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A drama serial I'm following now is Flower Boy Next Door. They just finished airing episodes 11 and 12 this week (it airs every Monday and Tuesday night in Korea). They also just released the 5th part of their OST - and to my surprise it is a song sung by the lead actor, Park Si Yoon. He's such a happy character and I think this song suits his character perfectly! It's really a happy song - love the guitar-playing!

This is my 3rd CNY since graduation (I seem to mark everything now from the time I graduated and returned to Singapore for Nottingham). And this is our 1st CNY without Mama Chua around. It is also our 1st CNY where we did not have to go to the Tan family reunion dinner from the Chua family reunion dinner. The Chua family reunion dinner was at our house on Friday evening. It was a potluck event with yusheng from Sakae Sushi. We were missing Mama Chua's quiet presence. And it felt to me like a big part of the family was missing, even though I have never been very close to Mama. But she always seemed to me like the matriarch of the family, with her reassuring presence. CNY Day 1 began with church from 9-10am, then we went over to uncle Edwin's house for a simple brunch that was mainly Peranakan. And we took our customary family photo, missing Mama Chua and aunty Phyllis. At every stop we made, taking group photos with our elderly folk seemed to be most important as...