feelings of china

i am a chinese scholar. and now, i am in singapore.
although most people speak chinese.
i still miss my hometown and the traditional chinese festival.
maybe i can't express my feelings well because i am not using my mother tongue.

actually, when i came here, i felt everything was new and waited for me to explore. i thought singapore was a very exciting island.
and it is.
i didn't miss my home until the spring festival now.
i went to the chinatown last sunday, and i missed china even more.
i know that, at this time, my family will do the house cleaning. the curtains will be cleaned once a year at this time(my parents are lazy sometimes). and the whole room will be brighter because the dust is cleaned out. and at this time, i can feel the light and the air warmer.
at this time, i know decorations are placed everywhere in the room. sweets and many kinds of festival stuff will fill in our fridge, store, everywhere. i always like the chocolates because my mom will buy the best choclates at this time, no matter how expensive they are.
at this time, i am sure to be given a lot of things i like, such as food, clothes, ect. before the spring festival, my parents will take me out to buy clothes for the new year.and the colour can't be unlucky colours.
at this time, the school is on holiday!!!
i really love the spring festival.
during the spring festival, because my hometown is not so developed, i can play fireworks and firecrackers with my brother. i think it's dangerous, but i still spend a large sum of money on them.
it's a custom to visit relatives and friends during the festival. i don't really like this, but it's neccessary for the chinese and the most important thing is i can get the red packets from them.
my parents allow me to play whatever i want to in the new year's eve and the first three days of the spring festival. that's fantastic! i never have such a good privilege during other holidays.

there are still other events at this period, maybe i will talk about them later.