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I am cantonese & my HB is a hakka & we was told by everyone surrounding us "YES" :ohmy:

I think is all depends on individual la as no one can push u to follow othes ma... haha :lol::lol::lol:

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may I know how much u all will give if u give 2 angpow? each RM5? so will be RM 10 already...it's so so expensive...pening @@ just finish wedding then need to give angpow already...like what people say" use money like use water" leh..

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For this coming CNY, we only give to our nieces and nephew, for my side RM50 each and I had 8 of them = RM400 then for HB side, more than 10 nieces and nephews, HB says RM20 for each of them = at least RM300 so already RM700 then for my parents, RM400 each = RM800 adui .. already RM1500 just for angpows .. :ohmy: I didn't realised it was so much.

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:) Can't recall whether it was hubby's side or mine that says about giving 2 angpows during first CNY as husband and wife. And we did ! Yeah, it can be quite costly giving 2 angpows to everyone singles (irregardless whether they are older or younger .. as long as single. hmm ... luckily not many like that)

Hhahah .. amount? just give how much you can afford and everyone would understand. but .. psst .. try and give same amount or incremental amount each year and not depreciate. :P so, maybe first year starts small ... second year give more ... :P it's nice to see the happy faces of children who receive them. afterall, that's what cny is all about besides family gathering, huh?

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littlecomma,

good idea ah .. start with small amt then every year increased by 50% (just kidding :lol: )

I better discuss with HB on the angpow's amount again, otherwise RM1500 is a lot oh.

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am mix of teochew + hakka while hubby is canton + hailam... and everyone around us told us that for 1st year we should give 2 angpow... well we did gave 2 ang pow in the 1st year of CNY to every unmarried person & childrens...

but to our suprise, we still can get ang pow too in the 1st CNY from our parent & relatives... :P

BG,

if i give ang pow according to your rate, i've pokai long time ago... am from a big family and got a huge number of nephew & niece... hahaha...

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I think my family (mum's and dad's) is a bit strange then coz since I can remember, I never get double angpau from anyone in their first year of marriage. Actually, I dun care la. My whole objective of CNY is to spend time with family not treasure hunt...even as a kid oso, I never thought of money first...as a kid, I actually looked forward to CNY coz of the kueh kapit and my grandaunt's chicken curry & loh mai fan. Angpau is like a bonus la. Yes, I'm that lame. LOL.

Kelly, personally, RM2 for children, RM5 for close friends or anyone above 18 who greets me and my HB with "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (or the Canton equivalent) and not the lame "Happy Chinese New Year" and that's it. No greeting, no angpau.

I'm sorry if I sound stingy but it's just a lai si, I don't print money and besides, I have a very VERY large extended family. Nearly all my cousins are married with three to four kids on average per couple and I'll be looking at at least 50 children in total. This excludes friends & their partners/families and my brother's ILs, etc, etc. If I were to give just RM5 per person and double that amount for this year and including friends & their partners, I'll be looking at spending at least 1K euroes which is a return flight from Paris to KL. =.=

What I hope not to see are parents who actually open up the angpau to see the amount given AND on top of that, write the name of the person who gave the angpau on the red packet. THAT is very rude. =.=

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mhyap,

This year I better be stingy even own nieces or nephew :P

Just this year we don't give to any of our fren's children, otherwise lagi pokai ah!

Actually angpow is just a symbolic of blessing ba but nowadays the kids are so realistic, I ever saw someone's children (forgot whose friends, either my brother or my parents) they open the angpow immediately the said ah .. only RM5 ah :dash2: I think they expect or the parents told them that this family will give at least RM10 for each of them :sauer2:

I told HB, in future, the most we only give RM5 to our friends' children, cannot afford RM10, that's too much liau.

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we do practise 2 angpows for 1st year after marriage - both of us is hakka+cantonese. we only give big angpows to immediate family, the rest are normal rates :)

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Wow.. RM50 each is alot! Can i be your niece? lol.

My aunts/ uncles been practicing RM10 ever year to us cousins, so we married ones just either follow the trend or top up extra, up to us. :)

For this coming CNY, we only give to our nieces and nephew, for my side RM50 each and I had 8 of them = RM400 then for HB side, more than 10 nieces and nephews, HB says RM20 for each of them = at least RM300 so already RM700 then for my parents, RM400 each = RM800 adui .. already RM1500 just for angpows .. :ohmy: I didn't realised it was so much.

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I'm hakka wor but it's a must to give 2 angpaos on the 1st year of CNY after married.

Not necessary and we will combine both of our share into 1 angpow.

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Marry,

In my family we are adapt teo chew style more than hakka :lol: parents never care 1 angpow or 2 angpows as long as there is, after all it is a symbolic of blessing :) in fact we give 2 angpows for my parents, nieces, and nephew, big one after reunion dinner and a small one on First day of CNY.

For my parents, they will give all their grandchildren angpow after reunion dinner and everyone of us a small angpow on First day of CNY, mum said is a symbolic of blessing, the amount is RM5 each but also a lot :D

Elaine,

If I were them I will be happy too :)

Just standardised la, everyone will get RM20 instead of RM50.

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I think I'll give 2 angpaos at my parent's side since it's sort of a compulsory for me. We'll be giving RM5 each. For my hubby side, he said they don't have this kind of culture, so I'll be giving RM5 for 1 angpao for the kids since his extended family is big.

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Hi,

I am Hakka too but I will only give one ang pow. I will only give according to my wallet's size. RM 5 for my sister's children, RM 10 or maybe RM 50 (see 1st lah) for my brother who is not married yet, other relatives, all RM 2, one ang pow only.

I don't care people say that I am stingy. Let them say. I too have a very very large extended family. I don't want to be bankcrupt and pokai after CNY man !!!

Ang pow is just a 'lai si'. But nowadays people make it commercialise. I don't hope children can have a concept to make money during CNY.

Anyway last time my grandpa give me 20 cents in ang pow, also very happy already :lol:

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Marry,

It sounds like giving number of angpows are based on individual family practise.

We are free to give either 1 or 2 angpows at both side families.

We handle both side families separately (but $ from the allocation) he knows his side well and I know my side well.

Actually, either 1 or 2 angpows the amount still RM20 (let say) if 2 angpows then it becomes RM10 each :wub: so I don't see the difference in terms of amount.

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hi gals,

yupe, to give 1 or 2 ang pow for 1st year married really depends on family practises... if really need to give 2 ang pow, i think i will adjust the amount la...

for me, every year hubby and i will give our parents RM300 ang pow, grandparents RM100, siblings and own kids RM100, nieces and nephews RM50, colleagues and frens RM10, frens and relatives kids RM5 and those Malay and Indian kids come to ask for ang pow and oranges, we give RM2... this is our practise for the past 3 years... if we have more bonuses from the company, we double up the ang pow for family members...

i think the receiver will not be so petty about the ang pow... most of us just want to get "hou yi tau" for CNY... no matter how much we give, the receiver also will be very happy...

cheers!!!

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hi,

my parent's side(cantonese) is follow the tradition that must give 2 angpow to every kid. but for my hubby's(hakka+hokkien) side, they said no need and insist my hubby not to do so...how ya?

anyone face to this problem before?

really need help...

joyce

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we got lotsa of pressure to hand out 2 ang pows for our first cny...

so what we did was this...for eg we planned to give my nephew/niece rm20 each...for those who didnt pressure me into giving 2 angpow, i just gave one red packet containing rm20...for those who did, i gave their kids 2 ang pows but each only contained rm10...so for us at the end of the day it was the same amount being given out...

this method is rather tedious as you have to prepare lotsa of angpow packets with different denomination...and remembering them can be a tad tedious too...

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