Sooooo... on to the real post.
CNY is almost over and i haven't came up with a new year resolution and a reflection of 2007! Damn.. once CNY is over i'll have to wait till the next new yr which is deepavali? haha..
Day 0.
Conned WQ into studying with me when i actually just wanted to see him. He came over to my house and then under the slight suggestion by my parents, volunteered to paint the staircase. while i painted the design on the stairs. But its not finished yet. from that day until now.. haha..
(This is not the stairs tt i'm painting. This is another wall i painted about 1 month back.)
(The finished product. I think my stairs is gona look as nice as this!)
Later after he went off, my family went to my da gu's house (which used to be my grandma's house) for home cooked family dinner. I really love her cooking. Reminds me of my grandma's cooking which is really delicious. And we always have duck and chicken. My two favorite edible birds.
Day 1.
The usual bai nian with my parents.
(Wrong way to hold oranges)
(The right way gets a thumbs up from dad)
Then we went off to my da gu's house again where we met up w my dad's siblings then went off to some old auntie's place we go ever year but i'm really not sure how she's related to me. (I think ever kid prolly has this problem where they dun really know how some ppl they visit every yr are related to them.) Later we went to my mum's eldest bro's house.
(my Cousin Joyce)
(My favorite brother)Then to my dad's eldest bro's house for a fantastic steamboat dinner. They always have endless supply of scallops and abalone!! and their dishes are always so fresh. it's usually the best meal of my CNY. then we watched ratatoui? i don't know how to spell it. That rat movie. haha.. cos its the rat year!
Day 2.
Went to my mum's auntie's house for lunch like we do every year. the food was cooked by her cousin. 
(Lohei!) And what i like best is that she always cooks CRABS!! and this yr her crabs were humongous!
(This t-shirt has a story: WQ n i went shopping one day. He saw this shirt and said "Charlene! theres a shirt tt says i love crabs! How cool is that. It doesn't say I love chicken or prawns. But I love crabs. Its perfect for you!" So i looked at it and i was like ya!! And i bought it. Then a few days later i took it out to look at it and i realised it does not say "I love crabs" it says... "I love carbs!" DARN.... -_-)
(The adults all busy pointing people into their positions while the kids are feeling all sian)
(Finally.. a nice shot)
Then we went to my mum's boss' house like we've always done since i was born. can u imagine tt!
Then in the night we met with my mum's siblings again for dinner at some resturant. (also another tradition)
Day 3.
WQ came over bright and early to bai nian. Then we went over to his house to bai nian. His relatives are really generous.
Later on, after lunch he sent me back. And then i went to my dad's youngest brother's house for dinner. My little cousin which is 19 yrs younger than me now has nicknames for me (Charlene Angel- which i like a lot. haha. And Charlene bus- which i like less. but he really likes buses. Which 2yr old boy doesn't?)
Day 4.
Church
Then my whole family went to novena. We cldn't find anything nice to eat cos there were so many shops tt were still closed. So we ended up eating pepper lunch. haha.. it was quite funny.
And then we went to the crematorium to pay respects to my maternal grandparents. And we ended up having really morbid conversations on how my parents wld like us to take care of their departure.
Then we went to my dad's boss' house which was really amazing. I don't know how to descibe to you. but it's just amazing. The way he constructed the house and designed it. Every single room is different. I absolutely loved the whole concept.
In the night, we went to cand's house for dinner. As usual, there were CRABS!! I love crabs. :)
I think this yr's CNY went extremely well. No fighting, lots of good food, lots of family time and lots of tradition.
(This is not the stairs tt i'm painting. This is another wall i painted about 1 month back.)
(Wrong way to hold oranges)
(The right way gets a thumbs up from dad)
(my Cousin Joyce)
(My favorite brother)
(Lohei!)
(This t-shirt has a story: WQ n i went shopping one day. He saw this shirt and said "Charlene! theres a shirt tt says i love crabs! How cool is that. It doesn't say I love chicken or prawns. But I love crabs. Its perfect for you!" So i looked at it and i was like ya!! And i bought it. Then a few days later i took it out to look at it and i realised it does not say "I love crabs" it says... "I love carbs!" DARN.... -_-)
(The adults all busy pointing people into their positions while the kids are feeling all sian)
(Finally.. a nice shot)
