Gung hay fat choy!
Feb. 19th, 2007 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morslaHappy Chinese New Year, all :)
The best New Year's gift so far is the arrival of the cool change... now that the humidity has dropped, I can start painting again. I hope that was the last week-long heatwave for the summer, as I really can't afford another week of lost productivity at the moment. I'm already counting down the days (45 'til Conquest) until the next wave of conventions and tournaments arrives. It's going to be a busy year.
In other weekend news,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aeliel bought a bike! Well, she actually bought it last weekend, but it didn't get taken out for a ride until Saturday morning. I'd like to start exploring the bike trails along the river, now that the mercury isn't pushing 40°C. It's as good an excuse as any to get back into the habit of riding again.
We went out for yum cha on Sunday, with most of the contactable members of Dad's family. I haven't seen most of my cousins for at least four years, and I was actually looking forward to catching up with them. Of course, when we arrived at the restaurant we were split onto two tables (they don't own tables big enough for groups of 16), and Louise and I were promptly made part of the "grown ups" table when the other one filled up. Didn't really get much chance to speak to my cousins at all, in the end. I guess that's what happens when you're the oldest...
The theme for my year looks like it will be travel. So far, I know of four trips that I'll be making, and five countries that I'll visit along the way. If the journey's the part that matters most, my journey will take some interesting detours along the way.
The best New Year's gift so far is the arrival of the cool change... now that the humidity has dropped, I can start painting again. I hope that was the last week-long heatwave for the summer, as I really can't afford another week of lost productivity at the moment. I'm already counting down the days (45 'til Conquest) until the next wave of conventions and tournaments arrives. It's going to be a busy year.
In other weekend news,
aeliel bought a bike! Well, she actually bought it last weekend, but it didn't get taken out for a ride until Saturday morning. I'd like to start exploring the bike trails along the river, now that the mercury isn't pushing 40°C. It's as good an excuse as any to get back into the habit of riding again.We went out for yum cha on Sunday, with most of the contactable members of Dad's family. I haven't seen most of my cousins for at least four years, and I was actually looking forward to catching up with them. Of course, when we arrived at the restaurant we were split onto two tables (they don't own tables big enough for groups of 16), and Louise and I were promptly made part of the "grown ups" table when the other one filled up. Didn't really get much chance to speak to my cousins at all, in the end. I guess that's what happens when you're the oldest...
The theme for my year looks like it will be travel. So far, I know of four trips that I'll be making, and five countries that I'll visit along the way. If the journey's the part that matters most, my journey will take some interesting detours along the way.
