Chinese New Year 2006

The Mondo Koosh which I ordered arrived before the Chinese New Year Holidays, I'm surprised! It's not as big as I thought it would be, and not as squishy as the regular Koosh Balls. The best thing about it is it's amazingly bright rainbow colouration and the way the rainbow coloured rubber bands tickle your hand as you grab it! General_

Eve (除夕)
Cleared up most of the regular housework except the washing so that we can "enjoy" the coming holidays. There were 2 sessions of re-union dinners.



Left: 7pm - Dinner at In-Laws'; Right: 9pm - Dinner at Dad's.

1st Day (年初一)
Traditionally, the first day of the Lunar New Year is for visiting the male side of the family. But since Singapore is so small and distances are so short, it doesn't really matter who visits who first. Anyway, there was a whole lot of visiting today, was out from 1100-2359.



Left: Mahjong at Evon's; Centre: Home made Nasi Lemak; Right: Sparklers!

2nd Day (年初二)
The second day is usually reserved for visiting the female side of the family (a.k.a. 回娘家). Since most of it was done yesterday, there was a bit of extra time for some chores, like keeping (getting swamped by) the laundry ...

The afternoon was more visiting. But before that, we recharged our batteries with some nice home made Dumpling Soup (水饺汤)!



Left: Dumpling Soup; Right: What's Inside

3rd Day (年初三)
Time really flies, it is the end of the third day now and tomorrow is back to work. *sigh* But anyways, we managed to squeeze in another round of tossing of the Raw Fish Salad before lunch. This particular one was not home made but tasted real good! Its from the Coffeshop/Restaurant near Phoenix Heights along Choa Chu Kang Road. Cheap and Good, Highly Recommended!



Left: Raw Fish Salad Tossing; Right: Lunch