1235pm todayy is the first of the fifteen days of chinese new year celebrations. [does anyone here know the actual meaning of "gung hay fat choy?" it doesn't mean anything close to happyy new year.] we gathered a whole bunch of familyy and friends to celebrate. i onlyy went because of the moneyy hiding in their red envelopes. so i saw myy godsiblings and other people i grew up with. apparentlyy, none of them knew myy actual name. they've been calling "KK" ever since we were crawling around in diapers together. so "verena" is new to them. [KK's an old familyy nickname.] sad, yes, i know. and now i'm so veryy tired. from all the food/people/gambling/mahjong. must sleep now. goodnight.