Snippets of CNY 2015

As always on the first day of CNY we go visiting,,,but this year we only go to 5th Aunt's house

red cheongsam matches red car!

chuin kar fook picture with 5th Aunt

 chiu kar fook picture at the old house

our customary longan breakfast drink

my cny cookies and my hamper for Aunt Betty

my cny decor

and my goat figurines from Petaling Street that is at least two cycles old

How many cycles of goat year do I have left? Oh dear!!!!!

visiting 5th Aunt

Me and Jamie, who has decorated the house tastefully

Me and the Aunties!!!!

this poor old dog has lost its companion,and looks lost and forlorn

it just stares,,,,and stares and stares

and observes

and is missing its old friend , very very much....

as usual we go to the temple

sue loves to take pics with this stone lion

Every year I grow older

But the lion, it remains ageless etched in stone forever!

Reunion Dinner 2015

This is my reunion steamboat...

we had 2 tables so everything is duplicated...

and this year I am hosting so I bought and prepared everything 

with the help of husband and maid.

Nice or not?

Quite impressive, I should say, 

and there was plenty of leftovers.

 She is making meatballs, in the tradition of her grandfather who always had this yummy meatballs for the steamboat, yummy because it was all meat!

she is rolling the meat, and making it into nice round balls...

(actually she is only posing, when it came to the nitty gritty, Emel did all the work !!! She needed these pics for her Moral Project at school)

 The completed meatballs, ready for deep frying

Deep frying made the meatballs crispy and tastes heavenly when popped onto steamboat soup!

 wah,,,,,my family....as long as we are in Kuala Lumpur we will have this reunion together to share the steamboat...my kids grew up with this, and New Year eve is not the same without this ritual.

 the kids' table, although the "Kids" are not kids anymore!

 Me, at the aunties and uncles table!

 soup stock that took a day to boil

 my antiquated kitchen in my old house 

 bihun and fuchok

 waiting for the soup to boil

 my youngest

 with all her cousins and sibling, they have sat here since time immemorial...and will sit here together for years to come....okay....?

 now I want to show you what I bought for the steamboat..

 

 marbled pork (korean bbq style) from Puteri Mart

 prawns from Taman Miday market

 oyster mushrooms and golden needle mushrooms

 meatballs earlier made by Emel and daughter

 assorted stuffed fishcake and fuchok

 assorted stuffed fish cake

 chicken breast sliced

 squids

 different fish balls and fish udon

and lots of greens

 so yummy, best eaten with family and relatives, a reunion of whoever is in Kuala Lumpur, and by the way, everyone made it!

bubbling and boiling hot! the meat is ready to be served! Everyone takes a dip for the goodies....and we wish everyone goodies for the coming year of the GOAT!!!

Delightful afternoon tea

On 16 February we had company over for the most delightful afternoon tea.

 It was a bit impromptu so I hopped over to Donutes

 to get all my pastries and buns and cakes

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 Reen likes my serviette and asked Jenn to take a photo of it but it was blur....coffee motif....

 Here we are....Chen, Tan, me, Tun, Reen and Tay, Jen will join us when she has finished taking the mandatory photos...so she is not in any of the photos.

 S Chen says she has not seen or drunk Kickapoo for a long time!!

and ya, we only buy Kickapoo Joy Juice for CNY!

 I love this pose, don't you think? we look resplendent and well posed hahahah! with the two guests of honour in the centre to boot.

 hehe, makan time started, we had nyonya kueh from Malacca brought by my sis, lemang from Emel's party, chicken curry from my sau gong party, sandwich, nutty bun, macarons, and chocolate, cheese cake from Donutes.

 then, we had to go to the garden to admire DIY man's handiwork, 

 first, we were in awe of his gold re painted garden table and chairs

a combo before and after pic of the painted and non painted chairs...what a difference it makes, don't you think?

 S Chen says, that the masterpiece to her, is the pond with the koi fishes

 Reen was wondering where we planted our chili padi so we took her to our back lane!!

 wow!!! the back lane has rows of potted herbs like lemongrass, pandan leaves, mint, vegetables like tomatoes, lime and chili padi of course.

 Tun found some huge limes behind and ask me to take a shot.

 wah.....so loving! the newly weds (actually, they just celebrated first anniversary!)

 It's a whopper!

 So weird, the children and other residents (er, me lor) do not appreciate what DIY man has planted but  Reen does. she is so happy with limau kasturi and limau nipis. 

 then she went to the front to pluck some more limes, and Coco is looking for attention.

 now it is time to admire the orchids

 miraculously, they started blooming all at the same time and he has arranged them all together for an effective look!

 Reen poses with some of the gigantic blooms

so beautiful!!!! and so many varieties!!! Normally, I don't notice, but since they bloomed all at once, I also started to admire them!! hehe!
So, our afternoon  was lovely! Thanks to S Chen, Tan, Reen and Tun for making time from their busy schedule to come over for a spot of tea!