Chinese New Year Eve & 1st Day of CNY

Can't believe that Chinese New Year is coming to an end soon... Still remember how mum and I were talking about the unhappening ambience of this year CNY few weeks before the arrival of this festival... CNY is mostly about reunion and gathering among family and friends... Although I prefer Christmas than CNY, CNY makes me feel warmth and love among my family members... To me, Christmas is about appreciation while CNY is all about warmth and reunion...

CNY Eve:

During CNY Eve, it is a custom for Chinese to have reunion dinner with the family... I had dinner and "lou sang" with my family too... From the left: my eldest uncle, my grandma and my granpa...

After dinner, we had our second round activity which was playing fireworks in my grandma's house... Children's favourite and adult's favourite, regardless of age... These are my siblings and cousins... Either maternal's side or paternal's side, I am the eldest on both sides...

A corner of my mum's decoration for CNY... My mum is good at decorating and cleaning house... I didn't inherited this talent from her...

HAMPERS~~~ Every year CNY, it is a must for my mum to receive numerous of hampers from the parents of the babies that my mum takes care of and of course from Mr. Egg...

1st DAY of CNY:

As usual on the first day of CNY, we will only go to our maternal and paternal grandparents' houses... Started from last year, I make it as a practice to take selfie with my family... I considered this a "failed" selfie/family picture... We tried to take family picture for twice but both pictures are not "well-taken" pictures... We wanted to try to take again but my dad lost his patience in taking photos = =

This year CNY, I hope to take more pictures among my family members... I think my dad seldom takes picture with his parents or siblings unlike my mum... My mum and her sisters... Her sisters love to take pictures... This picture was taken by my sister... My father & his father... Two lovely smiles and two look-alike faces...

These are my aunties... My grandmother (my mum's mother) gave birth to 6 children and these are the six... Started from the right is my eldest aunt and up to the sixth is my youngest aunt...

This year CNY is a little bit special because we went to an old folks home at... I forgot the name of the place... My father and two of his friends went to this place... We bought a few sacks of rice for them... This was my first time to visit an old folks home... This place is stuffy... The old people here looked blue... I saw an old granma who was wearing a pampers only at the bottom without any pants/shorts... I talked to her a little bit and she was happy when I approached her ^^

Lou sang with my mother's family..

This February is a happening month for me... It is not only because of CNY, Valentine's Day but February is also a month when my mother was born... 

Much to talk and to be continued... Maybe later or tomorrow? Depending on my mood and idleness ><