How time flies! The one-week Chinese New Year holiday just elapsed in a blink of an eye. Never mind, I did enjoy my CNY this year, especially when I realized that I did not put on weight in the end of the day!..although my current weight does not seem to be that satisfactory at all. lol... But I was just happy with that because my weight used to increase right after CNY every year, the most devastating one was on last year, I gained about 4kg! I've been trying fucking hard to refrain myself from the fattening foods especially those biscuits specially made for spring festival (年饼) and pork jerky aka "bahkua" (肉干). I actually broke my personal record 'coz I used to eat loads and loads of these when it comes to CNY celebrations.
Alright, should stop crapping around. Back to the main point, I pretty enjoy the CNY celebrations this year with my beloved family, lovely cousins and friends. =) This is going to be a long post, as tons of photos were taken by my cousin the photo maniac! Well, I shall let the photos do the talking then. Off we go! =P
On 31st of January, all of us, including my family, relatives, and relatives by marriage of my cousin were invited to dine in together at the Hong Gei Restaurant (洪记酒楼) which is located in Taman Connaught. It wasn't supposed to be the authentic reunion dinner though, so we just considered it as a "pre-reunion-dinner". We were served with delectable, scrumptious and sumptuous dishes although I did not like some of the dishes because of the devastating fats! Holy shit man... I reckon I'm starting to live a healthy life hahaha!
(L to R): me, cousin Vincent, Adrian
(L to R): cousin Suki, cousin Nene, uncle
(L to R): younger uncle and aunt, my beloved mummy and daddy
(L to R): cousin Eve, me, cousin Vincent
(L to R): sis Yenniko, cousin Eve, cousin's bf Clave,
cousin An, me, Adrian, cousin Vincent
me being the "kepochi"/busybody xP
opss..not to forget, my lovely elder aunt and uncle =P
(L to R): uncle, naughty boy Zhi Jie, ah qiu auntie
"Yu Shang" (鱼生)
a typical CNY dish, there will be strips of raw fish,
mixed with shredded vege and a few types of sauces as well as condiments
(top to bottom clockwise): Dong-po pork (东波肉),
homemade tofu (with fantastic gravy!),
special sauce fried chickens (香鸡),
salted egg prawns
We headed to Pavillion the next day for some shopping, as well as to "experience" the CNY festive celebrations outside from home. As expected, it was so damn crowded and I even noticed many tourists who seemed to be enjoying the celebrations together with us too..kind of feel warm to see that! =P
I feel so ashamed to say that I actually forgot to pay
this little green-all-over guy for taking photo with him!
I was supposed to pay him 2 bucks per photo taken. lol"
He must have hated us and wanted to
run after us but he could not do so....lol
The next day, we spent our reunion dinner night at Sim Mei Seafood Restaurant (善美海鲜楼) located in Taman Mutiara (珍珠花园). Unlike the last time at Hong Gei, this time we had a smaller group of people to dine together. No photo was taken that night because my cousins forgot to bring their camera along. =( Anyway, we really very much enjoyed our dinner that night, a very palatable dinner man!!
On the first day of CNY (known as 初一), the very first and important thing to do is to pay a New Year call (拜年) of course!! xD Time to grab as many angpaos (red packet) as possible lorrr! =P After visiting a few houses of the elders and "successfully" getting angpaos from them (lol, sounds so irrespectful), we went down to MidValley for some shopping, again! So tiring....I dislike shopping in fact. lol
Took some lovely photos at home though before departure to MidValley mall. xD
(L to R): me and my lovely cousin Ellie
(L to R): sis Yenniko, my beloved Grandma, me
--in MidValley mall--
see larrr I was ready all the time one leh! =P
you guys arrr, better be more prepared for the next shot I warn you!
okay, nice shot indeed after all. well done my lovely gang =)
the "elders"? lol... xP sorry no offence wakaka~
after a heavy walk throughout the day, we decided to
take a rest at Sweet Chat cafe and have some fruity ice shaves. =P
and...call it a day! xD no more energy to continue walking..
(top to bottom clockwise): guava volcano, durian cendol, mango volcano
weeewit~ lenglui in cheongsam =D
After we came back from MidValley mall, I was told that they actually decided to have an one-day trip to Malacca on the next day. I was shocked (is shocked, not surprised, honestly! =O) in the first place because the activities in these several days have been a tad too much to me, and I could have put on weight if I were to indulge in the specialty foods from Malacca! As many of you should know, I am a person who cannot stand long, especially when it comes to the seduction of delicious food! =( Anyway, apart from the food, one thing I love the most from there will be their Jonker Street (文化坊), which is quite easy to locate when you're in the heart of Malacca's Chinatown. If you fancy bazaar type of shopping, this will be the place to visit while you're in Malacca. =P Things there are super duper cheap than those in KL when you actually can find the exact same thing in either KL or Malacca. I kind of regret now for not buying as many as I wanted!! I want to buy the necklace and bracelets...... I wonder when will be my next time in Malacca ever again.
the crowd that you should expect in this popular spot
as usual, we had some prayer in the famous temple there too
passed by this stall a few times, but none of us gave it a try.
perhaps we don't fancy this kind of specialty food I reckon. @.@
lol, some fun photo shooting session right before our departure to Malacca!
Last day before my cousins go back to Johor, we went for two movies in Leisure mall: The Green Hornet and I Love Hong Kong. Both were interesting and funny! But I prefer The Green Hornet, and I start to like Jay Chou! He was cool (吊) in the movie and seriously I find him quite really talented! xD Oh in addition to watching movies, we also went to Neway to have our favourite Karaoke session! Bills are quite expensive anyway 'coz it's CNY, so they will usually charge a tad higher than usual. Anyway, I really had fun moments with my lovely cousins and we laughed like a fool throughout the movies, and sang like a star throughout the Karaoke session..hehe
Okay, been typing too much and I'm starting to feel dizzy and tired, having a little cough and sore throat here. I feel a little better now though, as compared to a few days ago. =) Well, that's all for my CNY this year, and there is no doubt that there were lots of other activities/events too which I did not mention as it's sort of crazy to list all of them out here. =P One thing that is not to be forgotten is absolutely the gambling session!! However, we did not really gamble much this year 'coz we had more outings than in previous years. But still ok la, I am not a person who can gamble well and tends to lose more than I could win. xD Oh well, I shall stop writing and go to bed now.
Once again, Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! Try to grab as many angpaos as possible until next Thursday (the last day of CNY, known as 元宵). =D
p/s: there were tons of other photos too, but I mostly only put up photos that were focused on me. =P i'm just too lazy to include all of them up to here and it's kind of impossible and ridiculous eh...? xD
