The Last CNY Week

lunch at CRC Taiwanese Restaurant

dinner at Khuntai

Chap Goh Meh celebration

Finally the last week of CNY ended and it's time to get back to our usual routine. Emeryn started school on Mon as well. Mummy bought Emeryn a new purse as she lost her first one a week before the CNY holiday. Routine started with BM tuition on Mon evening and Art Class on Sat morning. Last Fri mummy spent her evening at home with Emeryn; instead of going out for dinner and drinks with her friends. Mummy bought 3 dvds for Emeryn and she started her movie marathon right after her dinner.

We started Sat morning with Art Class and proceeded for lunch at CRC Taiwanese Restaurant. We had our lunch date with Aunty Mei and Florence. Aunty Mei gave Emeryn a roll-out black board with chalks. After lunch, we spent sometimes doing some writing and coloring with the kids and a bit of chit-chatting before leaving home. At about 5.30pm, mummy's friends gathered at our place and mummy drove all of them to Khuntai Thai Restaurant @ Teluk Kumbar for her monthly gathering. It was our first time there and the food was superb. At the dinner gathering, mummy and her friends exchanged Valentine's Day gift and mummy requested for a pair of high heels. It wasn't really a good day as mummy's car was having some over-heating problem again. Sigh... Mummy's lil' myvi is aging, it is now coming to 8years this Sept. Luckily we managed to pull over the whole journey and it didn't give further problem. After our dinner, we went over to Aunty Esther's place for a short gathering before heading home.

We started our Sun very late where mummy woke up almost at noon hour. We had a quick brunch at home and lazed around the whole afternoon. Emeryn continued with her movie marathon until we went over to Por Por's place at about 6pm. As usual, we had our dinner there and we decided to visit the Chap Goh Meh State Celebration @ Esplanade. To avoid the traffic jam, mummy suggested going on motorbike. It has been almost 8years ago since mummy rode on her motorbike and she was extra careful that nite riding it. It was fun to have Ah Kong and Por Por to join us on the road with their motorbike too. At the event, we witnessed the Baba Nyonya Costume Contest and some multicultural dances. The highlight of the event was tossing mandarin oranges into a “blessing pool”, in line with the age-old belief that it would net a good life partner. Emeryn requested for the oranges to join in the fun. Mummy purchased 2 oranges at RM3,which the profit would goes to the charity. We both threw the oranges to the sea and it was our first time doing it. There are many other performances lined up for the nite including spectacular fireworks at 11pm. The event also served some free food to the guest since it was an open house. Being the food-holic, Emeryn requested for her portion. We queued for the food and Emeryn had it all before we left.

While She's in the Dreamland

 

 

Fun-filled CNY

 us clad in Yellow, welcoming PSY

CNY Day 2 Heritage Stroll 

 

 

  CNY Day 3

CNY Day 6: CNY Cultural Heritage Celebration

girls's sleepover

2nd day of CNY: We woke up early on the 2nd day and got ourselves ready for PSY performance at the CNY Open House @ Han Chiang School. It was Emeryn, the eager one who desperately wanted to watch the infamous Oppa Gangnam Style. We left home at about 10.15am and surprisingly the road was very smooth. There was lil' jam and slightly better than the peak hours. We parked at Jalan P Ramlee along the housing area and waited for Toki Ee Ee and mummy's aunty who came on motorbike. We then marched together to the Han Chiang school compound, all readied with our Yellow (Bersih) attires match with mummy's company umbrella in yellow too. We walked into the hustle bustle field with crowded crowd. Slowly we made our way nearer and nearer to the stage. We finally settled at the right side of the stage and stay put there until Psy appeared. We were all happily sun-bathing under the fierce sun while "enjoying" the not-so-fun speeches. The highlight of the event was Psy, Psy and Psy. It was a good experience to witness. The crowd dispersed right after the performance by Psy at about 12.30pm and we made our way to the car by foot. Emeryn fell down while walking and as expected she cried like mad. That's my "fragile" princess. We dropped by at the hawker stall and bought some food home to fill our empty stomach. After a short rest at home, we headed over to Por Por's house for our CNY steamboat. It was fun having everyone surrounding the two hot pots and "fighting" over food. Later we decided to go for a family heritage photo shooting at Georgetown Heritage site. It was the first time having a huge family members to join us for some crazy activities. We posed like mad but nevertheless we had fun laughing at each other. Our last destination was at the Chew Jetty but unfortunately we were unable to snap any nice photo since the skies are falling on us. We then headed to New Lane for dinner before going home.

3rd day of CNY: We started our day much later. At about noon, we got ourselves ready as mummy is meeting her primary school mate for a gathering at egate. Before the gathering we join the rest of the family members for lunch at Esplanade. We had the infamous mee goreng and coconut shake. Mummy left Emeryn with Por Por and she proceeded with her gathering. They went for a temple visit. At about 5.30pm, we gathered at Chew Jetty again to continue with what we failed to accomplish a day before. The weather wasn't very kind to us either. It was raining cats and dogs and we spent about an hour trying to shed from the rain. Before the skies getting darker, we went out to the rain and snapped some photo. We had so much fun again despite the rain. We then had our dinner at the hawker stand in front of Chew Jetty before heading home.

4th day of CNY: Mummy started work on the 4th day and Emeryn spent her day with Ah Ma at Pekaka. At about 5.45pm mummy picked Emeryn from Pekaka and we went home a quick shower before going out. We had our dinner at Chulia Street savoring the infamous wan than mee and curry mee before we headed over to our 3rd movie, Journey to the West.

5th day of CNY: Mummy sent Emeryn to Pekaka before going to office. During lunch, mummy went to Pekaka and picked Emeryn out for lunch. We went to Mc Donalds and then mummy dropped her at a relative's place before Ah Ma picked her again back to Pekaka. Mummy went home for a quick shower after work before she picked Emeryn from Beena Kor Kor's home. We went for the so-called famous Bahtera Santai ikan bakar near Queensbay. It was our first time there but it wasn't as delicious as recommended by most Penangites. After our dinner, we went to QBM for a walk and hang out at Station One later on. We left at about 11pm  and the rest proceeded on.

6th day of CNY: Art Class is still off last week and we went out for brunch with mummy's friend. After our brunch, Emeryn came home for a shower before tagging along with Toki Ee Ee and Uncle Lin Chun for their facial appointment. Emeryn wanted to meet Tutu, the doggie at the salon but unfortunately Tutu wasn't there. At about 5.30pm we went downtown for the CNY Cultural Heritage Celebration, organized by the Penang State Govenment along the Armenian Street. Before the heritage tour, we hopped over to Cozy in the Rocket for a drinks but we were ultimately disappointed with the service rendered. We left without ordering and proceeded with the festival. It showcased the rich culture of the various clans in George Town and other activities including lion dance, handicraft demonstrations, calligraphy and Chinese martial arts. Due to the traffic congestion, we parked about 15mins far away from the actual scene. It was an eye-opener for all of us to learn the Chinese Cultural and it has the truly Chinese feel. We ended our day with a late dinner together before heading home.

7th day of CNY: It was Sun, a day before we crawl back to reality and continue with our daily routines. We spent our lazy Sun at home until evening. We went out for dinner at about 7pm before Toki Ee Ee and Uncle Lin Chun left for Singapore. That night Florence stayed over night at our place as aunty Mei needs to stay late for the mid-nite prayers. It was the girl's first sleepover. They started playing as soon as they met from 9.30pm to 10.30pm. They even refused to sleep after having their milk. Mummy has to show them the cane before they finally listened. Both lil' cheeky had long conversation before we fall asleep.

Update from FB: When I woke up at 10am, lil' cheeky was at the living room doing her revision. That was a fantastic sight coz I did not ask for it. I'm loving her pro-activeness :)

 

Gong Xi Fatt Chai

 

reunion lunch

1st day of CNY

 

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 nite hang out

On the last day of school before CNY holiday, Emeryn is allowed to wear her cheongsam to school in conjunction of the festive season. We spent our Fri evening at home; welcoming the new year. After all the CNY preparation, the big day finally arrived. Mummy did not take any leave prior to that.

We woke up at about 9.30am and later welcomed Onn Zhai and his parents to our place. They drove from Ipoh and went over to our place for pit-stop and a quick shower before we headed over to Penang Plaza for our reunion lunch. We had the 8-course lunch at Hei Yeong Seng Chinese Restaurant. Mummy bought a bottle of red wine to go with the lunch. After lunch we snapped lots of photos outside of the restaurant. As usual, we're the family who loves to snap photo & photo. After the photo session, we drove to Than Siang Temple to pray for mummy's granny and grandpa.

Running out of plan, we headed over to 1st Avenue with the intention to go for karaoke. We called it off after knowing its pricey rate. We then opted for a movie entitled Hotel Deluxe. Before the movie, we walked over to Prangin Mall to filled our empty stomach. We went over to Por Por's house for dinner after the movie. It was a nice family outing and gathering. It is always fun and blissful to be surrounded by family members.

On Sun, the 1st day of Chinese Lunar New Year we went over to Por Por's house around noon time. After our lunch, we went over to mummy's granny's house for our CNY visit. Emeryn collected some ang pow there and mummy distributed hers. It was a real hot and humid day. We went home for a rest before heading out to 1st Avenue at about 6.30pm. All of us had our dinner at Sushi King before the movie. We went for I Love Hong Kong at 8.10pm. Our last destination of the day was Pacific Coffee at Gurney Paragon. We hang out over there for 1.5hour or so before calling it a nite. We intended to have a late nite supper but unfortunately the food court were closed.

Thaipusam Holiday

@ Winter Warmers

Last Mon was a replacement holiday for Thaipusam and mummy planned out a CNY shopping trip at QBM. Normally mummy would opt to wake up late when she don't need to go to work but this round she decided to wake up earlier and hit the mall by 12pm. As planned, we reached QBM at about 11.45am and it was surprisingly empty for a public holiday. We walked for about an hour before Emeryn started to ask for food. After ding dong here and there, we finally settled down at Winter Warmers. It was Emeryn's 1st time dining there and we ordered set lunch of chicken spaghetti bolognese which comes salad as the starter, a full selection of drinks, main course and dessert. Amazingly Emeryn loves almost everything there. After the meal, we walked for awhile before Emeryn start complaining. Obviously she don't inherit mummy's love to shop. She just ain't a shopaholic. She then called Ah Ma and asked her to pick her up from the mall. Her wish is everyone's command and Ah Ma picked her up from QBM. Mummy continued her shopping alone, peacefully and went home at about 5pm. Mummy got herself a piece of dress and a CNY hamper for Ah Ma. Mummy picked Emeryn from Pekaka later in the evening.

On Wed during lunch, mummy went to GSD Land show house to confirm on Theng Ee Ee's new home purchase. Congratulations to Theng Ee Ee for booking her 1st house. In the evening, Emeryn tagged along with mummy to her monthly gathering. This round was a bit different compare to the previous gathering as we had hawker's meal. We went there straight after school ended. We spent about 1.5hour before leaving. Mummy drove to Soju Room where she collected her un-finished Hennessy as the expiry date was that particular day. It was quite late when we reached home and Emeryn rushed to finish her homework and showered before calling it a night.

Mummy skipped her usual Fri evening outing and we both went to the pasar malam at Perak Lane. Getting a car park almost seems like impossible but after a few rounds, we managed to get one. We walked for awhile before checking out the food. Emeryn asked for nasi lemak and a coconut jelly whereas mummy asked for prawn noodle. After the quick bites, we continued our stroll along the street. It was such a chaotic scene with many people trying their luck on the last minutes CNY shopping. Mummy only gotten a pair of earring for herself and a hair accessories for Emeryn. Again, Emeryn complained of being tired and wanted to go over to Ah Ma's place. We headed home at about 8.30pm.

On Sat, Emeryn attended Art Class as usual and mummy went for her medical check up. Mummy then dropped Emeryn at Pekaka after her class and she headed to downtown for a shopping spree with her friends. It has been years since mummy went shopping with her girlfriends and it's without Emeryn. Mummy happily bought 2 pairs of heels for herself and later went to her facial appointment. Mummy picked Emeryn at about 9pm and we went home.

On Sun morning, Por Por and Ah Kong came over and brought Emeryn to QBM and to the wet market. They then sent her home around noon. We spent the afternoon at home, with mummy guiding Emeryn on her school work. Later we went to Por Por's place for dinner.