Overseas Chinese New Year

sacredspirits SG

how did people spend CNY overseas??

Fatum SG

1. study for mid-terms

2. study for mid-terms

3. study for mid-terms

4. call daddy mummy

5. sleep

laurence82 SG

awww...poor fatum

Meia Gisborn SG

And what do you call your mother?

Mr. Green

Believe it or not, I completely forgot about CNY until a non-Asian buddy reminded me about it. Apparently, he heard about the whole hong pau practice and wanted to shake me down for a few dollars...

Fatum SG

it's interesting how the Canadian born Chinese go about it ...

I think some of them (the sort who couldn't speak a word of mandarin or cantonese, can barely hold chopsticks) got a sort of an identity crisis ... and gone really ethnic ....

I counted 7 cheong sams (yes, in this kind of nutty weather) ... numerous embriodered tops, and a few champions who came to school in the kind of chinese robes straight out from a period drama ... Laughing

the cheong sams looked good on some of the chicks though ... Mr. Green Embarassed

(I did get a pot of authentic northern chinese dumplings from a bunch of shanghainese though ... Very Happy )

littlestream SG

Errrr..........excuse me, I wore a Mandarin top too. Embarassed

Reunion dinner - steamboat

Day 1 - stay home watch movie.

Day 2 - back at work

Day 3 - still back at work

Day 4 - SSDD

But my home is CNY decked up, snacks tray, mandarin oranges, nian gao, egg rolls, fung li su, almond cookies, bak kua, cashews and mini shrimp rolls and dried spicy cuttlefish.

Those items in colour? Finished liao. Embarassed

Fatum SG

what is fung li su ? ... pineapple tarts ? ...

I think I can guess who's responsible ... Laughing

I went ethnic on monday too .... wore a rough silk farmer's jacket from cambodia, but I guess people won't know the difference ...

littlestream SG

Laughing wah, silk ah? Steady lah, kayu. Where did you get that from?

Fung li su? Taiwanese version of pineapple mini "cake". Pastry but not tarts type. The pineapple jam is encased by the pastry. Hmm....delicious. I love this brand which is locally made. Very ex. C$12.99 a box of 15. There are cheaper version, product of Taiwan, like C$2.99 a box and another brand at say $C$3.99 thereabouts.

No lah. I have been sick. Dare not eat liao. Hubby was the culprit lah. Wink

Fatum SG

from Cambodia of course ... Mr. Green

does your son get excited about CNY ? ...

littlestream SG

* piak own forehead *

Sorry, I wasn't thinking. Embarassed

Son? Nope. Like you, he had his exams. But first semester is over for him liao. Wrote his last papers yesterday. Phew!

You got ang pow or not? Did your parents mail you any? My son only got two. One from me and the other from his dad. When my dad was still healthy, he always mail him one but boh liao. And my sisters? Two of them stopped that practice liao and I have no prob with that. The other one? Well, she's always late. And sometimes give me one cheque for like CNY/birthday/Christmas.

Me? I never fail to send my nephews/nieces, in-laws and parents. Yes, I am still very traditional. Wink

Fatum SG

parents will give me a big fat one, but put into the bank ... but have or not, doesn't really matter to me, they've given me so much liao ... as for the relatives, they'll hand the ang pows over to my younger bro and he'll take care of it for me ... Laughing

littlestream SG

*pats Fatum on the back*

You have been brought up well! So proud of you! Very Happy

Meia Gisborn SG

There are probably enough Asians in your college community for people to get away with 'dressing ethnic'.

And I'll bet you're hoping to see that cute lady from the takeout place in a cheongsam. Right? Right? Mr. Green

LazerLordz SG

Last CNY, we had fish head beehoon and cantonese breakfast.That was in Perth.The fish head beehoon is much better than anything ever tasted in SG.

Oh well. Laughing

Fatum SG

no, really ! ................ Neutral

but I do want to see Ayako in a cheongsam .... Mr. Green Embarassed

Fatum SG

home-made ? ... or SG resturant ? ...

my sis grad from UWA ... she told me that the battalions of Singaporeans there supports quite a few Singapore resturants .... Laughing

what's a cantonese breaky ? .... Confused

coffeeortea SG

run

wished my parents happy chinese new year

wished my brother happy birthday

slacked.

Gedanken SG

Nothing much - a Singaporean friend of mine arranged a dinner at a restaurant. She got her partner's family to come along (with her partner of course), her brother's in-laws (brother being away in India on business) plus my girlfriend, long-lost cousin and myself. The food was all right (12 courses), but we were more interested in drinking and chatting. After talking to my freind's partner's mother, I think that it might be interesting running a school summer camp business.

BTW, my girlfriend, who's of Scottish descent, wore a silk kebaya top. Yours truly, on the other hand, was in slacks and a long-sleeved shirt. Mr. Green

TehJarVu SG

i had my steak sandwich, and went about doing my work, as per normal Laughing

didn't celebrate at all.

last year at least i gathered one Chinese and one Singaporean friend to have guo tie at my place.

this year that Chinese guy has gone back and I got lazy, so didn't do anything.

TehJarVu SG

what is SSDD??? Rolling Eyes Laughing