Gong Xi Fa Cai

my place made-up for CNY..

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The very first time we bought a kumquat tree..

And I did the flower arrangement..
The smell of lilies - damn nice..

Red embroidered wall hanging as a backdrop for the family altar..

Who can miss the goodies?

My place now with a very citrusy feel..

With the altar servers and the Archbishop at his house after CNY Mass in the morning..

Headed to my aunt's place in the afternoon..

Mummy on the left..

There, you cannot miss the kueh tarts in milk powder tins..

My cousin's maternal grandma makes them according to

my dad's late nanny's recipe.. Kristang style..
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And you cannot miss my aunt's peppery pig stomach soup

with mushrooms and abalone.. A must on the first day of each CNY..
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Charmaine, dad, aunt, mummy, myself and Jerome..

“三月这个咖啡店要拆了”,

was what the wanton mee auntie told me of my favourite kopitiam today..

Our old school kopitiams are giving way to S11s, Kopitiams and Food Republics..

Give us back our kopitiams of old.. We are trading our heritage for sanitised copies!

Goodbye 新永南, your memory lives on in my heart..

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

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Watched the fireworks from the dancefloor at Laroy.. Damn nice..

Norway, Oslo..
29.12.08 - 31.12.08