Dionysus Versus Apollo

I was quite looking forward to CNY and visiting with my 2 boys..
Now, 1 day into CNY and we are all shagged out and dreading all the future visits already.

Why? Cuz on day 1, for the entire day, in addition to seeing relatives that we have not seen for the longest time, we also witnessed the staging of Dionysus versus Apollo.

Make a guess who is who..

En was the one inciting all the chaos, hence, playing the role of Dionysus.

He cried and wailed whenever he visited a relative's place, and would not let any relatives near him. It was almost like there is a circle insulating him from the rest of the world. Step beyond that threshold and his wails began. He was really the drama boy, and we are all v shagged from carrying him, pacifying him, distracting him; all in all, creating quite a bit of chaos wherever he went. Thankfully after the 1st visit, we figured out the strategy (see my earlier post on the importance of strategy) - to bring his toys along and to get him settled into a place playing before having too many relatives crowd around him. So he was a tad better at my aunt's place, and with cousin Skyy to play with him and all. But still wailing away whenever someone approached.

In contrast, Xuan seemed so like the paragon of virtue. Almost like the golden boy, hence, Apollo.

He mostly slept, laid on the bed and moved his arms and legs, cooed to people who spoke to him, occasionally flashing his dimples when he bestow a smile on the adoring audience.

The 2 cannot be anymore different. Gee.

Anyway.. the start of CNY was a good one.
My family and us have an outdoor steamboat dinner at College Green.

And the weather helped by raining heavily for the whole evening, and then stopping just before we start our dinner.

So we have steaming hot steamboat in the drafty outdoors. Shiok. It is like eating 麻辣 hotpot in winter, or Korean Kao-Bi (Barbeque pork) in winter...

Too bad the first day of CNY turned out much more than we expected. Well, at least it is memorable, for everyone. Leave a lasting impression? I am sure Baby En did.