CNY 2012

My last post was before last year's CNY. How interesting. This year, CNY falls on Monday and so the traditional feast is on Sunday. No half day on Friday though. But that allowed us to host dinner since we have more time to prepare. Tomorrow, Sunday, we are waking up early to go and get our fish balls. If we don't reach that place before 9am, they will sell our fish balls. Those fish balls are good and affordable. My in laws are coming as are 2 of my wife's aunts (one paternal and one maternal). My dad is around but my mom is in Mauritius. We are going to do the traditional steam boat. But since my dad is around, we'll add a small Mauritian twist by having steamed chinese sausage (hopefully the non fatty ones), century eggs and pork roast. My wife was commenting that these are quite un-healthy. I think it's just cultural nuances. You see, back in Mauritius, we don't often eat Chinese sausages or century eggs or pork roast. In Singapore though, you can buy those on any day in any hawker. Sometimes, that's the curse of progress. There was a time when you can get only certain things if you travel to, say, Hong Kong. Now, you can get anything from anywhere in the world. I wish they would sell lobster cheaper though. Just saw that a 600g one was selling at around $28. My dad hinted that he would want to eat and this time, we'd probably just steam it to get the full flavour. I will have to do my research. Oh. Going to be a father this year! A dragon boy/girl... well, hopefully all will go well. I suppose things are ok since my wife still has some kind of morning sickness from time to time, though definitely of less magnitude than during the 1st trimester. We have not yet attended the normal parenthood classes and I suppose our gynae will tell us more soon. Fingers crossed, there will be more cousins around. I need to lose weight. I have been going to gym of late but not so regularly... about 2-3 times weekly. I think that my problem is that I don't do enough cardio. I need to hit 45 minutes and cut down maybe on the weights, especially if I do during lunch time. My biggest problem is that I probably don't cut down my food intake, or worse, I eat more thinking that I can afford it. I am not getting younger and I definitely know that I need to cut down my weight. Being heavy has its toll on the body. My back sometimes ache for no reason and I take longer time to recover from sudden physical activities. Recently, I played hectic captain ball and I think I injured my knee. Took about 2 weeks and it's not yet fully recovered. Also need to look at increasing saving rate. We are waiting for a drop in property prices so that we can have a chance to think of upgrading. Not too soon though as we have not built capital and we'll have to adjust to having a baby on board too!