To be honest, I have never quite liked Chinese New Year since young. Things have not changed much today. I just find it troublesome that we have to observe various customs and traditions. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not being disrespectful or anything. Hahaha and I absolutely dislike spring cleaning. But look what I found in the process of throwing away unwanted stuff from my room! Posted this pic on Instagram too! Follow me @missuschewy if you have not! 🙂

This year’s CNY was not as happening as last year. We did fewer house visits which also means that we collected fewer angbaos. *cries* We had a combined reunion dinner like last year on CNY eve. This time, we reserved a table at Park Royal on Kitchener Road’s Si Chuan Dou Hua. Full house that night!

With Granny Chewy!

Heh heh. Didn’t make use of my DSLR at all during CNY. All photos were taken with my iPhone, and hence the quality. Hmm..

Lost count of the number of times I lo hei-ed this year! I think we are all very gentle. 99.9% still remained on the plate. LOL.

The husband and I decided to treat everyone to Pen Cai this year since we only get to eat this once a year. Needless to say, the menu cost us slightly over $1000 after GST and service charge.

HEHEHE hope this pic didn’t give you a shock! Tried something different for my eye makeup. I don’t usually attempt this because it’s troublesome and slightly time consuming. Also made an effort to put on falsies. Let’s just say I’m usually very lazy 😛

Double chin is visible in this pic. Argh.

As usual, we went to my gugu’s house first. Played Blackjack for a couple of hours (I think) and we won quite a bit of money! More than 60 bucks in total if I’m the wrong. Not bad considering that our bets ranged from 50 cents to $2. LOL.

Wokay here’s the mandatory OOTD (outfit of the day) shot for us on CNY day one. Haha. Since everyone on Instagram is doing so!

At my maternal grandma’s place.

Sometimes I really wonder how did I end up with a guy who is a head taller than me. It’s so difficult to get a decent self-shot when both of us are standing!

One of my aunts sculpted this God of Fortune balloon! Very talented right!

Hehe I like this photo a lot so I posted it on Instagram as well 🙂

Baby Adelle is the second youngest baby in the family! OMG I’m really getting old. I have 7 nieces and nephews now. Everyone is popping babies. O_O I think baby Adelle is afraid that her aunt will mishandle her. LOL.

She seemed to regain her calmness after we gave her a baby biscuit.

Adelle and her sister Lavelle, who is almost 2 years old.

Another cutie in the family! My niece Marion, not my brother la. Haha.

My youngest cousins, Anthea and Aloysius. Oops didn’t take photo earlier and they changed into their pjs after showering.

That’s the end of CNY day one!

Our OOTD on CNY day two! My caption for this on Instagram, “Our styles are totally mismatched. I look like I’m dating a young boy!” Don’t you think so?

After going to misterchewy’s aunt’s place, we caught Ah Boys to Men II at I12 Katong! Didn’t expect myself to watch this. The night before, we watched part one via YouTube on our iPad and we really enjoyed it! The cast can act really well and the movie was full of humor.

We took our paternal grandpa to Dragon Phoenix Restaurant at Liang Court for a round of lo hei. iPhone lousy, focus on wrong subject ._.

This concludes our CNY celebrations this year! Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Check out our guide to Valentine’s Day 2013 if you have not. And don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/missuschewy 🙂