Appreciate

Last Chap Goh Meh, I took it for granted, not knowing that in the next year, I would not be celebrating this day with my family and relatives.

I've always spent the fifteen days of Chinese New Year with my family previously. Suddenly, breaking the tradition, I realised how much it meant to me. Not the ang pows or mountains of food, but the sheer presence of being with my family was what mattered.

Though still living in the same country and just a sea apart, it struck me how it was a simple blessing from God to be with your loved ones every day.

So, those of you who have not left home for a long period time, appreciate your family. Don't take them for granted. Make every single moment with them meaningful.

Happy Chap Goh Meh! Cheers!