CNY Feasting

If there’s one thing that’s changed over the years over the Chinese New Year, it’s my perceptions of the feasts. When I was younger, I threw myself at all the new year goodies: bak kwa, the many types of Chinese cookies (e.g. egg rolls, pineapple tarts, almond cookies, all sorts and assorted peanuts), and the feasts prepared by relatives and my mum.

Now that I’m older, I’ve also become a lot more conscious on what’s going in as stomach input! Weight gained is a lot harder to lose at the age of 37+ now compared to when you’re say like 20 and in national service.

This year it’s a record number of feasts over a short period of time. On the 18 Jan at Lentor (my family home) , there was dinner as my younger brother was leaving for Sydney for a year. On the 24 Jan, there was the traditional reunion CNY-eve dinner with in-laws, arranged one night earlier because the following day on the 25 Jan, there was the same reunion dinner with family at Lentor. On the 27 Jan, there was another feast with Sharon’s parents, and on the 31 Jan, there’ll be one more at Lentor again with relatives.

As these things go, there’s never a shortage of great food. Heck, there’s typically too much food even, and on a couple of occasions already, we’ve mused that we needed Matt to be on the table each time LOL. The next time he comes visit, we have to make sure it’s synced with the CNY festive season. That’s the only way to make sure he gains weight here instead of losing it when he visits!