A Mountain of Clothes

Hubby and the kids are having a week's break for the Chinese New Year and so am I...that means no cleaning, cooking or ironing for the entire week...or until I feel like it :)



My laundry basket is overflowing with clothes that needed folding and ironing, and I thought I would just turn a blind eye to it for a while since the weather has been really hot these few days...but hubby (being the neat one) couldn't stand it anymore and decided to do a bit of ironing today.

So with great pleasure I quickly gathered all the clothes hangers for him and went upstairs to surf the internet in peace while the kids kept themselves busy...it's always good to look busy in case dad needs them to help out!


When I came downstairs, I noticed that the air-cond was turned on in the room where hubby was ironing...no wonder I didn't hear any complaints at all about the weather!


After lunch we visited some friends in the Sri Damansara area and then headed to Ikea. Decided to catch a movie at CineLeisure...Bride Wars, a comedy about 2 best friends who become worst enemies all because their weddings had to be on the same day and at the same venue.

Home To Home

Yesterday we went on a visiting spree...


Visited my parents first. We still carry on the tradition of serving tea to my parents before receiving our angpows. I don't think many families hold on to this tradition any more, so it's kind of special.

This is the tea set that my parents used on their wedding day to serve tea.

Then we went with my parents and brother to my aunt's house in Subang Jaya for lunch. My aunt loves to cook and there was so much food leftover! Took home some of her lovely cake and roast chicken.

Next we visited my cousin and his family, also in Subang Jaya. Had a wonderful time catching up. This cousin and I are only 1 year apart in age and we used to play together when we were little. It was fun reminiscing about the naughty things we did during Chinese New Year!

Later in the evening we went to my mom-in-law's sister's place in Segambut for dinner. Ate a lot...I think my new clothes are going to get tight very, very soon...with the way I am eating and eating!

Gong Xi Gong Xi

The first day of Chinese New Year began with lots of fireworks being set off from 12 midnight to almost 2 am. Caught a glimpse of some of it through my bedroom window just before going to bed.

Had lunch at my in-laws' place, then went home and watched the August Rush DVD that I bought on 1st January...talk about procrastination,haha! If there was anything wrong with the DVD I wouldn't be able to return it since I'm only given 2 weeks from the date of purchase to do so. The movie was really touching...a must-see for people who "love music more than food"...to borrow a line from the movie :)


Made dinner reservations at Outback Steakhouse at Bangsar Village for the 8 of us, in-laws included. Decided to have Western food on 1st day of Chinese New Year...for a change.


The food was OK but they sure have very large knives for their steaks! (See how large and long it is compared to the ketchup bottle) Kept reminding Mr CoolTeen to be careful as he sometimes uses the knife as a spoon to scoop food into his mouth...don't intend to rush to the emergency ward to re-attach a tongue!

Reunion Dinners

A red ox made up of LEGO parts, constructed by my nephew.

This is the first year we are having Chinese New Year reunion dinner without my granny, so it's kind of strange having a quiet reunion dinner with my immediate family instead of a noisy one with all my aunties, uncles, cousins and their kids. Ate at the restaurant beside the Desa Waterpark on Saturday.


The next day we had reunion dinner at parents-in-law's place. Mom-in-law cooked up a storm with 2 types of chicken (Mr CoolTeen's favourite), prawns, broccoli, lettuce with spring roll filling and chicken soup...yum! I brought a duck dish and sis-in-law brought salmon Yee Sang. This is the beginning of my 15-day eating binge (after all, it's only once a year that I get to do this...eat like there's no tomorrow!).

CNY In 2 Days' Time

Went to MidValley Megamall to watch the performance by the acrobats from Hubei, China. Every year MidValley usually has very good stage performances for the Chinese New Year celebrations, but this year's stage act was rather simple compared to the previous years.


Contortionists with bones of rubber!


This 15 year old girl can balance a 200kg vase on her feet...imagine if she were to kick someone with her very strong leg (ouch!)

Went to the market this morning to get some mandarin oranges for hubby to distribute to his staff...managed to get the tiny ones which are really sweet.


Mandarin oranges all stacked up in my trusty (and rusty!) little trolley.

Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous Year of The Ox...eat, drink and be merry!