Didn't do much cleanup this year (hahaha) and of course no day-off for me on Monday (even though it's President's Day =P) I felt good this year since I sent extra money home ^^ The phone card company must be handling tons of call tonight. My usual number (Chicago area) couldn't go through for like 15 - 30 minutes. I kept getting the busy tone. Finally I just logged into their web site and picked a number from some relatively unknown city.
Luckily relatives in HK hasn't made it to my parents home yet so I don't have to talk to every single one of them. It was a long call (2 hrs or so) since we have a 3-way conference call: me, my brother (once again in Chicago) and my parents in HK. Nothing meaningful was discussed, and as a matter of fact, I already forgot what we talked about.
It really has been a long time since my last Chinese New Year in HK. It probably dated back to the time before I came to the States for college. The problem with Chinese New Year is that it's typically in late January or February - definitely not vacation-time-friendly to college students. And despite the fact that I am no longer a student, I prefer to have my trips back home in the 2nd half of the year instead (so I don't go into the "hole" in the beginning of the year). Until I have one more week of vacation (then I can split them up and do two trips back home in a year), it will remain difficult to go back home for Chinese New Year. =P
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i never thought of using 3-way conferencing with other family members before. may be i will try next time. i agree, it's quite difficult to justify a trip to HKG during CNY. it's been years since i was in HKG celebrating CNY ... (er ... since 1999?)
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