The much awaited day came and passed. Though CNY is celebrated for 15 days, I somehow felt it ended on Nien Chor Yee (2nd day of CNY)
The big fuss for CNY started weeks before, the many stages of spring cleaning, the many days and nights of making cookies, the half day spent learning how to make bee hive.. and the last minute decorations with angpow packets.
Came New Year Eve, it was a Saturday, and I attended an interview just before the trip back to Bentong. Hope it'll work out soon.
Anyways, the usual 1-hour trip back to Bentong was stretched out to a 2-hr plus journey, traffic was crawling on the Karak Highway, so we decided to use the old highway, it was much more scenic, and windy. It reminded me of the drive down West Coast of South Island - It was a torturing few hours drivem and to make things worst, the rented car cannot tune in the radio frequencies. *Gulp*
We reached grandma's house at 3pm, and went ahead with prayers for ancestors and a late lunch or more like an early dinner at 5pm. This wasn't really the reunion dinner, as this year, we planned out a steamboat and BBQ combo. There were heaps of food for everyone, for the old and the young! And thanks to the extremely warm weather, we needed lotsa Coca-Cola too !
Here's some pics of the night.
The big fuss for CNY started weeks before, the many stages of spring cleaning, the many days and nights of making cookies, the half day spent learning how to make bee hive.. and the last minute decorations with angpow packets.
Came New Year Eve, it was a Saturday, and I attended an interview just before the trip back to Bentong. Hope it'll work out soon.
Anyways, the usual 1-hour trip back to Bentong was stretched out to a 2-hr plus journey, traffic was crawling on the Karak Highway, so we decided to use the old highway, it was much more scenic, and windy. It reminded me of the drive down West Coast of South Island - It was a torturing few hours drivem and to make things worst, the rented car cannot tune in the radio frequencies. *Gulp*
We reached grandma's house at 3pm, and went ahead with prayers for ancestors and a late lunch or more like an early dinner at 5pm. This wasn't really the reunion dinner, as this year, we planned out a steamboat and BBQ combo. There were heaps of food for everyone, for the old and the young! And thanks to the extremely warm weather, we needed lotsa Coca-Cola too !
Here's some pics of the night.
The skillful one at work
The must have hotdogs
Assorted balls... :P
It's sizzling!
Lamb chops , medium rare pls...
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