Mum, dad and me

Glad to be Home

I was looking forward to this year's Chinese New Year, reason being, I just ended my job with my Korean company and before starting my career in the new company, I get to have a longer break for Chinese New Year. Not too rush but just a nice long 1 week+ to spend back in my hometown.

Before starting the new job, a good long rest was good and I get to spend it with my family and friends. I learned in life to not expect too much and just to live life to the fullest and that is what I did exactly being back here for the 5th day now. But before sharing with you guys about my Chinese New Year visiting, I would like to share my homecoming and reunion dinner first.

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CNY preparations

When I got home, my dad and I decided to set up the Chinese New Year decorations. I was home 3 days early before the night of our family reunion dinner which was Chinese New Year eve. So my dad being the handyman he is, did all the wiring for the bulb lanterns and firecracker lights to be hung in front of our entrance. You know... just to get into the mood of things.

firecracker lights

two fat golden lanterns

dad hotwiring the connections

And before or the night of eve, although we are not superstitious about any Chinese traditional lore (because we're Christians), we just love having our gate front decorated and smell like firecrackers. It's just the way to get the Chinese New Year mood coming in. So my dad and I set up a 3000 firecrackers tied to a wooden pole just to 'paint the entrance red'.

Ready to light

The aftermath

Everything just looks happy and red, for the Chinese, they believe red is a 'lucky' colour for them. Hence, the traditional costumes, the Cheongsam and Sam Fu are normally red. The red packets are well.....red. Lanterns are red and people who believes in luck would start hanging other red decorations all around the house.

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Reunion Dinner

Every year, we would spend reunion dinner at my aunt's place with loads and loads of food. The whole part of feeling the prosperity is to have the sense of too much of food to finish. So it was always an enjoyable moment when it comes to having a big feast during reunion dinner.

However, this year both parties, my aunt's family and my family said that they wanted to 'take it easy' so we'll just have a steamboat reunion dinner so we all didn't need to prep anything much beforehand. We kinda couldn't finish the food....as usual... so we left it for the next day.

Steamboat

Cooking the meat and stuff

My mum and I

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Countdown to CNY

Before we left home, my dad and I brought 2 packets of long firecrackers to be lid at my aunt's house. He had another 2 stored in his storeroom and they were both 2000 and 3000 firecrackers. We kinda think that it wasn't long enough so we had them tied together to get light them at 5000 each. Ohhh... it was a blast. :)

Before I go, I just want to wish anyone of you that's celebrating Chinese New Year a Happy Chinese New Year once again and I hope that this year would be a great one for you guys! Here's to 2019!

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