BLOG2: The first spring festival spent away from home

     It is 5 days since the spring festival. But I still intend to bring it up in order to finish my second blog.

       It was the first spring festival I spent far away from home. Initially I decided to do nothing special on that day. However, two days before the lunar new year I met my host family for the first time and my host family was actually a single lady whom we called Dr. Flor. She invited my fellow Zhu Xin and I to her sister’s house to celebrate the festival together and we accepted it willingly.

       The day eventually came. Zhu Xin and I spent more than an hour approaching and searching for her sister’s house. After asking several passers-by for help we finally made it. Dr. Flor and her sister’s family gave us a warm welcome and according to tradition, we gave them a couple of oranges as a gift.

   The lunch was far beyond my imagination. Food from around the world was served on the table. I forget all the names except love letters which I heard before, but I still remember they were from Italy, Sweden, America, British and Singapore. I tried almost all the dishes. Not all delicious as they were, the banquet itself was an impression. And the friendly atmosphere was really joyous.

   After lunch Dr. Flor introduced us to a numerical game called Rummy-o. It was an intellectual game in which four people engaged and needed to figure out the relevance of numbers curved on small pieces of plastic cards. We enjoyed it very much.

      When we left Dr. Flor invited us to her birthday next week and she told us more snacks and games would be provided!

   It was a very special spring festival for me. Although far from home, I still felt warmth from outside world, which boosted my confidence to fit in Singapore. I was especially grateful for Dr. Flor, who gave me a chance to learn more about Singapore and its people.