CNY 2018

Every year when it comes to CNY, there's nothing that stands out more than food! We have all been having waaayy too much food, and it hasn't ended yet.

So as usual, we had our reunion dinner at my in-law's place on the eve of CNY. It was steamboat, no surprises there, but this year we had two different hot-pots, one with normal soup and another one with tom yam soup.

Helene eagerly wanted to help, but she ended up putting raw stuff in her mouth so it was a no-no from then on.

Look at this cheeky face :)

Here's the family gathered around the table:

The next day, it was the first day of CNY - even our furkids had a red cloth hung up on their home :)

The girls wore matching dresses, so after receiving ang pows from Daddy and Mummy, we all posed for some pictures at home before leaving the house.

On the 2nd day of CNY, I attended a developer's open house with my boss and colleague. And we got to see this Hong Kong actor Ruco Chan up close.

Our theme was red for the 2nd day, so here are Hubby and I, as well as the girls in matchy-matchy outfits :)

On the 3rd day of CNY, we attended Hubby's nephews' 17th birthday party. These two are twins and I look like a midget standing next to them haha.

As usual, we took lots of photos, you can view the rest of them on Facebook.

I particularly like this one of the 3 sisters :)

Do-Re-Mi cuties in a row:

On the 4th day of CNY, it was Hubby's office opening day. They had a lion dance troop but Helene refused to get out of the car so there we were watching from inside the car. She had told us very firmly even before we left the house that morning that she does not want to see the "bu lang sai" (lion dance".

But the other two had no qualms and watched happily as the lion made its way through the office.

Helene did concede to get out of the car after it was over and take a photo with the lion heads.

On the 5th day of CNY, we attended Hubby's sisters' shop opening lunch at Zheng Xian Ge Restaurant 蒸鲜阁 at Vantage Tanjung Tokong. It was quite special as the food (mostly seafood) was steamed plate by plate and in the course of steaming, all the essence would drip down to a pot of porridge cooking below. So eaten as the last dish, the porridge would be sweet and tasty from all the seafood essence. These are just some of the dishes which we had.

Enjoying the last day of the CNY break before it was back to work the next day!

 Even after we were back to work, the festivities didn't end yet :) We had yee sang and abalone fried rice at Din Tai Fung on the first day back to work :)

And the following day, we had yee sang again! We had lunch at Cafe Lagenda with some ex-colleagues and since they didn't have yee sang, we ta-paoed one from Rakuzen :)

Wishing everyone a very happy year of the dog! Woof woof! :)

Chinese New Year 2017

As like every other year, we had steamboat for reunion dinner. This year, I decided to put my creative juices to work and this is what I came up with :)

After dinner, the kids had fun playing with sparklers and fireworks. This year, Helene could join in the fun too!

Hubby's cousin was even more creative - see what he did with the lou sang. It was too pretty to "lou" so it sat there for quite a while before we actually "lou".

First day of CNY, I woke up and went to the kitchen and this is what greeted me. Usually my first chore of the day is to sweep the floor - hence this signage haha!

\
After having a good laugh, we got the girls got dressed in their new clothes and they received ang pow from Daddy and Mummy.

Then it was off to Nanna and Kung Kung for breakfast and more ang pows :)

The rest of the day was spent at Hubby's parents' place, then we headed to my granduncle's place where my dad's side of the family will usually gather on the 1st day of CNY. It was not a small group as you can see!

On the 2nd day - we all decided to wear red! 

2nd day is usually spent with Hubby's mum's side of the family.

3rd day was a quiet day. On the 4th day, it was Hubby's office opening and they had a lion dance performance.

Then we headed to Elite restaurant to have lunch with Hubby's family. See how pretty the 1st dish was!

Hubby and his siblings:

On the 5th day, Hannah went back to school but I was still on leave so it was movie day! We basically spent almost the whole day at Gurney Plaza. Heidi was with us since she was still off from school.

I had actually applied leave for the 6th and 7th day as well, to make it a whole week, But since there was nothing much to do, I decided to save my leave and go back to work on the 6th day. We had our office CNY lunch on that day at Thirty Two.

In the evening, we headed to Lee Jetty to look at the lights. This year, they opted for neon lightings rather than the traditional lanterns. Personally, I prefer the lanterns.

On Saturday, Hubby headed to the office to finish up some work so my parents and I took the girls to have Magnum in Gurney Paragon. They enjoyed it very much and even Helene finished a whole one by herself! Look at her cheeky face :)

Speaking of malls, Queensbay Mall really outdid themselves again with the CNY deco. Have a look:

Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous Year of the Rooster!