reunion dinners are always pain in the ass... it sucks to have reunion dinners cos my mom always insists we arrive early at the restaurant so that my other aunties don't nag... i realised that aunties are always naggy... in a more vicious way than ur mom. anyways... the children get dumped at one table with the few older cousins 'supposedly' looking after them.. and somehow, the job, excluding the last few yrs, always end up with me... but then not having reunion dinner sucks even more. cos it just makes the fact of life blatantly obvious. even as they all gather at my grandma's place as a pseudo reunion of sorts.. the lack of certain pple becomes even more glaringly highlighted. i reckon it wld be better off with all of us staying in our respective homes. i can hardly feel the festive mood... and i don't want any ang paos... i'd rather have someone back...