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2.12.2008

9:59 PM

Happy Chinese New Year One and All!

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I know I’m a little late, but this New Year has been pretty slow for me, I basically finished all my visiting in one day, which was Sunday, the Forth Day of the Lunar New Year. This also meant that I spent the first three days moping at home feeling sluggish and sad for myself. Yes, that would describe a typical day of my life now. Though I wouldn’t say that despite all this I would actually consider find something more productive to do.

We were all rushing out so we didn't have any time to snap a few pictures in the house, but we managed to take some in the care on our way to my Grandma's place. She recently moved so it was nearer then usual this time.

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You can't really see it now, but I was wearing a dress as well.
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Anyway, as a result of wanting to complete all our visitations in one day we had to leave early. Hearing so, I wasn’t too pleased, as it meant that I had to drag my lazy butt out of bed. Sob.We left the house at about 10.30am to go to my Grandma’s house first, turns out they weren’t the type that got up early as well, and the worst part of it is that I don’t think my Grandma remembers me that well. I suppose it’s because I never really got the chance to know her, in addition there’s the communication barrier as well. Sigh.
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After we left we headed to my Bro’s place to pick him and Ash up to go to my Third Uncle’s place to have our family pot luck.
There were tons of foods laid on the table, kids running around when we arrived.
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We started our meal with the Yusheng (Lou Hei as we cantonese call it.), the table was maxed out as you can see, some of us had to take turns in order to get a go at tossing it.
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I decided to gate crash my Sister's friends party, since I had nothing to do and none of my friends invited me to their homes. Sigh. It didn't take me long to get acquinted with most of them, since I have already met some, and the others I've seen from photo's my Sis takes. I felt right in place after awhile.
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We started with the Lou Hei right after we stepped in, everything was arranged nicely. My Sis was pumped up for another round of Lou Hei, knowing how much she loves it. Odd, but true.
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After finishing that we sat around the table to play Blackjack, I wasn't too keen on playing at first as I never was the kind to win at gambling, so I sat beside my Sis and told everyone I was 'testing waters' first. However, a few rounds later I was persuaded to play with them. I ended up winning quite a few rounds. =) So I left with a couple bucks more then I came with.
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We had to leave early as my Sis friends had some visiting to do. Next on our itinerary was to head to Elsie's place (another if my Sis's friends, but this time I was invited!), but we were still early so a few of us headed to town as her friends had some errends to run. Lucky for us, her friend, Benjamin recently bought a BRAND NEW CAR. So we had no trouble travelling around.
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Since we were at Paragon, we decided to have dinner there as well. After walking around we decided on Spageddies, this Western Restaurant at the basement of Paragon. It was my first time there, but the rest of them had been there a few times before.
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We managed to snag a few shots while waiting for our orders to arrive.
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My Sister's friends, Huiyi and Benjamin.
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The Calamari. The batter was nice, it was served with a Tomato Dip instead of the usual Tar Tar sauce or Mayo. I enjoyed it.
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Our salad dish, with Ham and Croutons, covered in a Vinaigrette dressing.
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A cream pasta. There were chopped up pieces of ham in the sauce which really complimented the dish.
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Finally our pizza, I love pizza. It always satisfies me. Hehe.
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After finishing our dinner we then went to our last stop for the day, Elsie's house. When we arrived the table was set for a fondue dessert. There was a cheesecake there as well. I have to say I was pretty filled up by then.
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There were marshmallows, nuts, pretzels, butter cookies, waffles laid out ready to be dipped into molten chocolate. YUMMY!
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This is an atas (high class) serving plate, it allows you to attach your drink onto it, so you would have one free hand. I thought it was pretty sweet. Apparently its designed by this Felix Stark dude. Apparently at her house they don't serve H20, its either Alcohol or coke.
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When there is alcohol, there is my SIS! She finished an entire bottle of white wine, while i had my Bailey's Irish Cream, along with a assortment of other alcoholic drinks.
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Her friend had bought a bunch of cookies for us to try, they were all uniquely flavoured and OH SO GOOD!!
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These were filled with Cherries, White Chocolate and Macadamia Nuts. It was really crumbly, and it melts in your mouth.
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Second in line was a fruity blend. A Lychee flavoured cookie. MMMMmmmm.
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Next up, its like a juice, but in a cookie, inside were Cranberries and Orange Chocolate. Sweet.
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Be surprised by this one, LAKSA cookies, DEFINATELY one of the tops in my list of cookies. Its just like drinking laska gravy, I could taste the coconut milk and all. It was GREAT!
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But but but but but..... My ABSOLUTE favourite is..... The Hae Bee Hiam Cookie, its the spicy dried shrimp. This was a HIT for me hands down. It was really spicy. I had 2 of these there, and 4 to go! They are SO GOOD!
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One group shot before we left.
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What a day it was. I had so much fun with my Sis and her friends. This was definately a highlight of this Chinese New Year.
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