I’d like to wish all my Chinese blog readers “koong hei fatt tai choy” and may the year of the Tiiiiiigerrrrrrrr bring you endless joy, prosperity, good health and may everything that you embark on be smooth sailing without any stumbling blocks.\u00a0 I am wishing myself and all my loved ones the same greetings too.<\/p>\n

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\nReunion dinner at our home last night – a table placed with lots of meat – ‘siew yoke’ (roasted crispy pork), steamed pomfret fish, steamed ‘yim kai’ (castrated chicken which cost over a hundred ringgit each!), suckling pig, ‘pei par ngap’ (roasted crispy duck), braised turnip and stir-fried veggie (not in pic).\u00a0 There was also a pot of lotus root (stuffed with mung beans) – pork ribs soup.\u00a0 I now loathe at the sight of meat *buuuuuuurppppp!*<\/p>\n

After dinner,\u00a0we wanted to bring the gals to Thean Hou Temple to\u00a0see\u00a0lanterns and\u00a0CNY decor.\u00a0 I had read\u00a0from the newspapers that the Temple spent around\u00a0about RM150k on the CNY decor this year.\u00a0\u00a0We made a U-turn when\u00a0we saw\u00a0a cars on a\u00a0bumper-to-bumper\u00a0crawl lining up\u00a0the\u00a0narrow road\u00a0leading up to the temple\u00a0situated\u00a0uphill.\u00a0 This is a common scene\u00a0every CNY as many devotees as well as non-devotees visit the temple to enjoy the scenery and CNY decor.<\/p>\n

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\nThe gals helping mah mah remove the plastic bags from the mandarin oranges. Baby thought they were balls (she recently went to Jungle Gym and played in a ball pit) and kept throwing them everywhere hahahahah!!<\/p>\n

Today, my mil cooked a big pot of ‘chai’ (vegetarian dish) and cooked 2 rounds of stir-fried vegetarian vermicelli. The Yap family’s CNY tradition is that everyone eats vegetarian on the first day of CNY.<\/p>\n

Where did you have your reunion dinner last night and what’s for lunch today?<\/p>\n

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