Placing Ang Pows By The Window

The man and I aren't sticklers for tradition or that ang-pow-giving silliness at Chinese New Year. You know how we hate receiving ang pows a couple of years back. It's a tad annoying that we still receive them. Likewise, the friends will slit my throat if I dare to give them ang pows. The bff is no exclusion to this behavior. But this Chinese New Year is special. I've spent it with my favorite people without fuss and politicking. It's been all fun and dandy.

I don't quite enjoy bunking in with humans unless I'm certain of their living habits. There're only so few humans that I'd enjoy staying with, and one of which is the bff, and her very unassuming and nice partner. I wasn't sure if the man would be comfortable, but I figured that since he's less anal than I am, he would cope alright. He was more than okay. He's quite happy having room-mates. He said, "This is quite fun!" Sure. When you find room-mates who're the perfect fit, like the bff and her partner.

This trip, I appreciate the hospitality and warmth shown by them, allowing the invasion of their privacy, the loan of their space, utilization of their electricity (especially for heating), and whatnots. Each time we dine out, it's an embarrassing fight for the bill. I'm not really sure who has ultimately won. But I'll say, I win, because I sneakily left two ang pows for them by the window sill. I didn't mention a thing till I hopped into the waiting car that would take me to the airport. I wound down the window and hollered at them to go check the books by the window. :)

True enough (the part about slitting my throat), an hour later, the bff texted me in caps. "WAH LAU. WE'RE SO OLD ALREADY STILL GIVE US ANG POW FOR F'*^???!!!" Seated at the lounge in the airport, I choked on the bottle of water I was drinking, and cringed. She's damn fierce lor. Luckily this was over the phone. You don't want to see her yell that out. I could imagine her expression. Priceless. Oh well, too late! She has no choice but to accept them. Hahaha. I typed out my FTW reply. "You gotta admit the ang pows are cute right? I bought the whole Hello Kitty pack for this one ang pow for you. I brought it all the way. Not going to take it home. Come to the airport and scold me lor."