Just arrived back here in Singapore this evening after spending 6 days in Malaysia, celebrating the Chinese New Year with my family there. The kids (Fitzand and his cousin sister, Zaydeen) had the most fun during this trip. Guess that is why sometimes when I think back … these celebrations were much more fun when I was young. *cough*
I took some random digital shots to document down the fun filled, waist-extending, liver-damaging and laughter-filled celebration.
As usual, my dad seems to be pretty relaxed about the entire preparation … and (hope he doesn’t read this) wasn’t of much help to my mom when she was working her butt off in the kitchen preparing a feast for the reunion dinner.
My dad. Face hidden to protect his identity. 😛
Mom spent hours and hours at the kitchen. She is one hell of a good cook and we love her cooking … but I sometimes wish we could just dine out to save her from all the hardwork … but she insists on cooking for us. Mom is the best!
Let’s see some of those yummies she cooked for us …
These are just some of the many delicious food she cooked for us. Now imagine us trying to shove down some beer in between meals! Hahaha! We were usually almost too full to booze … but still managed to down some for lubrication purposes. 😛 *burp*
Of course no Chinese New Year celebration is complete with some yummy cookies. No … my mom didn’t make these.
Fitzand wiped out most of these gummies!
A visit to the temple as usual during the New Year, this time made more interesting with the presence of Fitzand and his cousin sister. The temple we went to was about 30 minutes drive from my home and we also picked up some fire crackers for the kids to get busy with at night. Will post some photos of that later tomorrow.
This auntie was busy yakking away that she didn’t realise I was shooting her from a close distance. Muwahaha!
Too dead tired to continue going through the other photos now. It is past midnight and my old body is shutting down after a long day (and a 3 hour drive). What I do know is I’ll wake up tomorrow … realising that I’m now back in Singapore … and perhaps miss my mom’s cooking. On a brighter note … Fitzand’s classmates are coming over for Chinese New Year visiting tomorrow and I bet I’ll have fun playing with the many kids.
Good night and did I forget to wish everyone … a Happy New Year!