CNY Angpao

Now only I'm free to open and count my angpao money. Not because I'm rich, just because I'm bit lazy to do it....

I always feel super 'syok' to receive angpao when I was a child. Nothing much.. coz is my only income for the year. Every time after CNY, I couldn't wait to calculate my angpao money excitedly. I'm not calculating it all by alone. We, the three sisters sat down together and opened our angpao. That was the time when my sisters and i would compete with each other to see who got the most angpao money. When we are still young, our angpao money aggregately are the same.

But as time goes by, my elder sister always leads the competition. She started her 'bai nien' session with her classmates and she received lotsa angpao from it. I really wish I was able to grow up faster at that moment.... I just felt jealous. Yes, my passion towards money started since I was a child.

After I started to work and to earn money, I somehow started to feel shy to receive angpao especially from my relatives. They tend to ask when is my turn to give rather than to receive. My reaction is the same every year.... just keep on smiling. I can somehow feel the 'invisible pressure' when I received angpao nowadays. But I just love to be single.. without commitment, without responsibility.......

As time goes by, I notice that the number of angpao that I received is reduced gradually but the monetary term is much more attractive except for some special cases. Those special cases including angpao from Cheng & Co, where it stands unchanged at RM20 since 10 years back and angpao from Mr Liew, where he reduced RM10 for his angpao given annually.

I think I should educate and share some idea with them on the global inflation issue when I'm free, so that they know what should they do next year!!