chinese new year - roaring tiger

wellll wellll wellll...chinese new year has come and chap goh mei (the 15th day of cny and also the last day) is just round the corner. before this, everyone was busy doing house cleaning or spring cleaning while looking forward to the celebration. AS for me, i have started my shopping earlier (kiasu, maybe) for my children.... believe or not in December 2009.....dont like to rush with others and also more relaxing pace. we dont really have to q for the fitting rooms nor at the payout counter. Most importantly, no rush during meal time and we can actually enjoy the food while admiring what we had bought. with the children growing up, have to bring them along to see if they fit the clothes and most important - wearing them. !!

Anyway, cny biscuits is also a must even though we are not expecting a lot of visitors. Furthermore, guests / relatives that comes visiting wont be eating much... . This year, my biscuits collection - peanut, green peas, love letters, murukus, arrow head, samprik, "dragon eye" pistachio biscuit. looking at my biscuit collection, this year my biscuits are on the nutty end..hehehe.... i bought one of each but some was given to me. I shared with mum as firstly not to waste food and secondly, after the cny is over, mum will end up trying to finish the biscuits as she refuses to waste or throw away food. While trying to finish the biscuits, she will be grumbling about it and making a point telling me not to buy too many for next year !! I tend to overbuy sometimes lah. This year is slightly different as both my children are growing up and they have a bigger appetites and before u know....some of the biscuits are disappearing fast or even gone....

Chinese new year is also eating spree for all of us. I have been eating and doing the yee sang toss before cny and will continue till the 15th day........ My dinners venue from Port village seafood, Sg. Yu Baru, V garden, hong tat, hwa wei steamboat, Ya Lim seafood, govind too.... eating and eating and eating..... till my stomach is bloated or spare tyre is out hehehe... Mostly, seafood and rich seafood. Can you imagine the amount of food is consume before and during the cny holidays. Mostly all the restaurants are packed to brim and without any reservations made, u will have to wait or shoo off without any guilty face from the owner. well without any guilt on eating, i will probably go on diet after this.

After this, I will be looking forward to dieting.......

S limming s...