Of CNY, CNY Album, Mydin, Reunion etc...

First of all, happy chinese new year!!!!!!!!!!

I had been missing for more than a week on CNY holiday whereby i got no internet connection to blog.

And then my wireless router broke.

What a great way to open a new year!!

The first thing everyone realized is that this year the celebration is rather subdued due to the current economic crisis. In the busiest Sungei Wang Plaza, price reduction is at full force, with many shops opting for a RM 25 all item strategy. In time like this, everyone will have their share cut.

But at this time, many new year song albums got into full force, with two main chinese radio station, 988 and myfm, coming out with their own new year songs album and manage to gain a fantastic sales.

I remember new year songs album used to be the monopoly of NSR with their artist worked only once a year to come out with a smashing new year songs hit. Singers like Luo Bin miraculously only need to work in this one album a year to survive, Ok, maybe not, maybe he had some other jobs too. Just what job he is doing is beyond me (nor do i care!!).

While those albums may have a field day, the same cannot be said of other industries. At least very little are having any CNY ads at all, very different compared to previous years.

When the waist had to be tighten, the purse had to be stringed. So many will throng to the cheapest place and one of them happens to be Mydin. And the photo below tells a thousand words:

Remarkably, the credit card service on that fateful day is down. Luckily we did not buy many.

The most memorable thing for me this CNY is the reunion with my old friends. Everyone now is somebody and everyone had grown. Ji Wen had grown wiser and prettier while Whye Kit i think fatter. Wai Hoe still the loud Wai Hoe but he now converse in grimmer issues of politics, law and current issues. Ash and Yau Fee too had grown wiser and grimmer. Darren still the same Darren but now with tonnes of missiles shoting in his head. Pek Lean still has many to say but little of his heart was poured but, that is him. Jun Huy would be his complete opposite, little to say, lesser to spill. Chin Hoong is now a chemist while the UTM duo Pearly and Mun Keat is still there struggling.

Your truly is still here blogging. He is seriously considering his blogging direction. And future direction. And he is seriously considering throwing shhits at someones faces. Probably not.

Happy New Year Folks. May this year be better than the year before. It can't be worse than last though, so maybe that is something.