☆ open house 2012 ☆

yay!!! open house again!! its tiring..but great to see people gathering in my house.. =) its like family....awwww...hehe..wish i had more frens in penang who would come..usually we have open house on the 1st day of chinese new year..that explains why most of my chinese frens cant come rite?? =P

all set up! weee~!!

food oso ready..

dun worry..we catered..haha =P

after around 9pm..most of our guests already finish it..it was time for the highlight of the night...weeee~!!!!! =D

lion dance on STILTS!!

amazing!!! woooow!

a gift from the lion to my mum

i think it says, "everyday, a good day!"

next is fireworks!!! BOOM!

beautiful and romantic..hahaha..

but no 'love' there =P

after all the excitement..it was time to settle down and chit chat with my two dear friends...im so happy they made it.. =) thanks for coming!!! had a great time catching up! =)

ge ~ me ~ iz

what an amazing day with funny memories too..hahaha...

1) when we were watching the awesome fireworks..a bird flew into my house and didnt know how to get out for more than 12 hours..it was scared so it kept knocking the 'locked' glasses and shitting everywhere! is this LUCK?

2) during the open house, our neighbour's dog ran in and also shit in our garden!! gosh!! more LUCK!!

seems like 2012 is gonna be shitty LUCKY!! hahahahhahhahahha....

-thanks faithful listener-

❀ reunion dinner ❀

Xin Nian Kuai Le!!!! its the time of the year again to collect angpaus =) weee~!!! i just finish eating the reunion dinner with my family...im gonna share a few things with u guys about my chinese new year..

here's a few things that are "must-haves" for my house during Chinese New Year..

mei hua with hanging golden ornaments =)

its like a christmas tree too..but just that the gifts are hampers! hahaha

the red cloth at the entrance..

this arrangement of fruits

this is really important as all these fruits are signs of prosperity and wealth

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hmmm...other than the "must-haves" decorations...here are the "must-haves" dishes for reunion dinner...

yee sang!!!

this year we got it from sushi king..hahahha

yummy steamboat with abalone!!

YUMS!!!

*burppss*

this is really a great time to be together with my family..its the time where we can really have fun at the dining table..hahahha..normal days we usually dont cook..so this is the time wer everybody as a duty in preparing dinner =) FUN!

tossing the 'yee sang'

wishing the year to be full of:-

prosperity

wealth

good health

abundant blessings

great career advancement

success

romantic love! =)

TOSS TOSS TOSS!!!!!!!

-thanks faithful listener-

Christmas Market, Germany

one of the best thing when i was in germany was the christmas markets.. =) its really beautiful to experience christmas this way! everyone in the cities are enjoying it..its something like our 'bazaar ramadhan' but this is very nice and not so much food..but more of the handicrafts...im a handmade lover so i really could spend days checking them out!!! ahhhh!! and lots of money gone since all the things are too lovely to resist!!! =P

REGENSBURG

the stalls selling pretty christmas gifts!

carolling...beautiful voices!

a very famous candies and cookies shop

a sip of hot chocolate to warm myself up! slurrp!

these are all handmade!! ahhhh!

i want them all.....

this is a special christmas market

-thurn und taxis castle-

5 Euros per entry..but the things sold there are very unique!

handmade fire carving...i bought one!! weee~!

homemade chocolates...

christmas market in haidplatz, regensburg

MUNICH

see the christmas pyramid? that is famous here!!!

NURNBERG

 sipping the delicious warm chocolate..

its very milk-ish and chocolate-ish =)

BAD HOMBURG

see the reindeers?? love their lightings and christmas atmosphere!

all my warm chocolate mugs!!

memorable souvenirs!! awww~!!!

writing this post made me miss Germany soooo much...i will definitely go back to Germany again someday..this is one of the best christmas season i had!!! =)

stay tune to see what Rottenburg is all about..a great city... =)

-thanks faithful listener-