Chinese New Year 2010

Chinese New Year is just over...everything is fun except din't get my hands on "playing cards" haha. Every year one of the thing i enjoy is "play card" game with relatives and friends. Just to try my luck and just for the sake of fun. If i win, extra ang pow..if i lose --输钱赢乐趣...below are the few things that i miss most during CNY:

1. The Food (Reunion Dinner)
2. Card Games
3. Ang Pows
4. Reunion with friends
5. Fire Crackers

During the past 6-7 years, we have been celebrating our CNY at my grandpa's house. Before that, we celebrate CNY at 2 places alternately, this year at Sibu, the next at Malacca. Because during the old days, flight is expensive....one year, my dad said grandparent are getting old...we celebrate our CNY at Malacca....so from then on till now we will be eating reunion dinner together.

So one of the thing that im looking forward to is the FOOD!!! Every year, my grandpa and uncle and auntie will prepare and cook reunion dinner. Don't play play..the dishes we have during reunion dinner is restaurant style. Dishes will come out one after another...just like in the pictures below:

Dong Fen - My Favourite!!! When you
start to eat, you will eat and
eat and eat until you are full.

Fried Chicken with and Mix Vegetables. I like the Fried Chicken

New Menu This Year -->Meat on Mushroom
with Yam steamed under mushroom...Nice!!!

As usual, Fish,Prawns and also

one of the best --->
Pork belly soup with
black pepper + Yu Piao

Also, Lycee drinks and beers.









The next thing is firecrackers:: When i was in my primary school time, CNY is the most looking forward events ---lots of firecrackers...it was so much fun during that days....we can play for 1 hour. With stricter laws nowadays, that means less fire power. But we still have 20 feet long cracker this year courtesy of my cousin.....

After that, Bai Tian Gong--usually Hokkiens will do the prayers on 9th day..but i think because all of us are here on the 1st day, so my grandpa will do the prayers on the 1st day. Some amount of food is involved.

Nowadays, a lot of us will be doing friends gathering during CNY as many of us will be back to hometown to celebrate. This year, my family meet up with my dad's friend family. 13 years we havent met and it is always good to meet them back.





Although CNY is changing..but one thing that stays the same is the chance to gather around, to meet up and to celebrate the bond that we have with relatives,families and friends. Looking forward to next year CNY....Cheers!!!