Showing posts with label 1 year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 year. Show all posts

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Birthday celebrations - Part 2.

It's a super packed weekend for me with my birthday celebrations with friends, my own family, and my in-laws.
My bunch of crazy gals whom I know since Secondary school decided to have a birthday celebration today. We are a group of 5 - Siew Wei and I are born 4 days apart in Feb, while Angeline and I are born 4 days apart with her birthday in March. As for Carol and Huiwen, they are both December babies.
Busy as we all are with our own commitments, we always try to set time aside for one another on birthdays, Christmases, New years and special occasions.
 
I was initially rather worried about not being able to meet my gal friends for our birthdays' celebration due to a hectic work schedule and family engagements.
Thankfully, Hubby did a bit of re-scheduling with his parents and I got off work at 4pm (on a Saturday!) so I quickly rushed home to bathe, change and get the kids ready for our party.
 
Huiwen's boy Liam, She is not pictured at all tonight :( because she was the first to arrive and by the time Angeline came, she was carrying her baby boy Keith to sleep.

Crazy Carol who kept claiming Adam as her boyfriend and asked Andy if we mind having her as our daughter-in-law.






My 38 sisters and I.




 
 
 
Some crazy facts about us:
- We used to call ourselves (Huiwen, Carol, Siew Wei and I) Funkiest Four (in the beginning Angeline, on the right, was in another class and we only got to know one another later).
I was the one who came up with that name! So cheesy now but so cool then Haha.
 
- We used to get into all sorts of trouble together, with the school authorities and with the Ah Lians those days. We still joke about our epic Giordano wind-breaker in bright yellow and white, and had to wear black bra underneath on purpose. OMG!
 
- And those Ferragamo and Fendi headbands, Ferragamo 4-plates belt, orange sharp plastic comb, JPG and Valentino long wallet.... HAHAHAH who else remembers those?!
I wonder where we got the money to afford designer goods last time!
 
- Carol got in trouble when she went to Canto and borrowed Angeline's IC (because Angeline's birthday in March while hers in Dec so she was technically still underage) but she got in trouble with the bouncer because she couldn't remember Angeline's address! She only memorised her IC number.
 
- We always had sleepovers (mostly at my place) and my Aunt used to help us cheat Home Econs sewing.
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And so many other memories which we still remember so WELL! But ask me what I ate for lunch yesterday and I cannot remember ... Hehee..
18 years of friendship and still counting.
From singles to dating to getting married and having kids of our own (except for Carol cos she is the wildest one always don't wanna settle down), we still make it a point to keep in touch and keep our friendship flame burning.
 
This pic was taken just recently during CNY when we had steamboat and MJ session.
We so Aunty and 38 but we love it :)
 
 

Sunday, February 9, 2014

River Angpao 02-02-2014


My in-laws wanted to bring the kids to River Angpao to soak in the tradition and festive mood of CNY.
We braved the jams and crowds even though we would rather break a limb than to even go near a sale on normal days.











Stopped at Uncle Ringo for a damn long time queuing for the rides. All because Adam wanted to play. Glad it made him happy :)








HUAT AH!


Tired kids at the end of the night.
Good night!

Friday, January 31, 2014

Horsing around in the Year of Horse 2014

Hi all, how did the first day of your CNY go? For us, it's an annual mad rush to go from house to house to visit as many relatives as possible. The kids can only take cat naps in the car, the adults are busy giving out Angpaos, and we are out of the house for easily 12 hours.
 At least the kids have a lot of fun collecting Angpaos and snacking on pastries and new year goodies.
REUNION DINNER with my parents and family:














HAPPY & PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW YEAR 2014!
: Wishing you success and may you achieve your goals.


CNY 初一

: Happy new year!

Cheongsam from To-a-tee at The Cathay.
Clutch: Hermes Dogon.
Earrings: Chanel.
Watch: Rolex ladies oyster perpetual datejust.

: May all your hopes be fulfilled and best wishes.

: May all your wishes come true.

Cheongsam from Guangzhou during my recent trip there. I am so in love with the hand-sewn Phoenix sequins that I bought another piece in black!
Bag: Hermes Birkin.
Earrings: Chanel.
Watch: Cartier.


 History of Lunar New Year:
The centuries-old legend on the origins of the New Year celebration varies from teller to teller, but they all include a story of a terrible mythical monster who preyed on villagers.
The lion-like monster’s name was Nian (年) which is also the Chinese word for “year."
The stories also all include a wise old man who counsels the villagers to ward off the evil Nian by making loud noises with drums and firecrackers and hanging red paper cutouts and scrolls on their doors because for some reason, the Nian is scared of the color red.
The villagers took the old man’s advice and the Nian was conquered. On the anniversary of the date, the Chinese recognize the “passing of the Nian” known in Chinese as guo nian (过年), which is also synonymous with celebrating the new year.

 Since then, it is tradition to wear red and hang red ornaments and decorations for CNY! :)