CNY Holidays

ON the night before Chinese New Year, my grandmother and my uncles came over to have our "Reunion Dinner".
That night, I stayed up till almost one o' clock. I had planned to stay up later, but my mother insisted that I turn in early as we would have a busy day ahead.
On the first day of Chinese New Year, I went to my maternal grandparents' house, which is in the same block as us, to have breakfast. After breakfast, I went to visit my paternal grandmother, after which we left for the temple. The temple was less crowded that day, probably because we arrived at a later time. When we had finished praying, we left for my maternal grandparents' home for lunch, before heading back home. At night, we (my maternal cousins and I together with our parents) went to my cousin (my maternal second aunt) house to play. Time flies when you are having fun. We were reluctant to leave but we would definitely return some other time again (most of the parties are held at their house) .
The second day of New Year was quite fun. I went to visit one of my relatives who lived in a bungalow (I'm not sure how to address them) . They reared two dogs and named them Jessie and Ripsy. Jessie is a Shepard dog and would "bring Ripsy back" when Ripsy refuses to return from the garden patch after repeated calls by its owners. Unfortunately, Jessie is diagnosed with kidney failure and will not live long.
In the afternoon, I went to Sentosa with my cousins (the same ones as the previous night) to play the Luge and see the Flowers in Bloom. This years flowers were not as beautiful as compared to last year's and we left soon after taking a look at some of of the flower arrangements.