My Chinese New Year / 21st Birthday

Just like past years, celebrating Chinese New Year in KL is very, very boring. The same old sets of houses to visit & the same to meet. Shops are closed for a couple of days, thus not many Chinese food stalls to eat out except at restaurants.

Big Apple Donut and Coffee's packing in conjunction of the festival

Yummy~

However, there is a little difference this year as my Birthday falls on the 1st day of the Chinese New Year. Although there are no friends to celebrate with me, I got super big prezzies and super big red packets (ang pau) from my relatives. Haha. Special right?

Unfortunately, I did not get any golden key pendant (Which symbolizes freedom) or a car key (Which most guys prefer instead of getting a golden key pendant).

This is one of the best ones I got:

Just like what everyone told me: "You're now a big boy, if you're fortunate enough, you are already somebody's father, must take care and behave yourselves." .... And my reaction was like, Err... Ok... haha.

Oh yea, to those who wished me-

Aaron	Issac	Rachel	Yi Yen
Afif	Jim Keu	Sam	Yee Mun
Alan	Joo Lian	See Yee	Terrence
Anisha	Khar Yee	Shaun Tan	Wen Hui
Atika Bux	Kit Mun	Shie Yee	Vahid
Beatrice	Kok Chin	Teow Khook	Apple Lek
Bee Ting	Li Wen	Tze Hua	Nicholas Koo
Chye Nin	Logann	Wan Yin	Ho Lim
Cindy	Manisha	Wai Loong	Phei Szi
Fang Hai	May Yee	Wai Teng	Shin Yeen
Faris Omar	Melvin	Wei Leng	Ming Zen
Frank Tan	Norliana	Wei Lun	LG
Gideon Yoong	Pei Sen	Wei Ni	Couzzie
Heng Seng	Pooi San	Wei Siang	Wei Haur
Heng Yue	Pooi Yen	Yin Ling	Pik Yee

and also to those who I might have missed out.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

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So what happened on the eve of Chinese New Year?

We had our reunion dinner with my granny at my uncle's home,

Salty jellyfish yee sang

Arrowhead, chinese sausage & salted duck (lap ngap)

Broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, bean with roasted pork

Abalone with mushroom & chicken feet

Steamed chicken

Steamed fish

Stir fried spicy prawns

Soup of the Day: Ginkgo nuts & pork stomach soup

We also had some X.O. cognac which my grandparents has been keeping for more than 15 years.

On the first day of the Chinese New Year (Chor Yat 初一),

Tea Ceremony

And followed by house visits (拜年).


Last but not least, to all Chinese,

p.s.: See you guys during our annual house raiding. Looking forward to it. =)