Chinese New Year

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As tradition goes, Chinese New Year is a time where family members from where ever they may be, come together and celebrate the festive season. Most people these days live in the city and during this time of the year, they’ll take leave from their jobs to travel back to their home towns to meet with family members. Chinese New Year is basically about family and unity and how the family should be together as one during this time of the year. My Chinese New Year is not so different as well. The different part about it is both my grandparents from my mom and dad’s side live in the city. Because of this, I don’t really have a home town to go back to, unlike my friends who have to travel for hours until they reach their destination. My grandparents on my dad side lives in Kuala Lumpur and they’ve been staying there since my dad was a kid. Back then, where they used to live was pretty deserted and now, it’s one of the busiest places in Malaysia. On the other side of town, Petaling Jaya, lives my grandmother from my mom’s side. My mom and my aunts and uncles have pretty much lived there all their lives. According to my mom, the house where my grandmother lives has some pretty rich history, to her at least. As much as I love my grandparents, I can’t help but drag my feet when I hear that I have to go visit them. The thing is, many of my cousins, aunts and uncles live overseas and the only two cousins I have in Malaysia are younger than me. I’m sure my younger brother loves seeing them because one of them is the same age as him and another is four years old this year, but they are all boys, and one way or another they’ll get along. If you were to ask me which grandparents would I prefer to visit, the ones from my dad’s side or the one’s from my mom’s, I would without hesitation say, my mom’s side. This is because, on my mom’s side, I’ll get to see my only two

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