Happy Thanksgiving!

I just came back from a short road trip to Portland. DWTX and I went to meet his family for Thanksgiving dinner. Then, we headed to a restaurant bar to have some beer. We came back earlier than we planned because everything’s CLOSED for Thanksgiving. There’s really nothing much to do except walking in the rain. But I guess coming back early is probably better, since I have an extra half-day to work on my project (oh no…that’s not what I mean. Who wants to work during holiday?!).

I went to bed around 2:30 last night, after finishing a crappy color pencil drawing. Then, I woke up this morning with a crazy but funny dream. In my dream, DWTX and I was in a weird competition that we had to go through three rounds to be the champion. The first round was sitting on an office chair and letting a crazy little dog drag you through an enchanted forest. You have to grab on to the dog really tight and not falling off the chair because it runs super fast. The section round was going through a zoo where some poisoned snakes have been let out of their cages to hunt people. The snakes might come out anytime to bite you. And the third round was the most ridiculous one. DWTX and I had to go to several fast-food restaurants to search for the hidden treasure in their food. Anyways, we got the championship in the end. I imaged I woke up with giggling after that and almost fell off the bed (again).

The dinner today was really nice. There was nice food and nice chatting with DWTX’s family. But it makes me miss my family though. Especially during Chinese New Year, most of the family members get together and couple of days and welcome the New Year together. It was always so fun! Everyone usually gather at my grandparents’ house in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve. Then, we’ll have a biiiiiiiig dinner together. Everyone cooks their ‘master piece’ for the dinner. Usually I’ll eat till I can’t move anymore. Oh, I forgot to mention, before the New Year dinner, there’s a tradition in my family that all the direct family members have to greet our ancestors and ask them to protect everyone in the family for another new year. After the dinner, some people go to play Ma Jiang and others watch the New Year celebration show on CCTV1. When it’s almost 11:30pm, my mom and aunts will start to cook dumplings that we made during the pervious day. Then, we count down together and eat dumplings. Sometimes we put chocolate or candy in some dumplings and the person who got the ‘special’ ones will have a very good luck for the New Year. After finishing the food, my cousins and I will go out to play fireworks. We all have to stay awake till the sun comes up in the morning (That’s just a tradition for Chinese New Year, which is hard to explain).

Ok, Ok… Today’s Thankgiving… But why am I writing so much about Chinese New Year…Ehhh… Maybe I just miss it too much. In the end of this January, it’ll be the 5th Chinese New Year I miss. Home-sick-Ci…

Well, I’m staring at my drafting table and that crappy drawing on it again. Naaahh…I’m not going to touch it till tomorrow evening! I’m enjoying my holiday right now! Yeah!

Wan nan!