On Chinese New Year Eve Chen Hanwei will rush back to Johor Bahru to have re-union dinner with his family members.

     "During my 10 years as an actor I actually have no time to fo back home for dinner. It's only these two years after going backstage that  I have the opportunity of eating with my family members."

       This year Chen Hanwei is in charge of costume design backstage for the special Chinese New Year programme. Although he could finish every thing and needed not stay back, his strong sense of responsibility made him come back before the start of  the Lunar New Year Eve show. Luckily there is no traffic jam on New Year Eve at the Causeway, so that he could travel smoothly.

       So long as Hanwei could eat what his mother cook he would be happy. It need not necessary  be New Year 's day.His sister told him that his mother will only cook special dishes when Hanwei is back for dinner. Otherwise they have no such luck. Hanwei is touched to hear his mother's love for him.

       Hanwei likes the New Year because he could meet up with friends that he has not seen often. However as he grows older he has less Hongbaos.

       He remembered when he first became an artiste he will make visits every year to get Hongbao and the amount he collected was as much as thousand dollars. In recent years the number of Hongbaos he gets drops drastically to a few hundred dollars. He laughed and said, "I am old now and feel shy to ask for Hongbaos from the married ones."

       Hanwei dislikes the "hot" weather of Chinese New Year most. he said this is especially so when he goes for New Year visits. Its tiring to run around in the hot sun. It's been raining during these few days, he hopes that the New Year will be unexpectedly cooler.

     With the coming of the Dragon Year Hanwei wants to try out things that he has never done before like performing in stage drama, opening a coffee house and starting a magazine. ..

     "These are my dreams. I've been asked before to act in stage drama but my  time schedule just couldn't fit in and I missed the opportunity." As to opening a coffee house, it isn't an easy thing and needs time to plan properly.