happy niu year

happy new year everyone! i wish everyone a good year although the forecast has not been that good. anyway, the ox is a tough and resilient creature, so just hang on there and i am sure things will turn out fine.

new year card is losing its presence this year. i only got 4...3 from non-chinese colleagues and one from the house developer. bad times no card? well, yesterday had a bbq at ying's house...been ages since we last had one. there were only 6 of us: ying, sally (in picture), chanling, chailih, kamwei and yours truly...with 32 chicken wings, 2 dozens of sausages, japanese cucumber, beer and water. what a small gathering. the rest were at the in-laws or not back to tm yet.

the chicken i marinated got praises and sally proclaimed it as the best chicken wings she ever had (ahem) so that made my day. there are still 8 wings left at ying's house, so i guess her lunch or dinner tonight will have fried wings as well. not bad ah i tell you. the red onion juice is really fragrant and i sacrificed my tears in front of the mortar and pestle.

ying ying the satay woman...just for a while. the mobile tray is really handy. 4 wings at one time. i think i had 5 wings and about 6 sausages yesterday. sally had about 7 or 8 wings. chanling about 7 wings too. what big eaters we were...but the wings were not big la.

this is this afternoon's lunch....offerings to the ancestors. yummy?? all their favourite food. see the big abalone? tonight's dinner and soup. yum yum!

klcc and its simple decoration at the centre court. friday night was not buzzing at all. i think most ppl was heading home. the road was filled with cars but there was no congestion. phew!

my shopping: a new adidas original digital watch to replace my nike which is already dead. love the white and its classic design. the last piece left. 15% discount and paid using the cash rebate vouchers i got from isetan. hehehehe.

five houses in a row in front of my rented house in bidor- all dazzling with lights for the new year. they are really in cny mood. ppl actually came to check out the lights on motorbikes. there is more celebratory atmosphere in the small town. kl is already emptying.

well, i hope that i will get a rest this week. time to rejuvenate and reenergise the flattening cells. hope the rest of you will enjoy the break as well. can't be hoping for too much ang pows at this age. just keep fingers crossed for less debts now.