Happy Horsey Chinese New Year

 

CNY Eve

reunion lunch on 1st day of CNY

2nd day of CNY @ Chew Jetty 

  3rd day of CNY @ Ipoh

Wed was the last day of school in view of the CNY celebration. Mummy had to work half day on Thurs and sent Emeryn to Pekaka before going to work. Mummy's office closed at 12.30pm and she headed to Sunshine Square to get a quilt set. Mummy also bought a new shirt for Ah Kong and a bottle of red wine for Ah Ma. After her shopping, she picked Emeryn from Pekaka. We went home for a rest before changing into our cheongsam for the reunion dinner at Por Por's house. We had steamboat for our reunion dinner along with Carmen Ee Ee and her family. After the dinner we stopped by at mummy's granny place for a short gathering with her fellow cousins. We were too full for another round of food but just had the "lou sang" session before leaving for our movie date. We headed to 1st Avenue and watch The Journey. It was a very meaningful movie, which shoot locally. We went home straight after the movie.

We started our 1st day of CNY slightly late. We had another round of reunion meal, but it was reunion lunch instead at Penang Golf Club. Our reservation was at 1pm but Carmen Ee Ee and her family showed up late, at about 2pm. We waited with empty stomach. We started off with another round of "lou sang" session before we were served the main course. It was an eight course meal and in the middle of the meal, we were entertained by the lion dance. After lunch, we headed to mummy's granny place for our CNY visit. Later we gathered at Por Por's place along with Sherine Ee Ee and the rest. We planned for another round of movie. Therefore mummy and Sherine Ee Ee went to 1st Avenue to check out the movie ticket. They both rode motorbike to avoid the traffic jam and Emeryn tagged along. Unfortunately the movie tickets were running out and we were unable to get one for the same evening. Instead we bought a movie ticket for the next day screening. Out of nothing to do, Sherine Ee Ee suggested that we go for a drink. We went to Five27, a relatively new hang out spot. It offers superb ambiance for dining and drinking. The place was very relaxing and we had a game of pool before leaving.

On the 2nd day of CNY we went to Than Siang temple to offer prayers from mummy's grandparents. We then headed for a movie at 1st Avenue, entitled Hello Babies. Emeryn absolutely enjoyed the show. After the show we had a meal at New World Park before going over to Chew Jetty for a family photo shoot. It was our second year doing CNY family photo shoot. We revisit last year CNY shoot and snapped exactly the same photo again for comparison. We had many fun moment together snapping the photo as a family. We adjourned at about 7.30pm and went home.

Whilst on the 3rd day of CNY we drove to Ipoh to pay mummy's uncle a visit and had another gathering with mummy's relatives. Mummy's aunty and her family from KL also meet us at Ipoh for a CNY gathering. This year we had a full participation for all the family members. To make things more remarkable, we went back to the same spot and shoot the same photo which mummy had during her childhood years. Initially we planned to go for a coffee but it was fully booked. So we settled down for hawker meals instead. We had dinner at mummy's aunty house before driving home. It was a tiring day trip but it was surely a memorable celebration for us. We reached Penang at about 10.15pm and called it a night after sending Por Por and Ah Kong home.