Chinese New Year!

Life and times of a mixed child. Haha..this post is reli gonna clear any doubts of whether i reli am half chinese. Neways here goes nothin.

Chinese New Year eve

As usual, the family gathers at my grandparent's hse fr the reunion dinner. Afta church, my mum, bro and i headed thr to meet up wit the rest. The others thr included my ah ma n ah kong, ah koo n ah kim (1st uncle n his wife), ah ee n u. Soo Tin (1st aunt n her husband), Junie Ee n u. Teik Hock (5th aunt and her husband), d koo (2nd uncle) & the cousins-Brandon, Alyssa, Fabien and Damien.

Meet Alyssa..

And this is her bro, Brandon. Lala zhai? haha

Adorable, dats all i cn say

the brother, julian. cut out his 'bukit tajam' (acc to vas) in this pic haha

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this is my lovely grandmother, mama is wat we call her

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and this is my grandfather, ah kong is his name haha

Nt long afta, Magdalene and Brian, 2 other cuzs joined us. Neways, we didnt reli do much the entire day but walk around the hse aimlessly, chill, hv a heat stroke, decompose, watch tv and go online..i recall playin with them Transfomer robot/cars with the lil Brandon and watchin endless episodes of the extremely adorable John n kate plus 8 wit Alyssa. Oh thrs one bit of conversation between Brandon and i, dat i wud nvr forget.

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Me-eh hw old are u ah?

Brandon-im five yrs old. Gd times gd times gd times..

Me-*speechless so i jst smiled
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This is Fifi, the fmly dog. Shes sooo smart its amazing. She entertained us alot too.

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alyssa, mag and bran indulging in technology to kill boredom while brian jst went to sleep haha
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thank God fr the internet..

checkin the cupcakes my aunt baked. Click here to check out her blog

Befr dinner, Mag, Brian and i went to Jaya Jusco to go get salmon fr the Yee sang. Gosh the plc was crowded! As soon as we got hme, the reunion dinner or sorts started. First up was the eva so fun Yee Sang toss. Followed by the deliciously prepared homecook food. Scrumptious!

gettin ready to eat...

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my mum dcided on a new way of eating chocolate brownies. yea dats rite, with chopsticks. hw much mre chinese cn u get? haha

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Afta dinner, we jst chilled around and soaked in the atmosphere. Took quite a no. of pics too. By then, i was alredi whining haha cause it was hot and i reli needed to go hme to freshen up and stuff. We practised 'math' dat nite. In other words, played Black Jack.

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some got ready fr math lessons

while others cam whored haha

first thr were only 2..

then thr were 3... =)

on top of that, we had those takin a crash course in parenting. hehe daddy bro? ee

and who doesnt love ang pows? haha we got sum early..

she shud tk up photography. seriously.

Got bk hme rater late and definately tired..well frm this post, it reli does seem like a short day; but believe me, it was eternity.

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Chinese New Yr-Day 1

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Literally got DRAGGED outta bed and headed straight fr my grandparent's hse whr we meet anually. Had bfast, took some pics and den out the door we went to visit our relatives...and...collect ang pow! hahaha..first hse as usual, was my grand aunt and grand uncle's (ko chi poh and tiu kong). Had mre food thr..another great cook to b given credit fr.

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the lil kong fu master and i haha

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l-r: ah ee, junie ee and my mum

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we jst casually sat on the ground and took pics haha

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the rest of the fmy..

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outside the hse, they chilled

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More and mre relatives started coming, which was signal fr us to move on. Nt befr we collected the ang pows tho haha. Next up, another of my grand aunt's (em po) plc..

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my d koo (2nd uncle) actually asked to tk a pic of him haha..but he was way over at the other end

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Then a few mre random relative's hses and we were done. *sigh of relief

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ive had enuf of captions

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retarded..yea, we are siblings

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Seein we were nt the biggest fans of entertainin visitors, my cousins and i all went into our grandparents room to chill (in the heat) and tk pics. Den when we heard new visitors, we wud casually mk ourselves seen to get u noe wat, den we wud all mysteriously dissapear again HAHAHA. Oh yea, mre fmly came on the first day..thr was my sa koo (3rd uncle), d ee n U. Patrick (2nd aunt n husband), c ee n U. Tock Beng (4th aunt and husband)

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Us..in the bedroom

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All of my cousins..oh yea minus Lysha who unfortunately didnt mk it bk to mlk and fifi haha

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Well, we didnt last long thr..some of them went visitiing, some went to the mall and i went hme. Home sweeeeeeeeeeet home.

The rest came bk nt long afta to join me..and we jst hung around at my plc.

mae gern insisted we took a pic like that while watchin tv haha

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blurred effect due to us turning on the lights jst in the knick of time haha

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Later in the nite, Keah, Bting, Vivian and i were to meet up at Li Wei's open hse. Vivian came over to my hse at around 8.30 and jst hung around a alil while waiting fr my mum. Got to LW's around 9. Ate and den we dcided to play 21 yet again..math gets reli gd durin this season haha. Neways, afta dat we dcided to jst chill, sit and talk. Accompanied by none other then fried chicken haha.

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We also played an extremely violent game of Snap and Heart attack. Injuries made us stop haha. Li wei sumhw or rather gave Keah a bleed and Vivi scratched a piece of skin out frm my upper lip haha.

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Keah, Bting and Vivi

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nw with the inclusion of li wei and urs truly

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Spent the remains of the nite, jst talkin away. Oh and nt forgettin, bein eaten alive by those blood suckin mosquitoes.

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Dat pretty much sums it up.

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Chinese New Year-Day 2

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Didnt do much the entire day actually..went out in the aftanoon to go get Vivians cake frm Italy Bakery wit Bting..of which i made an interesting discovery. They sell Esprits fr only Rm 5.90! haha wheeeee..afta gettin hme wit the cake, my fmly dcided to go get one too. This was to celebrate Mae gern's sweet 16 which was a few day bks. So yea...

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chocolate cheese cake

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Afta basking in all boredom's glory. I suggested we go catch a movie. So Mae Gern and i agreed but unfotunately cudnt get Mag as she was feelin a lil under the weather. The rest of the family were to go 'sight-seeing' and walk around the mall. My grandad was visibly enjoyin it haha.

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Im nt soo sure wat they did, but we, as in MG and i watched Bride Wars. It was reli interesting. Fun movie to catch with ur bestie. Heard dat Manda??!

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Did a lil window shoppin afta the movie den caught up with the rest. After hanging around and walkin around aimlessly, we went fr dinner. Satay Celup it was. Uneventful. While my mum and i headed hme afta dinner, evryone else went to the funfair/carnival. Seemed like they had fun. Oh the reason why i didnt join them was cause i had to go get ready fr Vivian's suprise bday partay! Hehe excited much.

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afta eatin...

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the family..look at the amouny of sticks they ate..we had 3 tables, mind u

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Got to vivi's hse around 11.30 and started preparing as i was the one with the cake. We waited..waited..waited in anticipation. Afta gettin the signal frm her mum and dad who took her out, we all hid at the bk. Gosh we were bk thr fr long. D lil one took ages to 'stumble' upon us. Preferring to go online, listen to music first haha.

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Well, the look on her face when she saw us was p.r.i.c.e.l.e.s.s. Sooo cute haha.

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vivian..eldest among us.

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We jst sat round the table afta dat..ate, drank n had small talk. Left around 1am i think..

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Chinese New Year-Day 3

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Got up rather early despite only goin to bed at 3.30..i immediately texted d husband a.k.a bestie a.k.a Manda. She hweva didnt reply, and thrfr noeing her well enuf i dcided to call. As i had predicted, she was still in bed. Literally dragged her out of it and sent her to the bath tru the fone haha.

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Picked her up den off to Li Wei's. We were greeted by Rach n Karen who got tr rather early. Sat around the table. Ate. Talked. Hamster-fied each other *inside joke..

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manda n i wanted to tk a pic..but naturally when a camera is around, rach comes charging!

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Keah joined us nt long afta and so did Vivian, Cheu Ling n Kei Shing. We were to go visiting dat day..first hse-pn.Doris'. Met up wit a lot of visitors thr too..

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some of us with pn.doris, our previous moral tcher

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group picture!

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Next up was Cheu Ling's, den it was Kei Shing's. We were met by Ching Siang and Jia Yee thr. Following dat was, Liew Chuin and Jit Thong. We got reli bored and tired so headed fr Starbucks at Mahkota Parade.

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Hung out thr fr quite a long time den LW's mum came to pick us up. As i had no plc to go too cause i didnt hv hose keys n no one was hme, i ended up at Bting's. First time in her hse afta over 7 yrs of frenship. hahaha.

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Nothin much afta dat...fun day out.

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PHEWWWWWW finally...ive blogged it all...this took a course of 3 days to complete. Tiring i mst say.

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Fr mre about hw CNY was spent, visit my cousin Alyssa's blog at http://www.stillhungry-bleh-lizaaa.blogspot.com/.