cny holidays

chinese new year is on the 26th and 27th jan ie: mon and tue but most of the schools, cam sekolah aqeel are closed for the whole week. as usual, hubby's office will be closed for ten days and aliff is back home for three weeks break; only aamal is so busy with the assignment and classes since her exam is due soon. hani is recuperating from flu and fever and now, dah berjangkit kat hubby; hence we decided just to stay home and visit close family members only ..

it's a hot monday, kami lima beranak left for curve to have lunch at kenny rogers and was surprised to see so many chinese there, just couldnt understand how the younger generation celebrates chinese new year now; cheongsams are rarely seen, most ladies are only in short skirts and not being at home with the elderly. it was a big crowd at curve and we decided to visit kak iza in kota damansara immediately after lunch. abang tom is not around since he's left to bahrain for a week's forum and bell is spending her time with mum-in-law in keramat, thus leaving ariel and elisya with kak iza.

we'd decided to have table tennis matches between kak iza and hasan's families and all the kids are called back for the match and dinner. bell and ijal came home earlier before eddie and family joined us. it was a tough match before we adjourned for dinner, a home made tomyam steam boat. we left kak iza's house after 10pm with an invitation for lunch at our pondok the next day.

hubby left to bch's pasar early tuesday morning to buy chicken and stuff for nasi dagang and gulai darat ayam and magic mirror as well as water melon for dessert. it was sometimes since our pondok had been on spring cleaning, hani and the kids sweep, vacuum and mop the floor immediately after breakfast. hubby and hani started cooking at 10 am and by 12 noon, we are ready to receive guests. kak iza and anak cucu sampai around 1 and all of us had few helpings of nasi dagang and dessert before lawan carrom pula .. the pondok was so bising, mengalahkan orang yang celebrate cny

tea, coffee and cold drinks were served along goreng pisang, kacang2 and mandarin oranges before adjourning for another round of nasi dagang which hani had cooked more than 3 kilos. lots of ideas and suggestions for our family day were brainstormed thru out and all of us had agreed to have futsal matches this coming saturday in one-u. our guests left after 10 and by then, hani dah flat ..