CNY 2012
Wednesday 1556
Hello!
CNY holiday good?
I know mine is. Especially since I am still on holiday till Sunday.
Unlike previous years, I really hadn’t do much preparation for CNY. Things that happened in between days before CNY had rather kept my feet tight on the ground.
When I said I did not prepare for CNY, I really mean it. I did not do spring cleaning and only depended on the cleaning lady who came on twice a week basis. No new red clothing. Had thought of going to the hair salon to trim my hair but didn’t. No CNY decorations too. I even forgotten about going to the bank to exchange money for angpow purpose. Lucky hubby did that already.
My only preparation for CNY was to go back Keningau and celebrate with my parents. Recently, my mom fell from a rambutan tree and had her left foot fractured although a minor one. But the thought that she had this accident with no one’s around to look after her scares me lots. Dad isn’t in the best of health as well. So all I could think of is to regularly call or text her and whenever possible make myself available to go back kampung.
Anyways, some photos during the Lunar New Year…
Usually, on the eve of CNY we would gather at hubby’s grandmother’s house. This year, since one of hubby’s uncles just passed away, we decided to gather at their place instead.
Food was abundant!
Hubby putting on the role for distributing angpow this year.
Kua Merah, a must-play card game during CNY.
On first day of CNY, we went house visiting at one of hubby’s colleagues. We’ve been visiting his house during CNY three years in a row now.
And I went for purplish clothing albeit recycled items. ^__^
My God Daugther, Samantha.
Despite the taboo that married daughter should not go back to her parent’s house on first day of CNY, I defied it. Well, mom didn’t give a damn so what the heck. So ya, after house visiting… we went back Keningau to have CNY family dinner there. Stayed for a night.
It has been years since mom last welcomed a lion dance troupe to the house. On the second day of CNY, since almost all of us siblings were home except for my youngest brother…mom decided to let them in. So the lion came to bring all form of luck (hopefully) to the house.
…and with them around, so did the kids from the neighborhood. Well, they are, I believe 99.99% non-locals who followed the lion dance troupe EVERYWHERE within the village compound.
It’s not much of a hoo ha CNY this year but I’m glad that I was home for my parents and we went through the festival with much laughter in our hearts. I think, that’s what matter most to me.
Until next post!
*hugs*
Jue said,
January 25, 2012 @ 6:28 pm
Waa..meriah oo…
Adalah sikit2 jue
DoRa said,
January 25, 2012 @ 6:39 pm
My mum also frequently climb the rambutan tree when ever its in season but after kena ceramah2 then she only climb when ever there is someone around
My angpao collection is higher this year ^^v
Happy Chinese New Year Chegu!
Gini la ni kalo ada mom yang adventurous kan? hehe…my mom that, even after her foot kena bandaged, she managed to go pick rambutan again…nasib tida pigi naik tinggi2….thats good to hear, sekarang la musim mau mengumpula angpow..nanti sudah kawin, garu kepala mau kasi angpow pula
Aemy said,
January 25, 2012 @ 10:32 pm
samantha is so cute! i love her dress ^^
but i cant take my eyes off the foods right now…..plentiful! bahagia oh kan klu banyak makanan..hehehe..
glad that u had an awesome CNY
Now that u mentioned her dress, it’s actually too big for her. Like 3 size bigger. LOL! Yep, I love to see plenty of food on the table. Orang cina bilang bagus sebab all year round mesti tidak kehabisan makanan
Amanda said,
January 26, 2012 @ 8:16 am
that’s real nice! especially the lion dance. my house pula kena serbu tu lion dance, coz the neighbour di bawah kastau dorang ‘ada cina lagi tinggal di atas’. parents were cooking, i was cleaning the toilet n bro tgh pungut tai anjing. betul2 ambush ni!
hahaha i can imagine that!
beaty said,
January 26, 2012 @ 8:41 am
wah siok eh..meriah juga kan chegu..yngp ptg enjoy bh..n tu tung2 chang kan sa belum perna nmpk kalau dia terlumpat2 d tiang2 dia tu..mau tingu owh yang real life ni..
ko mau pigi hunt the lion la ni tau beaty hehe…almost every year mesti kami ada nampak lion dance performance. well thanks to hubby’s friend la sebab kalau pi visiting rumah dia mesti dia panggil lion dance bikin stunt perrformance
Aki Borneo said,
January 26, 2012 @ 12:41 pm
indah oh sa tingu tu cny.. T_T.v.. sa tia tebalik ni tahun and my beer and angpow really missed me this year.. argh.. ha ha ha..
Bah, kalo next year cny dia masi bulan 1..ko aga2 la ambi cuti frm xmas to cny hehehe…tukkoi punya lama tu leave tu kan
belle said,
January 26, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
Iya chegu..sy pun baru tau tau tu yg knen married daughter nda buli balik on 1st CNY or else the girl’s family jadi mskin knen utk thn tu…sy tetingu d TV tu ari… depends jg ba tu kan….
btw, Happy CNY a..blm abis n lambat lagi ba kan..
Iya, my mom is more than glad to have us home even on the eve of CNY. Tapi pa buli buat, my laki is also anak darah sina so we makan2 at hubby’s side dulu before going back to my kampung….happy cny too…15 days bah hehe
Edith said,
January 26, 2012 @ 2:56 pm
Itu yg ada tangan mengambil tu lah makanan yg paling sdp sa nampak di sana hehe…
Anyway, I wish speedy recovery to ur mom
hahaha yaaaa paling sedap tu kan dith??….my mom’s better now. buli panjant rambutan balik tu debilang…galangas bah mummy sia juga tu hehe
Arms said,
January 26, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
Your mum fell from a tree?! Oh my. Thankfully she’s okay, right. Ya just the thought of what if no ones was there, something like that. I always worry about my grandfather… worry incidents like that happen
Whatever it is, I pray he’ll always be okay.
Chegu, ko taw. Sepanjang masa CNY hol ni kan, sia belum pernah nampak Lion Dance face to face lagi o. Sia rasa sot o hahaa.
Happy Thursday, Chegu!
Yabah Arms…she has been climbing the tree for years already bah…tapi ntah la, makin aging, the body not strong or sharp enough to identify which branch is safe or not…dia salah pijak dahan, terpijak dahan mati. Hence, jatuh.
Iya? Adiiii ko mau pigi hunting bah tu Arms…luckily the open hse yg we go annually memang selalu panggil cha cha tung. And my parents house pun on 2nd day of CNY, gerenti tu lion dance datang mau cari ong
Willie said,
January 26, 2012 @ 7:35 pm
No preparation? tak apa, asalkan ada angpow. Meriah juga family u ho?
it’s be nice if we are the one receiving instead of giving hehehe… meriah macam tu, macam tu lah saja
lizee said,
January 27, 2012 @ 9:57 pm
Ah..Terus sia miss CNY ni tgk your pics…Kay, napa ko nda kasi tgk your dress masa CNY tu? Nampak kasut lawa ja
Ko tau Liz, I asked Alvin to take photo satu badan kasi tingu my whole outfit. Turned out my camera setting was on video mode, twice. The third time ngam2 camera mode, tapi dunno why i go hide behind my god daughter. Bila want to retake, my god daughter sudah excited went to see tung2 chang….tulah ended up gambar kasut ja ada hehe
rose flower said,
January 30, 2012 @ 11:51 am
Makanan juga lah makes me drooling. Meriah juga cny ko carol ya bah tu kua merah ‘tatap’ tu same goes with me sampai pagi bermain tu kua di kg. Nasib year of a dragon ada ‘ong’ manang hehehehe….
Hahah ko tau rose, sia main kua merah 2 kali ja dlm hidup sebab everytime mau main mesti mau start kua merah 101 balik sampai org yg mau main pun akan kepuasan mau ajar ni…but in actual fact, i dont really have interest in card games
laki sia pun yg time cny main kua merah sama lap2 fu, ada juga lah ong dia kena kasi sikit2…