Part a.
Every year, we celebrate this day – Chinese New Year. Although most people may think that getting lots of red packets is a big thing. In fact, after u received all the red packets from other people, our parents will have given their red packets away. So in the end, there is not much profit or loss actually. It’s just wishing relatives happy new year, exchanging red packets and oranges. It just goes on and on like this every year.
I felt a bit boring. Because every year, we are just repeating the process. Can’t we change something newer, more interesting and more creative? But the best part is, celebrating with friends, on the Chinese New Year eve. The whole school was celebrating together. With the lion dance, the dragon and the chinese orchestra performances. I think all was good! To be honest, I performed in the chinese orchestra. No wonder I say good right?
But to me, I think the most important thing is, celebrating Chinese New Year, this special occasion with our family members. In such occasion, it’s very easy on building up family relationships. Spending precious moments with family members, how nice. Some people might think, family members? They are just family members, what’s the big deal. In fact, family members are the best. Because they are the closest to you, they understands you the most, they know what you need.
Hey people, family members ARE important okay!
Part b.
This festival, is no other than Christmas, when maybe the happiest moment because of the wonderful presents you received. One of my favourite occasion too!
For Jess, during Christmas, he gave a free puppy to Leslie. As his family is poor, he has no money to buy a better present for her. But what I think is, the most expensive present might not be the one with most sincerity. In other words, I think sincerity is the best thing to go with present. Whether or not the present is expensive.
For myself, Christmas is like gift exchange. You’ll get something and in exchange, you’ll get something back too. My experience was, during Christmas, we normally just stay at home cooking a feast or going out and eat. Nothing special.
The contrast between these two situations is that we are more fortunate because we have the money to buy presents for others whereas Jess has to get something that doesn’t need money which will not turn out to be a better Christmas that we are having today. But now, we do not have houses with chimneys and things like that for people who believed in Santa Claus!
But Jess living in that kind of life, it has its benefits too. One example is freedom. Those people has lots of freedom. Some even longs for freedom now.
I love Christmas!
AMANDA :D