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| Family picture -- seven in all !! |
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| Victor & I 拜年 to Pa & Ma kneeling down - his family tradition! |
Over the years with our feedback and also as the members of our family increased, the portion of mee suah became smaller and we now take one egg each. This is welcomed actually as we would have more tummy space to fill in all the CNY goodies as we go visiting throughout the day!
Or could it be that inflation is the cause of our smaller portions? Ma mentioned that for the same price, that box of mee suah used to have 10 servings. This recent box juz bought, only has 6 servings! Luckily Ma had a leftover serving from a previous box, otherwise one box cannot even feed the family! Remarkable inflation isn't it? And it did not stop at mee suah.. Nevertheless, we still have to celebrate CNY.. trying to spend on only absolutely necessary stuff.
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| Qi's turn to 拜年 to her grandparents.. |
Hopefully situation improves next year, but that seems hardly possible with the government's recent population increase announcement from the current 5.3m to 6.9m by 2030.. ):
To me, the equation is really simple..
demand increase (with more people),
supply change < demand change
=> price increase. Signs of overcrowding and runaway inflation greet me daily especially as I go about my more-intensive CNY purchases.
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| En & Xuan's turn too .. |
In a bid to divert attention from the super gloomy outlook, I find myself cleaning and clearing more nooks and corners of the house so as to make this CNY a good and meaningful one 'irregardless'.
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| Our lovely girls !! |
Since don't-know-when, I think Victor and I have begun to cherish these traditional moments even more, and to better preserve memory this, we took pictures as we more diligently visited more relatives and friends this CNY!
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| We make our girls kneel to 拜年 to us too .. |
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| A family silly moment .. |
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