My Chinese New Year : A Photo Essay

I have finally written this post which I have worked on for a long time. Have fun reading. I hope it brings happy memories of YOUR Chinese New Year back.

Chinese New Year Eve

My family and I had a wonderful Chinese New Year Eve dinner with my father side relatives at The Waterlily, a Balinese Bistro. Above is the lamb chop I ordered, very different from the traditional Chinese food we used to have in the past CNYs.

First day

In the morning we went to Full Gospel Tabernacle.This is where I took this picture:

Nice? Haha.

Then, My family met up again with My father's side relatives. I'm so sorry I am not showing photos of my relatives, but this is for their own privacy. So here is my place at the restaurant. If you zoom in you might be able to see the name of the restaurant:

Next we went to my granduncle's house. Here is the table ladened with sweets, cookies and other titbits:

At night, we went to my grand mother's (mother side) house. This is where I finally, FINALLY, learn how to fold a paper box. however, I think by now I have forgotten how. NO!! Here it is:

And that is where I had lots of fun with my hyper nephew, Ian:

This is him.

As hyper as ever.

Tired after jumping on Great-grand mother's bed. Not really, I just took him blinking.
Imitating Alex the Lion. " Alex!" says Ian.

Second Day

The next morning, my family and I went out with my aunt to window-shop at Ikea. Here are some photos of the furnitures I like.

Comfortable bed.
A plain but homely mat. And below, a beautiful sink.

Third day

The next day, My brother, sister, aunt and I window shopped at Sunway Pyramid. Here are some random shots:

Decorations at Sunway Pyramid.

I think my mum would love to have the two books above...

The view from the 21st floor of the Sunway Pyramid:

That night, my father's side realtives had a reunion dinner at Tai Thong Restaurant:

First dish. And the noisiest.

My mum didn't like this dish below:

Here's a nice family photo, the Koh Family:

Fifth Day

There was some lion dance that was going to happen at Subang Parade. But we left before they started.

We also visited one of my mother's sisters before we left for Seremban in the evening. Below is my ang pow and misai kucing, a kind of tea. It tasted like water. I think i liked it...or maybe I was just thirsty.

Here are the tea leaves from which it was made:

Alright, this about all of my CNY. The other ten days were spent mostly at home. Well, there was another dinner with my mother's side relatives, but I didn't have any camera with me unless you count my brother's one which I held for less than 7 minutes.

Anyway, I hope you too had a lovely and enjoyable Chinese New Year. I know it is late to say this so I hope you will understand.