Thursday, March 01, 2007

Chinese New Year Holidays

We left Abu Dhabi on Valentine's Day, arrived in Malaysia on the 15th and were home in Malacca, Dev's hometown, on the 16th for the Chinese New Year celebration. On the eve of Chinese New Year, we had a family reunion lunch with the family. This year's celebration was rather mellow in Malaysia. Not much firing of the firecrackers, which was good. All of us had peaceful nights of sleep.

There was plenty of food and cookies to feast on. It was hard to resist. Dev gained some weight, and so did I. I can still blame it on my pregnancy hormones, but in the last two weeks, we have been meeting friends and visiting relatives and feasting on sumptious meals.

Two weeks went by really quickly for the both of us. We spent a few days in Malacca, and then we were back in Kuala Lumpur to visit some friends and to enjoy a few days in our own home. My nieces were so happy to see us. So were we to see them. Gosh, they have grown so much since we last saw them in November. Then, three days spent in Sitiawan, my parents' place, were awesome too. We had so much to eat, including lots of crabs!

Despite my constant complaints of the unbearable heat here, Dev and I did have a wonderful time. If only he could be home longer. Today, he left for Abu Dhabi, back to work in two days' time.

Tough luck, no KL route scheduled for Dev in March. Soon, 777 will be taking over the KL routes based on the summer pattern-heavy loads in the summer. Oh well, Dev can only count the days to his next long leave, 3 weeks end-May, when our baby is due.

Until our next blog, adios for now.

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