FollowIt’s a ritual of the Yaps to go vegetarian on the first day of the Lunar New Year. And there will always be a Lion Dance ceremony in the earning morning on the first day of CNY at the Yaps’ family house. Our girls are not fans of ‘jai’ but whether they like it or…
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Mid Autumn Festival (Monday, 24 Sept 2018)
As in previous years, it is a school-declared holiday for Cass today as she’s from a Chinese school. It’s a normal school day for Drama Queen and Alycia. The mil whipped up a few simple dishes for dinner. We had sauteed petai (stinky beans) with shrimps, Three Cups Chicken (a Taiwanese dish), Huai San and…
Eve Of Hari Raya And First Day Of Hari Raya 2017
On the eve of Hari Raya, we had lemang sold by an Indon lady by the roadside. Lemang is a traditional food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. It is commonly found in…
Our Chap Goh Meh aka Chinese Valentine’s Day
On the 15th day of Chinese New Year or Chap Goh Mei, the Yaps had their customary dinner at a Chinese restaurant. This year was at Super Tanker. By the time we got home, it was already 11ish pm. The moment we entered our house, we heard explosive bangsnaps of fireworks. We ran excitedly to…
Mid Autumn Festival 2016
The weather for this year’s Mid Autumn Festival was just perfect, unlike previous years which were wet. We saw the big round moon shining majestically against the backdrop of the the night sky, illuminating it. We had dinner at our usual Chinese restaurant with the girls’ grand aunt and grand uncle. Since I didn’t…
Chinese New Year Day 2 and 4
Eve And First Day of Year Of Monkey 2016
Eve of CNY dinner was at the girls’ grand uncle’s house as usual. After a ‘big meat big fish’ dinner (in Cantonese, it literally means a lavish dinner consisting of mainly meat and fish), which is customary of the Chinese, we had the usual ang pow giving and photography session. Below – Cass receiving an…
Boxing Day – 26 December 2015
We had visitors at our place on Boxing Day! My parents, brother, SIL and niece from Singapore came for a short 3-day 2-night stay. Our girls were so happy to see them again. My dad got loads of hugs from Cass and Raelyn. One calls him ‘koong koong’ and the other calls him ‘yeh yeh’.…
Winter Solstice and Early X’mas Celebration In Ipoh – 21 & 22 December 2015
We went shopping for X’mas pressies on 21 December 2015 in Ipoh. Also got our girls their extra pairs of school shoes. Now, I’m going to have a problem lugging the bulky shoes back to KL tomorrow as we are taking the ETS (electric train service) without the hubs around to help me. I’m going to…
Qing Ming 2014
It was Cass’ maiden participation in Qing Ming this year. Her sisters had partaken twice in the past. She was very curious to visit the graveyard and pestered me to bring her to the graveyard. Actually I did not intend to bring her along this year but with her persistence, I caved in. So on…
Chinese New Year Shopping… Again
This morning, after sending my car for a wash, hubs and I went to do our CNY shopping at a nearby mini mart. I love shopping at this mini mart as it carries a wide variety of fresh produce, organic food stuff and Japanese food stuff. Prices are reasonable and the fresh produce as well…
First Day Of Our Year Of Sssssssssnake
We had our reunion dinner at the hubs’ uncle’s house yesterday. Everyone was hissing with laughter, tossing yee sang and feasting on lots of rich CNY dishes from chicken (organic chicken) to pomfret fish, loads of pork dishes, braised mushrooms with sea cucumber, duck, gigantic prawns, several veggie dishes, soup and an array of CNY…
Winter Solstice Dinner At Nihon Kai Japanese Restaurant @ Old Klang Road
Last Winter Solstice festival, we had dinner at Han Room @ The Gardens. That cost the hubs a bomb. This year, I suggested Nihon Kai Japanese Restaurant as it would cost lesser to dine at a Japanese restaurant on a Chinese festival. I’m glad we chose Nihon Kai, our favorite family Japanese restaurant as…
Selamat Hari Raya and Happy Holidays!
I look forward not only to Chinese New Year and Christmas every year, but also to Hari Raya because of the long holiday that we get to enjoy. Just love the festive and holiday atmosphere in the air everywhere. It is also during these occasions that I get to take a long rest and break…
Our 1st Day Of The Year Of The Rabbit
We greeted the year of the Rabbit by watching several spectacular fireworks displays let out from the KLCC area and Le Meridien Hotel area from the 5th floor of our condo unit at 12 midnight. Baby who was asleep was jolted up from her sleep by the continuous thunderous noise from the fireworks and crying.…