roaring new year with e72…

e72 + camera + wifi + CNY gathering = facebook uploads!

here’s the photos taken with e72…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and don’t forget, its also valentine’s day!

the chinese new year,

lasts for 15 days, but we got to return to work on the 3rd day... which is... ahhh, tomolo...

to my surprise, it is a tradition to visit elders on the 1st day of CNY, and or married daughters to visit their family on the 2nd day... whereas the 3rd day, people don't visit friends and relatives due to either of the 2 reasons:

1. its easier to get into argument on this day

2. family who has kin deceased in the past 3 years can visit friends or relatives on this day... or even, to visit graves...

and yet, we're going back to work on this easy to argue grave visiting day... how appropriate... :P

 

that aside, more camwhoring this morning...

 

 

its so tiring to visit relatives during the CNY dayz... phew... better get some sleep before the easy to argue grave visiting day starts tomolo... :S

the chinese new year,

is here, as we just waved goodbye to the year of rat and welcomes the year of ox... last nite's reunion dinner is as usual (1st at my parents' place then joelle's), and megan is so very tired when we reached home late that she failed to wake up at her usual 7am this morning...

nevertheless, we still got to wake up and get ourselves ready to go 拜年... but before that, there is something very important we need to do... that is, megan's ang bao from us!

ever wonder why that ang bao is called 压岁钱? ok, after some 'researches', i found that 压岁钱 is actually the ang bao we give to elders, symbolising age suppression, whereby the elders dun grow older...

but, dun we want our kids to grow up?? so for kids, its actually called 压祟钱! the same pronunciation for  岁 & 祟, except 祟 is actually the name of a demon whom traumatise children in their sleep during cny eve... so, in order to protect the children, lights are switched on thru-out the nite, and kids are made to stay awake, also known as 守祟!

and in a story, in order for to let their kids to stay awake, parents give their kids a red packet filled with coins for them to play thru-out the nite, hence staying awake opening and closing the red packet of coins... and so, 压祟钱 to be given at cny eve... so my dad is correct when he always give us ang bao after reunion dinner!

 

and ever wonder why we need new cloths to wear during cny? cuz we wanna camwwhore!!! haha...

purple is the theme of the day... :P

and so, off we go...

while adults chatted, something caught megan's attention... her fav, or rather, the only cny goodies she can eat is kueh bulu, also my fav! :P

 

finally got a shot of joelle's mum with joelle and megan...

a loooong day for us, especially megan who missed most of her naps... but i dun think she mind, cuz it pays to miss her naps... :P

the chinese new year,

is coming soon... and the decors are in... and this year, we're only decorating the door... very the traditional red red color decors...

oh well, at least the 对联s look modern... :P

 

oh ya, we went for our last CNY shopping at jurong point, and got myself a replacement for my old converse shoe... guess what? yup, another new pair of converse shoe... i'm so into converse... and joelle got another pair of shoe too... the last time she bought shoes was like... last week...

and we got the ba-gua too... darn long queue...

it has been quite a while since we last went to jurong point... especially after its expansion... as we venture around, we got into this learn thru' play shop and bought some toys for megan... what attract us is the wooden vintage workmanship of the toys, and of course, its CNY promotion of buying over $80 to get 50% off...

this is a nice, many-in-one box, bundled with shape blocks, xylerphone, clock and motor skills... and its pooh bear theme! so you get to see little bees as the moving parts for the motor skills...

and hunny blocks too...

and megan adore the new toys we got for her...

and she is so excited that she toppled over with the box... and still playing...

this is the xylerphone part... when we saw this, we knew megan's going to like it... cuz she love making sounds with objects...

especially the one she is shaking... it makes the loudest sound...

i dun know the name of this instrument, but it sure is one loud one...

oh ya, in my last post, i mentioned megan waking in the middle of the nite eh? oh well, one of the comments i got is that it could be due to wonder weeks... in short, this is the time when megan is making a big step in her development! as far as i know, it could be learning to stand! she is trying to stand with support (i.e. the sofa, and now, her new toy) for the past few days and now, she can stand with support confidently and pretty stable too... i guess before long, she will be standing without support le... 

oh well, really glad she adore the new toy we got for her...

 

 

oooh, CNY eve coming soon... better start packet the red packets... :P

day 2 shopping...

day 2 of our cny expedition... was thinking of leaving megan at her nanny's place and we both go shopping... but couldn't bear to... so, megan seems pretty happy to go shopping again... :P

there is nothing better than to have another family outing together... joelle said, i got that super happy look when she told me this morning why not we bring megan with us instead of sending her to her nanny...

and today, we are going orchard road... 2 things megan knew how to do... one is to 拍拍手...

and the other is... 恭喜恭喜... in preparation of the coming cny... keke

i think its pretty soon when megan learns how to stand on her own...

oh no... tot you already had a very big tigger?

gosh, megan scratched her nose... her fingernails grow so the fast... we kanna scratched by her also...

taka got this very nice nursing room, we took the chance to rest our tired feet too... in fact, we stayed almost an hour in the room... :P

as for dinner, we are heading to... ah meng cafe again...

the always-must-order curry chicken... tonight one is a bit the salty... haiz...

surprisingly, the fried sotong is better this time...

and of course, my all time fav, ice lemon tea...

announcing our spoilts today... a dress for joelle and a shirt for me...

 

tomolo, another off day for us... this time, really got to send megan over to her nanny's cuz we'll be doing area cleaning... why doing over the weekend? cuz i bloody got to work on this coming bloody weekend due to the bloody concourse needing to bloody shutdown power...