mom: hmm..you owe me money
me: what owe you money – when?
mom: there…ang pow money
me : *scratches head mumbling wtf* I owe you what angpow money?
mom: I gotta give angpow on your behalf to sooo many people.You have soooo many cousins and all your cousins’ kids? And some of them their kids’ kids’ leh? Then your grandmother leh?
me: you simply give ang pow to everyone for what??! For fun isit?! I no money to give angpow to your 1000s of relatives that’s why I’m not going back for cny then you simply go and give on my behalf!?! WAH I not pokai enough??
mom: yah. it’s like that wan. HAVE to give. first year mar.it is rules. Dont care whether you are here or not MUST DIE DIE also give. why you dont know wan?If you dont want to give angpow then what for u get married?
me: BECAUSE YOU NEVER TELL ME! (and btw…i so gian want to give angpow thats why I get married isit?!)
mom: Why you don know yourself wan meh? yah.Anyway. I give ok. rm10 per pack. Maybe will be RM1000 in total. Or more.I take from your bank account ok. You where got poor – in oz most of the food also your father paid what
me: BECAUSE U BOTH DONT ALLOW ME TO PAY!!!!
me: but but…i didnt get to go back this year because I knew I got no money to give angpow..if i anyhow also must give then might as well i go back rite? Like that next year I dont get to go back already:( .
mom: not too late wat. Come back lah
me: You really think I print money? WTF………
so dear friends, pls go visit my mother. she will give u an angpow on my behalf and an orange on her behalf.heck, I am apparently distributing angpow to the whole wide world anyway…*”T^£%!”$!.
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That’s utterly weird wei. Angpaus are just tokens and should be given only when people visit & greet you PERSONALLY man – not on behalf of who-and-who la. Like that, of course bankrupt la!
Comment by Mei 02.15.07 @ 2:18 pmmei:you wait and see.Apparently some obscure chinese rules..GRRR!!
anyway,i’ve been left angpows by married cousins before, so its not really like as if i give but don’t take:). and this apparently is only nessacary on the first year. after that it is supposed to get better(no see = no angpow) but I dont trust her anymore:(.
so yeah, probably won’t go back next year.wait until i have a litter of kids then I go back..at least there is input and output!
Comment by sourrain 02.15.07 @ 2:27 pmAhahahah! That is too funny. You know, I find Penang ppl to be most anal about these kinda “save face” things. And I can say that because my father’s side are all like that.
EDITED: sollie ah.
Comment by mooiness 02.15.07 @ 2:27 pmROFLMAO!!! Dats some funny shit wei. Especially the so gian wanna give angpow, hence the marrying part. I think they want the angpow giving torch to be passed on to you instead of them having to carry it through this year round. They secretly wanna say its actually from them, but you’re covering the expense. HAHA.
Comment by Sen Hon 02.15.07 @ 2:59 pmyea. so make sure u go visit my mom ok..she will give you angpow on my behalf. I think that you guys should make a convoy and go together bombard 9 her…say that i said she giving away angpow on my behalf.
since i have to give $$ to like so many people what the heck, you guys go only ler.
i shall now prepare my cny dinner of soy sauce and white rice.
Comment by sourrain 02.15.07 @ 3:30 pmhey where does your mom live and how much GBP is RM10?
happy new year!
WAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA.. I think I’ll visit your mommie.
Travel to Subang
Toll – RM 1.00
Petrol – RM 2.00
In the end, only get like RM 7??
shun: erm. it might not be all that worth it for you:)
dreybee: the trick is, all of you should squeeze into one car (u, senhon,elv,sher) = RM40-RM3 so you still get RM9+ each!
make sure you ask her for oranges too k!And ask her why she so lazy, go make some cny cookies
Comment by sourrain 02.16.07 @ 8:16 amHaha. That’s hilarious!!
Being an only child to my mother, she thinks that I make her lose money as everyone else has at least two children.
Comment by Lisa Y 02.17.07 @ 6:56 amHi!
Came across your blog thru Mooiness.
This is so hilarious. I got married in Melbourne last year and wasnt prepared to go back to Singapore for that ang pow distributing.
Thank goodness, my ma didnt make me distribute ang pows in Singapore
Gong Xi Fa Cai, happy new year!
Comment by natnatviv 02.18.07 @ 4:34 amLisa Y: Yea my mom felt the same as well; it was only two of us but most of the uncles aunties had three each(sibeh kiasu)! So we were technically losing out too.Sometimes we come across kind ones who would realize that their children are getting RM20 each, so me and my bro would get RM30!
natnatviv:Welcome:).Yeah it’s like IKEA distribution warehouse,omg.It’s nice being on the other end of the queue for distribution..not so nice on the giving end:(.
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