Family CNY

my promise to blog the next day after my previous post turned out to be a white lie. sorry readers. i was too caught up with my chinese new year celebrations and friend's birthday. and whenever i had the chance to online, i spent most of my time uploading pictures on facebook and it took nearly an hour tagging pictures. lesson learnt.
never ever take pictures with more than 15 people because you will have a horrendous time tagging people repeatedly. it nearly drove me crazy. lol.

promise is still a promise, so here i am right now rambling away about my brief cny celebration with my family and most probably i will do another post about my cny with my friends. i hate reading extremely long posts and vow to never do that on my own blog.

my chinese new year celebration was really simple which revolved around collecting angpaus, visiting relatives and eating cookies.
and my family usual tradition- family picture taking using self timer.

honestly, this picture would be a lovely family photo but because of my cocky look display, i despised it and forced my whole family to take another picture on the second day of chinese new year.

and i am not sure if it turned out better because personally, i felt everyone looked much happier in the previous picture including the cocky me. lol.

and this year when i visited my relatives, i just realized how huge my family had became, loaded with lots lots lots of babies and kids. running around, screaming at the top of their lungs, snatching angpaus and stealing cookies to eat. i miss being like them. innocent kids.
and i can't deny the fact that i adore kids and babies. kawai just like them.

and sometimes i think babies are the best actors/ actresses on earth because of their miraculously heart touching crocodile tears. lol. they made fake tears to grab attention and to obtain stuffs they wanted. how amazing it that.

i always enjoyed my cny but exceptionally, i enjoyed more this year. maybe because i started appreciating things around me and realized family moments are the most precious in my life instead of just education and money.
gathering around with your relatives, people whom you had been familiar with since young are few simple things that make me happy.

that's pretty much how my cny was for the first three days of chinese new year. it was simple but precious in my heart. till then, do anticipate for the next post and enjoy the remaining Chinese new year. take care.

Happy Happy Cny Happy Happy You and I

i flew so many miles across the sea back home for 3 months anticipating the grandest celebration of all time in the Chinese Calendar. It's Chinese New Year. there is only one really good thing about studying in Australia which is none other than being able to celebrate CNY during summer break. i appreciate that the most in my whole uni life.
and please do pat on my head for blogging so frequently lately. hehee.

CNY EVE (13th February 2009)

earlier in the morning, my family and I was busy offering prayers for my late grandfather and grandmother. part of the Chinese custom.
and as for lunch, i had one of the most scrumptious meal but unfortunately it is not appropriate to upload the picture here because i enjoy porky stuffs a lot during cny.
and later in the evening, my family had our own reunion dinner by having a small steamboat.
i usually do not meet up with my father's family till the next day, so the reunion revolved around my own family only.

recently, i discovered the existence of fake 'kek kia' (miniature oranges) which is made of plastic net but look so real.

and my family usual tradition after reunion dinner is the walk at jonker street and as usual too jonker street is beautifully decorated for the Chinese New Year celebration.

(malacca-very-proud-of-muscleman)

i just realized how beautiful this photo was especially the blue-ing the sky and the reddening tanglungs.

and did you guys remember i scribbled something about not being able to see the huge lion head in my previous post while i was out with my cousins? we were pure idiots. the lion head was just at the front entrance and we were like only a few centimeters away. holy crap. so close and yet so far.
the lion head, which was proclaimed to be the biggest ever.

and sometimes i do really despise Malacca super hot weather that makes you sweat the minute you are out of the bathroom. that's what we, Malaccan always feel.
even sitting on a plastic chair is a nightmare for us. a few minutes after sitting on it and the next moment after you stand up you will discover how wet the chair was. super embarrassing. and it always happen to me. sucky cause it takes time to convince people that you did not pee on the chair.

Popsicle ice cream is really popular in this kind of hot sweaty thirsty weather.

and then we headed to the usual Cheng Koon Theng temple, one of the Malacca outstanding temples. gosh i realized i promoted a lot about Malacca lately. overly in love with Malacca. lol.

later at night, we headed to the cinema for Little Big Brother Movie.
Err..let's say it was an average movie, not that bad not that good. the down part of the movie: i thought i was in the cinema for nearly 3 hours due to the slow moving plot but it turned out to be only one and a half hour movie. crap.
conclusions, 14 blades still the best among all.
that's pretty much how my cny eve was, rather homely with my own family.
i wanted to continue blogging about my first day of cny but i am getting a bit distracted with movies on tv and firecracker sounds. shall stop here for now and continue tomorrow. bai.

CNY Eve Eve

two days before cny, i met up with my maternal side cousins. the last time i met with them was like a year ago, before i flew to Brisbane and since everyone is back in melaka, it is indeed lovely to see them again. the four of us were rather close as our age gaps are pretty small with my sis being the eldest, 24 years old followed by joe how, 21 years old and then me and joe yen, both the same age.

me, getting ready before heading out

joe yen, the future to be doctor and I. it was really awesome to finally meet someone in the health sciences field. at least i don't get the 'wth' look from him that i usually got when i babbled about biology or chemistry or anatomy.

kakak besar and adik kecil. i just realized how similar our eyes were. small and elongated when we smiled.

eric joe how, the future to be engineer and i. i guess everyone knows him a lot as the both us attended many similar tuitions together back then in high school. he talks a lot about electronics stuffs and his passion for the field he is majoring in is amazing. i know he will definitely be a good engineer in the future.

the four us. if only my other cousin, mei chien is around then this picture would be perfect. yes i have another cousin from my maternal side. she is one gorgeous lady staying in China and will be entering university pretty soon. many many many years back the five us formed the so called penyiasat team to investigate the mat rempit in my neighbourhood with my sis being the leader and i riding on a tricycle. lol. kids of those days.

oh yeah, we watched 14 blades that night. it was one of the BEST MOVIE I EVER WATCHED. even i could claimed that it was better than avatar. everyone said avatar was really excellent but for me, i thought the fighting scenes were so cliche and the plot was pretty predictable. only the colour effects and imaginary stuffs blew me off. perhaps i am someone who enjoys watching more climax and intense fighting scenes, so much of a tomboy.

14 blades blew above my expectations. the fighting scenes were amazing and the sounds effects were so good. Donnie Yen's martial art skills are amazing and i have officially inserted him into one of my favourite actor list. so if you are still contemplating about which movie to watch for cny, just watch 14 blades. awesome plot, awesome casting skills and awesome martial arts scenes. forget about true legend.

and as for little big soldier movie, i shall be watching tonight together with my family. after watching the awesome 14 blades, i have really high expectations for Little Big Soldier. just hope it won't be a disappointment.

after the blew-me-off movie, we had supper at a nearby hawker, rambling away about how awesome the movie was. lol.

and then, we had a late night trip at jonker walk. we were expecting to see the huge lion head but sadly we can't seemed to find it..

since it is new year's eve today, i bet many of us would be having reunion dinner tonight. i had awesome food for lunch just now which includes all my favourite dishes and later in the evening my family will be having steamboat.
till then, have fun during chinese new year.
GONG XI FATT CHAI!