First day of Chinese New Year was a mad rush for us. Yee Sinn work up later then usual because we all stayed up later than usual the night before to usher in the Year of the Golden Tiger.

So on day 1, we quickly had a breakfast that consisted of left overs from our Reunion Dinner (which is actually pretty good food) before dressing up and getting ready for our visiting.

We started the day praying for blessing for the new year at a nearby Burmese temple, before heading for Grandma Chang's place. We met up with my brother's family before we proceed to our relatives place. It was the usual exchanging of ang pows, eating tibits and gossiping about others during our visits. We ended quite late cos we were at Grandma Lee's cousin's place till 9ish in the evening. Surprisingly, our little girl was still an energetic bunny till 10 plus!


Day 2 was much simplier. We only had to visit 2 relatives - one in Bishan and the other in Clementi before heading for lunch. Since we had some time, we decided to visit a grand aunt at an old folks home at Choa Chu Kang. The above picture is of Yee Sinn on the 2nd day of CNY, all dressed up and giving the camera her widest smile. (We told her to smile "big big" and this was her attempt to please us)

As most stalls and resturants were still closed, we managed to find a small cafe at West Coast that was opened for lunch. Food was so-so and service sucks. Guess it was due to the lack of staff during this festive season that explained for the slow service.

Here were were at the old folks home. Yee sinn was initially asleep and grand aunt kept asking us to go home cos we were all so tired. We waited awhile for our little girl to be awake and when she did, she brought lots of smile to grand aunt. Grand Aunt is now about 90 over years old... a little senile but she still could remember Hubby and Grandma Lee very well. She couldn't however, remember things that happened recently. We hope she'll continue to remain healthy and alert for a long time.

On day 3, we had some of Hubby's friend over at our place. He was happy to meet up with these long time friends of his while I was happy to play host to them. I loaded them with the usualy CNY snack (hoping to they'll all be finished by end of CNY) and drinks.

Later that evening, we headed to my friend Mindy's place near 6th Avenue to check out her new place and her pet dogs. Yee Sinn was initially hesitant about the dogs but it didn't take long before she warmed up to them. She enjoyed herself there and kept telling us about her "encounter" with "Auntie Mindy's Big Big Dog" throughout the night.

Again, we had to settle dinner outside with so-so food and lousy service. We were at holland village and had to wait so long for our food and bill to arrive. Yee Sinn was really tired and bored with all the waiting. Guess you can tell from the picture above.