Believe: Chinese New Year 2014

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Chinese New Year 2014

Gong Xi Gong Xi!

It is CNY day 5 today already! How time flies ><

Ok, back to CNY Eve - Reunion Dinner.

I always had my reunion dinner with my maternal grandparents and relatives as opposed to what other people usually do. Grandmother will prepare a table full of feast (steamboat, abalone, sharkfin soup). She was a wonderful cook. Every single item will be handled from raw to cook inclusive of the abalones (fresh not from cans), shark fins, sea cucumber and so. My grandfather was a fussy eater hence grandmother puts in all her effort to prepare the feast. Being young back then, I do not really enjoy dinner time but was looking forward to after dinner time where I get to play pop pop while my uncle walk the dogs.

Now, grandmother could no longer stand due to bad arthritis so this year, we plan to eat outside. We had our dinner at Dynasty Dragon Restaurant and it was superb! Usually, the idea of eating out during CNY eve was not appealing as the restaurant offers set menu which were prepared earlier hence the drop in food quality. This restaurant was surprisingly good, keeping up to its usual standard. Yum yum! It was a great night where 17 of us gather around a big round table for dinner.

With mummy

Lou sang!

The wide table

Family photo

My aunty

Dear girlgirl

My pineapple >< Jo very patience to teach me step by step through Whatsapp :P

On first day of CNY, dad and bro will go back to dad's kampung to meet his siblings while mum and I will go shopping! We went 1U to shop and also to satisfy my mum's craving for ramen. Second day of CNY, we went to grandmother's place. Our favourite activity every year is of course gambling! Muahaha~ Love how much we bond with each other while enjoying a simple game.

On the third day, my dad bought us shopping at Sogo and we had dinner at Kuchai Lama. Dearest cousin treat us for dinner~

Fourth and fifth day - Mum and me went to Pyramid and Pavillion to shop. Window shop. Hahaha