CNY @ Home

How was your CNY celebration? Hope it was fun and filled with love and laughter!

fortune cat and dancing lion

First day of Lunar New Year, started off with vegetarian breakfast.

vegetarian breakfast

lots of gluten yums~

Then, we had aunties and uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews from the Tang family (mom's) side coming to visit. Many many people in the house!

adorable niece and nephews from SG cousin

yee sang for lunch

eat, drink and be merry~

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas~ How was yours? It's a normal day for us, and we went to visit my nanny, Aunty Phillip. She's my sister's nanny too. Only my bro didn't have a nanny. Wondered why...hmmm. Probably coz he was looked after by my grandma.

tree in da house

Then, it was a day of relaxing (which day wasn't?? Hahaa!) till dinner time. Steamboat for dinner! Feels like CNY too. All ingredients were storebought, though. Saves the hassle.

taupoks and crabsticks

mushrooms

fried beancurd skins

korean side dish: marinated squid

 I'm in-charge of the grill station. But this grill thingy looked like a toy. It can make takopachi too. But we haven't try that.

pork collars and sausages

Ended the night with a very full tummy.

eat, eaten, ate

Happy Boxing Day!~

Happy Winter Solstice

Been home a for few days now. Celebrated Winter Solstice by having tang yuans. How many did you have for this year?

lunch to celebrate Winter Solstice

fish maw braised with pork ribs

tang yuan

lotus paste filling

Store bought tang yuans were good. Same kind that were sold across NTUC in Singapore. Easy to cook, and nice to eat!

short visit home

Went home on a 3 days 2 nights trip for a cousin's wedding. Took the bus to Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS), and from there on, just two stops from Kajang. But two stops equates to about 20 mins though.

Must do when back in hometown. Coffee from the local kopitiams.

kopitiam's coffee

The kopitiam that my family frequents, is called "Happy Happy Cafe". Hahaa!

The happening news at home? Free egg sausage mcmuffin from McD. Apparently, they gave out free egg sausage mcmuffins for a few days. But the ones that my dad got after queueing for like half-hour, didn't have egg. Because apparently, they ran out of eggs that morning. Haha...

Liked that the train from Kajang station to TBS are still new.

women only coach

My PJ aunt gave us some fruits; rambutan and longans. It's been ages since I last ate any rambutans.

rambutan

longan

Didn't have much chance to get home-cooked food, but my sis did make stir-fried fish.

stir fried fish with shaoxing wine

Mom's 8th brother's daughter (my cousin) had her wedding in Bangsar. That's about 1.5 hours away. My uncle (mom's 7th brother) was my dad's navigator, so we went to his house in Cheras around 6+ before making our way to Bangsar. Reached the wedding venue only at about 830 pm. About the right time, for first course. Keke.

Played a bit with little nieces (granddaughters of mom's late 6th brother) and got an invitation from the 5-year old to visit their house. She even asked her mom for permission! Waahahahaha!
Her kid sister, who's just two and a half, is soOOOo adorable~ *pinch her puffy cheeks*

around the house in 8 days

First lunar new year at the new house. 'New' because we haven't been staying there, and 'new' because it's actually already more than 5 years old.

Some pictures outside of the house.

bamboo that kept on growing and growing...

and it grew and grew till it touched the sky...

lotus and probably small fishes inside there

flower

mulberries, silkworms eats mulberry leaves.. but didn't see any worms though

creepy crawlies to shade the house, but probably will overgrow and takeover the house in a few years time!

It's new year, so gotta have some new year decor.

banner to welcome the new year.. hahaa

new year plant that needs ice cubes to cool it down

these are permanent fixtures.. regardless of season, it'll be there

some colours to brighten the house

smiley fortune cat

putting up the decorations, that's my sis, brother and mom. Me? I worked behind the scenes

time for reunion dinner

Oooh, this year we didn't have steamboat for reunion dinner. Had '鱼生' but with jellyfish instead of raw fish slices. Got nice dishes like fish maw braised with prime ribs, stir fried leek with leftover roasted pork, blue tailed prawns with sauce and deep fried grouper with sweet and sour sauce.

setting up the table for reunion dinner

before cooking

cooked prawns

yummy sweet and sour fish (my fav)

leek with roasted pork (dad's fav)

fish maw and prime ribs with mushrooms

DIY yu sheng

after tossing

Hope everyone had a good time during the holidays! Happy Dragon Year everyone!

回家

Home is where the heart is.


Happy CNY everyone. Eat, Drink and Be Merry. May you have an Abundance of Good Health, Good Fortune and Good everything else.

新年快乐，万事如意~

going home

Taking the choo choo train home to Kajang. It's a six hour journey (or more!), depending on the reliability of KTM.

Activities at home involved changing of cushion covers (somehow this task is reserved for my bro and me) haha, as most of the cleaning would've been done by my sis and mom already... hopefully! Kaka, I'm sooOOoo unfillial siah!

On reunion day's eve (hopefully can strike SG toto!), we're gonna have home cooked food.. cooked by my sis likely. She's head chef.. hmm.. make it the only chef in house! Then, on first day is to receive visitors at home. Then second day is to go visiting my mom's side, my uncles and aunties.

After which, is continously nua'ing at home till end of holiday, then travel back to SG. That's my annual ritual. What's yours?

Here's wishing everyone, a lifetime of happiness, a smooth ride over obstacles and may u find ur innate ability to overcome any challenges ahead. Spirits up, and yum seng!

Haha! Enjoy~

home sweet home

Some pictures taken while I was at home.



yee sang (in a restaurant)


leftover vege + meat (at home)



meal at home



my niece: sophie (s'porean + hungarian)



new year deco (in the house)


flowers outside


flowers outside



my sister's pet


in case anyone haven't been on a train ride.. here's a 1 minute excerpt from a 6 hour ride