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23rd Jan 2009 (Friday)
met up with the sem 1 uni mates for lunch at taka's sushi tei to celebrate both zhanyi and wen qing's birthdays =D i was late as usual, sorry guys for making u all wait!
after lunch, we went to mos burger for a chit-chat! wen qing left first and the rest of us went to walk around town while i waited for lianny :)
lianny came around evening time and both of us went last minute shopping for cny clothes! we combed far east till 8 plus before heading for dinner at wheelock's big-o! this gotta be 1 of my favourite restaurants! the food is so good!
calamari
seafood penne (which i totally love cause they even pick out the crabmeat for u hahaha)
pan-fried cod fish fillet (this is like crispy on the outside and super soft on the inside)
she's like talking on the phone but still wanna cam-whore haha *takes my hat off her*
after our satisfying meal :)
we went to forever 21 next and both of us got a top each yay! i love love love the purple bandage top that i got there! (pictures of it later on in this entry hehe)
after like spending an hour at f21, we strolled to plaza sing's starbucks to get a drink! started cam-whoring there and we managed to get our shopping loots into the picture as well after numerous failed attempts haha
24th Jan 2009 (Saturday)
my family had our reunion dinner 1 day early as my sis needs to be at her mother-in-law's house for dinner on the actual cny eve... my mum invited bee over as well cause she say long time never see him haa
yu sheng! i keep koping the abalone and salmon slices inside, oh and the crispy crackers as well! haha
my sister-in-law made the 算盘子 from scratch & mum made the 佛跳墙 herself
popiah ingredients and other dishes
haha my popiah looks cui (the bottom one) while bee bee's one look so much nicer! :( mine looks like a bloody envelope la haha
the 4 guys in the household (dad, bro, bro-in-law and mr bf) played mahjong together after that and my sway bf lost $80 haha... his tiles for every game was the worst ever and whatever tile he threw out, he will get it back after one turn haha, sway anot u tell me, i bet u all are laughing at him now lol
25th Jan 2009 (Sunday) - CNY Eve
went to city plaza in the afternoon with mum and sis for some seriously last minute cny shopping =p i brought them to eat at the famous arnold's chicken there... YUMZ!
rested at home after that before heading to chinatown for the countdown with him... it's slowly becoming a tradition for us every year!
we reached around 9 plus and we keep buying food along the streets and ate all the way till midnight lol... german sausages, taiwan sausages, grilled cuttlefish, japanese pizza, fruit juice and dessert! oh and we kope alot of the taiwanese jellies from all the different stalls and gobbled them up on the spot HAHA, they are our favourite every cny! we meant to buy them afterwards but just wanna kope some to eat first =p
ang moh selling german sausages! we visit him every cny eve as the sausages are quite good!
soon, it was midnight and there were fireworks and firecrackers :)
we stayed behind to get our jellies and some cny goodies before heading home :)
26th Jan 2009 (Monday) - CNY 初一
went to my grandmother's house and kylie was like the star of the day... everyone was ooh-ing and ahh-ing over her vietnamese traditional costume... played blackjack with my relatives as well and i won $20!
was totally sian at home after that cause i had nothing to do the whole night and nobody was at home sighz... and on top of the sian-ness, i dropped my phone in a cup of water and it couldn't be switched on :((( argh bad cny day 1, was in a totally shitty mood!
27th Jan 2009 (Tuesday) - CNY 初二
went house visiting at ck and cr's house... cam-whored at the lift lobby =p and i am wearing the f21 bandage top bought last friday =p
ck's dog is so cute la! looks like some royalty with his doggie clothes haha
the girlfriends!
next stop was cr's house, watched tv and played card games... headed to river hong bao at 8 plus with lianny and zhiyi... this is 1 of our things to do on the "list of 10 things to do in 2009" haha another task down! the list is on the right hand side of this blog!
cai shen ye
moo moo cow
and then nana decide to join us! the latterns are pretty!
i think these flowers are peach blossoms?
peacock! and i think it was nana who asked this damn funny qn and i quote: "since when does the 12 zodiac got peacock one ah?" lol
the 4 rabbits!
and 1 baby dragon
some animals
phoenix
a random pavilion
then lianny say must take with this word cause it sounds the same as "money" in chinese haha
there was this display of various ancient characters and each of us chose 1 to take photo with =p
he's my tea-pouring slave and i am the princess lol so must pose like one... (see our characters behind) =p
black face! haha i like him!
chinese chess display
kumquat trees hee love the shiny lights above us, look like teeny weeny stars right!
wishing well! there's 8 bells which signifies different things and u are supposed to throw a coin at it to ring the bell so that ur wish will come true... but sadly, the 2 guys got it on their 1st try and the 3 girls missed totally lol
parting shot before we left the place :)
this cny had totally been not very exciting... i think cny gets more and more boring as u grow older :( hopefully the plans we have for this weekend will be fun :)
on a happier note, it's wednesday and i'm going to mambo with lianny, ladies night! tata~