The first day of Chinese New Year,

I brought my Australian mate to Malacca city riverside for a cycling tour,

we enjoyed the breezy wind, the aqua cystal clear 'colourized' river and the natural bird chipping sound happened at the riverside,

the poor thing is we explored hardly to get a food shop which opened during Chinese New Year day one,

luckily there was a bike shop which opened for the foreigners tourists!

If not, I really don't know how to explain to my mate when every shops are closed during that day!

So, the first day of Chinese New Year,

the activities we take place were still quite common and nothing special about it,

we ate the big breakfast and cycling by the riverside,

so far all good :)
Another poor thing is there was no bell in my bicycle,

thus I break my bike out of sudden many times when I accidentally stumbled across people at the Jonker Street,

and the funniest thing is an Asian tourist even knew me after concurrently bump into her outside the "Daily Fix" cafe,

she told her peer in mandarin

"Hey! This is the one that we just seen her, now she is here again"
*She assumed I can't understand mandarin when I'm cycling with an Australian

However,

sometimes it happened to me and my sister too!

We will always tell each other
"Duh, this is the one that we bump at XXX, now she is here again"

So, the lesson here is don't randomly assume people can't understand a certain language,

and got to be more socially aware anywhere!

Then,

Chinese New Year day 2,

we met up secondary school mates!

Time flies!

We were a student back then, and she is a teacher now!

During this festive season,

we chat a lot about our respective career,

she is a teacher in Ayer Keroh Primary School now,

and again, the hot topic is how the technology changed the kids today,

I can hardly imagine how a parent pampered and overly protected the kid till a 7 years old pee on the pants, and have no hygiene skill at that age,

compared to the 2000's era, the primary school students now are really different!

She said one even asked for Iphone as rewards when the teacher gave sweets,

and another one took out his tupperware during the lesson and said "Its time for tea time now",

and another one did the same thing too!

When the teacher asked him to kept his foods and wait until recess,

he even responded 

"My mum said bread cant keep long, if not it will spoil after a few hours"

HAHAHA! Smart but funny.

So,

with the ever advancing technology and modern education,

kids nowadays are getting smarter and are more likely to debate with teachers intellectually.

On the flip side of thinking,

it's good to let kids to challenge teacher ideas too, 

because at least there is a room for them to gain their independent idea and grow at the meanwhile,

although I don't think that is an appropriate learning style in an Asian country.