Thursday, February 18, 2010
CNY!
Yay, Hi everyone. I'm writing this after the long 4-and-a-half day weekend to celebrate Chinese New Year, so I'm still feeling some "monday blues". Still, at least the Lunar New Year still isn't officially over, so there may still be some gambling.
Overall, the weekend was pretty fun, with the standard visit-relative's-homes-and-smile-as-you-receive-money-then-gamble-at-night-with-your-family routine. The presence of homework during this festive time is certainly unwelcome, but thankfully the amount was reduced to manageable. An interesting observation this year is that hong baos are back to pre-recession values from last year, but for some reason they seem to have declined in quantity. Maybe it's because I didn't follow my father to his friends house like last year, but anyway, red packets are not the main point of chinese new year. Well, not really.
On a side note, Resort World Sentosa's casino opened on February 14, taking advantage of the Lunar New Year for business. This is interesting to me as we have just thought about whether or not opening casinos in Singapore is a wise decision in our Thinking Lessons. Having gambled with my family during Chinese New Year, I see no real harm done, however, one has to take into account that these are small family gatherings, with small stakes. Chinese New Year gambling is more for fun than to actually make money, so I can't really definitively say if the new casino if good or bad, having obviously never been there myself.
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