Thursday, February 03, 2011

Hoppy Lunar New Year 2011

GONG XI FA CAI!!! 
Goodbye to the year of Tiger and hello to Bunny Rabbit!

As the saying goes, "a picture paints a thousand words", I'm not going to write much here today, but rather, post the photos taken...  Easy way out right?  *winks*
all ready to leave home for cny visitation...
dropping her hongbao donation at jkk....
can you see the bags of rice behind them... every donation entitles you to a small packet of rice packed nicely in the little red bag...  :)
helping mama with the pomelos...
offering the pomelos to daddy...
our annual "ritual"....  family tradition...  :))
daddy looking so happy with what kongkong and mama gave him... each son-in-law gets one set of this....
 mama's yusheng... love the salmon...
kongkong holding the red bag which amanda gave him with the 2 mandarin oranges...
mama and amanda...
on the way to the next destination...  checking her "earnings for the morning (1st round)"...  she can't wait for the next round of hongbaos...  haha!!!


Wednesday, February 02, 2011

CNY 2011 Reunion Dinner & Shaolin Movie

Chinese New Year is just round the corner, which means it's time for YU SHENG once again...  Yummy!!!  This year, we held our reunion dinner a few days earlier at a restaurant and on the actual CNY eve, we went over to Kongkong and Mama's place once again for another round of YU SHENG... this time, it's Mama's special home-made YU SHENG... and it's a real classic!!
red wine to go with the occasion...
a family photo...
kongkong and mama...
the sim family...
the wong family...
auspicious yusheng!!!
a red packet for the waiter...
lao yusheng...
licking it dry, and not wasting a single bit of yusheng...  hahaha!!
our peking duck...
toast to good health, happiness and safety.....
can you see the rice on her cheek? saving for supper huh?
kongkong and amanda...
the cousins wearing the same tee which mama bought from marina bay sands...
super "catty" daddy...
men in red...
our favourite dessert...
daddy looking quite drunk...

Another round of YU SHENG at Kongkong and Mama's house on the eve of CNY...
amanda helping mama out...
highlight of the night...  mama's special yusheng... with loads of fresh salmon...  yummy!
amanda helping herself to more servings of yusheng while we adults were having a feast prepared by mama...  gosh, just realised that i had forgotten to take pictures of the delicious food...

Randoms on the eve....
daddy and amanda having their breakfast at mac kap just before dropping her off at school in the morning... i was too lazy to follow... prefer to catch up on my sleep...  :)
amanda wore this chinese costume to school which was given by her godma 1 year ago... it was quite big for her back then, but now, it fits her perfectly. :)
amanda and her friends outside their school backgate...
last minute decorating of the house up before cny...
all ready for cny tomorrow...
and a happy daddy!
and off we went to watch SHAOLIN...

The show was awesome! Very touching and meaningful...  We laughed and we cried and most importantly, we learnt values from this show.... i.e. COMPASSION.....