perhaps today served as another reminder to me that i must learn to stop overreacting to things, according to how i feel on the spur of the moment. that it is oh so crucial to be able to be calm and unflappable, take things on board and think through them carefully and cogently.

and what makes it even more sucky is that once you get into that horrid mood, it's very difficult and stressful to emerge from it, and it's really annoying to have to deal with so many mixed-up emotions within.

chinese new year festivities seem to be hotting up everywhere, everyone's getting the vibes. and in the midst of all these celebrations, something that really flummoxes me is why chinese new year always seems to be a much more greatly anticipated and celebrated event than the new year, as in 1 january. just look at the scale of it all, 2 days of public holiday, as compared to just 1 january, so much more pomp about it, with all the traditional visiting and reunions and red packets and all. now just why, is chinese new year always such a much bigger event than the new year? y'see, it's celebrated only by the chinese people. yes, okay they make a huge proportion of singaporeans, but the 'real' new year is celebrated by even more people! it's celebrated WORLDWIDE! it's a global, and (almost) synchronized event, while the chinese new year is celebrated only by like, china, singapore, and little pockets of chinese in the chinatowns of various countries? so i don't really understand why the festivities of chinese new year always exceed that of the 'real' new year.

ah well anyway. i don't care if cny is extended to like, a month if the accompanying holidays are extended too =D