Twitter Layouts The other day while I was at the Mall, I saw the “God of Prosperity” ie a chap dressed up like the above. You can see quite a lot of them at malls during this season. Some of them will be giving out mandarin oranges, or angpows (usually with vouchers in them) to […]
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Month: January 2011
Ushering in the Year of the Rabbit with ...
“Mummy, how many days till Chinese New Year?” the small one asked. “About a week” I replied and he went “Yeah!” while he glanced longingly at the Chinese New Year cookies and goodies laid out temptingly on the table. The kids have been banned from touching the cookies until the eve of Chinese New Year. […]
I shop once a year
I shop just once a year during Chinese New Year and then we wear the clothing throughout the whole year. It helps me to save money and at the same time it creates excitement and a festive feeling for the kids. Since I shop just once a year, I can also have the excuse of picking […]
In the name of beauty
These days you have “digital” everything. Digital clock, digital cameras and even a digital perm. So this year I went and got myself a digital perm. Ahem. What a painful experience it was, sitting in the hair salon for 4 hours having loads of solutions sprayed, applied and massaged into the hair. Oh the great […]
Routine and Tradition
Now that my kids are old enough to have gone through our very own routine and tradition for Chinese New Year, they are really looking forward to it. When we were younger, we used to have our own family routines for Chinese New Year. Hubby had his routine and I had mine. Now that we […]
