the absolute reason for me to be home. It's the one time a year that the whole family will be home. Kids would be running around, brothers would be mocking me and fireworks fly like no ones business. It's always good to be home.
Kind of down that I wasn't able to meet up with all my cousins though. Some of them decided to stay back in KL (Which is fine, it's a personal preference I guess), some decided to do their own thing and we decided do ours. But all in all, it was a good meet up with the family.
Couldn't say the same for friends' meetup, I guess that's what you get when everyone else is starting to have their own families. It's either the time wasn't right or the location wasn't right or they just didn't bother to answer the group chat. But anyhow, I was able to meet up a couple of them, making individual house calls, just for the sake of ticking that "I have Met You" box. However, I did get to live young again, meeting up friends and chit chatting until mid of the night. Ah.... to be young again.
This CNY made me realize, that family and friends do grow apart if effort isn't taken. This year could mark the first step, then next year, more would realize "it's easier" to forego seeing each other. Then next thing you know, you don't see each other for years. Been there, done that. It was easily ten years of gatherings that I have missed with my High School friends, and after rejoining for 3 years, the group started to break up.
Some cousins decided to stay in KL with the parents, hence, the reunion from the older generation is not complete. Again, nothing wrong with this, it's a personal preference. But the rThis esult is just noticeable. Glad that we would still have dinner this coming week, at least I can cross off that from my list.
Avoiding people have been one of my strong suits for the past few years, whenever I deem someone too troublesome or too inconvenient, family or friend, I would try to avoid. Yes, I was one of those that ignored the group chats and took half a day to reply your messages. Maybe I'm getting old? Maybe I'm a parent now? Not sure, but I come to realize that I'd like to see more of my family and friends, while I can. No, I'm not sick, nor is anyone leaving. It's just that instinct of not shutting out the whole world and not live under a rock.
Hence, that will be one of my personal KPIs for this year, to meet up for friends and family.
Besides, I need my kid to socialize more anyway.
Overall, this year's CNY has not been to my expectations, abit dull I would say. But I guess that's what you get when you have a 1 year old running and climbing any chance that he gets.
But I would say, I did a lot of thinking and getting a target or goal out of the whole ordeal, is not a bad thing I guess.
