Gong Hei

Gong Xi Fatt Chai, Sien Nien Kui Leh, Happy Chinese New Year everyone.

A little late in my update but been busy - visiting family, relatives and friends - wishing, greeting, celebrating, feasting moving from house to house, etc.

Its been an interesting time, let me summarize some highlights otherwise this could end up being a long post:

• Weather was REALLY Chinese New Year style - HOT AND HUMID, phew by late afternoon we are usually 'wilting' away. Could only stay longer where places were air-conditioned (so spoilt ya!).
  
  
• DH was away for a week and while we were having a heat wave, he was surround in SNOW....let's see, he had lunch at London and dinner at Boston. First day he was at Boston, he said it was snowing and since don't see snow that often, was very excited and happy. Too bad they didn't get into any snow fights, build snow mans or snow angels!!! But he had fun tasting fresh falling snow though, Lolz.
  
  
• I ended up with an eye infection, sigh...need to put medication hourly for 2 days! Think the late nights prior to the eve triggered it.
  
  
• On 4th day of CNY, MIL fell and hit her head. Rather scary time for us (got big pool of blood on the floor) but she is ok. Got 4 stitches in total. The wait in the emergency area of the hospital was a killer - we finally left after 3+ hours. She is fine and recovering well. Definitely one tough lady. I was watching (not too near) the Doctor inject the anesthetic like 4-5 times near the wound and was feeling faint as the Doctor stitched her up. Ask her painful or not, she said "Not at all!!!".
  
  
• Had overload of 'chai choy' (vegetarian dish which is usually served on the 1st day of CNY) - at my great grandmother's place, at my grandmother's place, MIL's house and parent's place!! Not that I mind as this dish is pretty tasty eaten with plain rice as the red fermented bean curd (nam yee) is pretty salty. Interesting to taste the different cooking style of chai choy in each household. Needless to say, I prefer mum's best :)
  
  
• Of course Master Prince enjoyed himself the most - get red packets or any pows, eat lots of cookies, fried snacks and treats, get to sleep late, play fire crackers, no school/homework, play with cousins, drink fizzy drinks, etc.
  
  

Hope everyone is enjoying their 2010 Chinese New Year celebrations which ends this weekend. Oh, did I mention that I've also been busy at work, its been one thing after another!!