CNY Eve~
Had been complaining about it that there was clearly no halfday off given on CNY eve.. terribly disappointing but it was just as well.. took the whole day off instead.. cleaning, decorating and last minute shopping in the most festive place during this time of the year ~ Chinatown!
taking a photo of myself with my bouquet of flowers in front of a temple~
Next stop was to grandma's place for our reunion dinner with the big extended family of 3 generations.
my floral arrangement~ a gift to grandma who loves flowers~
and thanks to 3rd uncle for he spent a day to cook up a feast for everyone~
a few on the line up:
salted egg yolk on crispy tofu, chilli crabs and not forgetting the yusheng!
*~ some of us cousins ~*
CNY~
So as usual.. CNY is about visiting relatives, exchanging good wishes and ang pows.. * very embarassing to still be receiving ang pows at this age.. but.. thats one of the privileges of being single~ :D* also lots of feasting, partying, celebrating, catching-up~ We all want a prosperous year in health and in wealth!
*~ visiting the temple on day 2~*
a small steamboat/teppanyaki party at home...
*~ cindy and claire ~*
*~ eugene and i, with grandma in the background ~*
*~ steamboat! ~*
*~ me and Mr WangWang with his new tie ~*
*~ Ex-Borlanders after a sumptious Szechuan steamboat @ xiaofu's house ~*
*~ Cindy's very tasty homemade tiramisu ~*
for the first time we also joined mom and dad in an estate 1000-people dinner feast! 100 tables of hillview and bukit gombak residents and their families, good food, entertainment and lucky draws! we won ourselves a nice birdnest hamper~ ;) learnt some indian dance moves~ haha!
*~ tickets to the dinner ~*
*~ grandma, phia and me! ~*
*~ grandma posing shyly with the God of Fortune ~*
*~ immersing ourselves in the bollywood dance ~*
Back to work for me on the 6th day of the lunar month~ arranged for a team lunch on the 15th.. also known as the chinese valentine's day. A time to gather again, celebrate the spring festival, hoping for more good luck throughout the year!
*~ Our lunch feast @ The Cathay Restaurant ~*
So far the year's been great! I even got myself a netbook (mom won it at another lucky draw at the dinner she attended). yes.. outdated.. i'm soooo "beyond technology" but i just like netbooks.. except my fingers are too fat for it.. ;)
It's gonna be a GREAT GREAT year!
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