My summer holidays is coming to an end soon. This week is my last week of almost 3 months of holiday. And while i am pondering how my new semester would be, i too looked back at what i did for my entire summer holiday.

Compared to my last summer holiday, this time round, it's not having repitition of actions and chores for the entire holiday. During my last summer hols, how i remembered i spent an entire month finishing all games that i can grab my hands on, then how i am tormented mentally for having almost nothing to do for the next 2 months.

This time though, my first 2 months were spent daily for my industrial training. To recap everything, though dull, sometimes boring and commonly sluggish daily routine, the training did let me taste the experience of working in real life. Though training, there is a sense of responsibility for whatever actions you have taken since it involves the patients and money. Overall, its an excellent experience, in term of both my academics and preparing me for what lies ahead of me.

As for the last month, i practically spent it almost everyday at home. What else can i do? All, if not almost all, my friends were either still in uni or could not comeback even for CNY. Lonely days just passed by. There's even no CNY gatherings like i usually had back in the old times.

On the bright side though, i'd finished FF12 finally. After 120++ hours, with almost all quests done and almost all items obtained, i finally finished this accursed game in which it kept me waiting ever since starting it last summer holiday. An achievement for me since i've finished every FF series there is out there, excluding those from Nintendo handheld consoles.

For my CNY celebrations, it seems to be more like CNY cele"dull"rations. Only scored 1 open house, and thats all. Nothing else. No gambling, no greetings, but at least there are still ang pows still in store for me.


And from here, it brings me to ponder about angpow designs. Some angpows are designed creatively and inspirationally,


Some just cin cai cin cai design and mass produced it


And some have the old traditional taste in it.


As for how much i got this year, i haven't actually opened them at all =P Maybe next year, i guess.

Another thing was that i've never seen any lion dance performance at all during this entire CNY, until the one and only open house, hosted by one of my father's friends.

The truth is, i am never fond of extra loud noises, especially firecrackers. Not that i can't stand them, its just, i just don't like them for those ear-banging cracking sounds.


At night, 2 interesting stuff happened right at my doorstep.