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CNY 2015

Posted on Monday, March 2, 2015



In the Chinese calendar, it's the year of the Goat, which is the year I was born in. It only comes once every 12 years and it's funny because in a way this year marks somewhat of a new beginning. For the past 24 years my family has done everything exactly the same for Chinese New Year, but what with everyone growing up and in different directions, we've broken tradition in a way. It's not a bad thing, just different. 

Anyway this dress from #thezaloralabel couldn't have come at a better time - I was tickled by the choices I had when I popped down to their office a couple of weeks ago to pick out some sample pieces for myself. Couldn't help but be drawn to the luminescent brocade design of this piece - perfect for CNY! Actually, right after I got contacted to get some free samples I kind of trotted over to their online site and bought more myself anyway hahahah :'D Failz. It's on sale now anyway since the Lunar New Year is more or less over. Time to sweep it all!

Photos by Justin Koh, Editing by Myself

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Changeling

Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2014


Happy Lunar New Year, everyone!

If I felt last year that the new year brought my family together, it's probably the opposite this year. I think of this year as the end of tradition in many ways, maybe because we're all growing up. I'm graduating, my big sister is getting married at the end of the year, and everyone is moving in different directions at such a great velocity that everyone is so focused on only looking ahead. Not to say this wasn't a long time coming. It always fascinates me to ask friends who are close to their families what went right and how does this happen, and sometimes the answer is so obvious, but somehow there were bumps along the way and the meaning got lost. I don't have any mood to take many pictures this Chinese New Year, and I'm always in the mood for photos.

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CNY Day 2

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013


So the rest of CNY mostly consists quite enough yu sheng, dinner parties catching up with old friends, massive wash ups afterwards, trying my hand at some gambling and losing enough money to remind me why I don't do it in the first place!

My little sister said something funny the other day. We were suppose to invite our friends over to the house, to visit, but somehow we ended up only bringing our boyfriends, and this led to my little sister making the conclusion that "my sisters only have one friend - their boyfriends!" Which has a small grain of truth behind it. I have lost contact or drifted with some close friends, but I only realised this was because I was always the person calling them out, and having someone around, like Justin or any of my still close friends now, who want to see you as much as you want to see them makes life so much easier. That's why I now fully appreciate the friends I do have left that make the effort to call me and force me to come out with them, to keep me from getting lazy from the safe and awesomely comfy net that a relationship beckons you.

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Tradition - CNY DAY 1

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013

Now that the bulk of Chinese New Year celebrations are over, it's time to blog!

We wake up on Sunday morning to do our tradition of kow tow-ing to our mum. We're pretty old already, but it's always a nice way to start off the day.


Jie goes first cause she's oldest!



My turn, what up!



And the little one takes her turn. I swear our Mandarin idioms gets worse and worse every year haha.



The house is in great shape cause of mum's spring cleaning!



Visiting the dad's side of our family at Uncle Eric's house!



The best part of visiting Uncle Eric's is he and his wife's dogs! The schnauzer is Ge Ge (princess in Mandarin), who only responds to commands in Chinese, and the Golden Retriever is Holly, who was saved from a pet shelter.



Quite a bit of favouritism going on so Holly goes to sulk in a corner haha.



Yes, he is in an Opa Gangnam style phase. We pray he will grow out of it.


Epic number of pictures of my little sister chowing down them Chinese New Year goodies in the background!



Only does tricks for treats. Not sure if lazy, or genius.


I was planning to wear another dress for the New Year but it never came through the post on time. Curses! The clutch is a surprise gift from Justin which he sneakily got on exchange in his last month day. It's the perfect ang pao holder, which he is glad for because he doesn't know what girls use such teeny bags for. The necklace was a gift from my dad for my 21st last year, which I shall wear more around him to let him know I like it.






This is my spotty little sister on the left and my little half-brother on the right. He is a mad scientist, rock n' roll god who is addicted to spaghetti bolognese.

 

Family photo of the dad's side! I finish all my familial visiting by 2pm on the first day because that's how few relatives I have living in Singapore! Anyway, I hope everyone had an awesome time stuffing their faces with yummy CNY goodies, collecting angpaos, and catching up with relatives. And if it doesn't feel like enough, rest assure we have 10 more days to go! Whoop!

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The Feast before Chinese New Year!

Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2013

Hi guys! How is this for an up to date post for once?



I'd say my family has cut the operations for our Chinese New Year's Reunion Dinner prep down to a T. We started prep for our steam boat feast at 6:30pm today, and by 7:00pm, we were ready to go! So stuffed with my favourite scallops, abalone, shabu-shabu, golden mushrooms and what not. But I think the best part about the whole feast was sitting down with my whole family and everyone being pleasant and enjoying ourselves. I know it sounds cliche, but it's been a while since we've done that, what with everyone's lives moving in different directions. I guess this year I truly felt the purpose of tuan yuan! It's a good start to a great year, I hope :)