Eve of Eve

Tonight is New Year's Eve's Eve!  Life is still as usual.  B3 had his tuition and B2 was in school.  B1 is home as his camp has shutdown.    I was just working as usual.  When I go and pick up B3 from tuition, the activities has slowed down.  There are 109 carpark lots in the big open carpark beside Court in AMK Central.  The food center is not as busy as well.  The commercial activities are slowly grinding to a halt.  By tomorrow afternoon, everywhere will be closed for New Year's Eve reunion dinner.  Only fast food chain like McDonald's will be open.  It is the only time in Singapore evening is shutdown for more than two days.

Tonight, all the boys are home for dinner.  They ate a lot of the CNY snacks.  We had plenty of gifts from relatives.  Cousins, aunties and neighbours gave us all kinds of goodies and we have to return them similar gifts.  We ordered home-made pineapple tarts and pillow shape peanuts cookies(kok zai) for them.  It is busy time as the Matriarch is doing spring cleaning.  B3 has to pack up his files.  He is sulking.  He wanted to make a stress ball using Latex glove and sand.  His mummy insisted he clear his files and store them neatly in his cupboard.  So he is upset.

All three boys have their own study table and cupboard.  They are lucky compared to when I was growing up.  However, when compared to kids in Canada and US, then they are not so lucky as they have to share room.  I just checked with B1 and B2.  They claims it is no big deal to have own study table and cupboard.  In fact, their friends have their own room.  Apparently, we are the "big" family as B2 puts it.  This means most of his friends and classmates are only one or two kids in the family.

It is Spring Cleaning time.  Matriarch is sending all the boys to change new bedsheets and comforter.  I know it is a matter time I will be called to action.