CNY Shopping & Celebrations
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I cute hair, dyed hair. Bought clothes n pants n will still buy some before the weekend. I cant really scale down ... have to buy food, snacks, stuffs for new house, havent even bought the TV for the living room yet..shit.... running low ! So i guess my house not really ready for visiting unless for close friends only.
i never bought reunion dinner stuff before so i dunno how much n stuff. lol..
*hopes to get big big angpows!!!! *
Should be able to tahan until i go back study again... i vowed never to be a 'hands out general' ... but recieving ang pow is different ;p
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Originally posted by winnie^_^:
"chu jiu ying xin"not all things must chu jiu de mah. anyway got space for new things without wasting the old
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Originally posted by hisoka:
not all things must chu jiu de mah. anyway got space for new things without wasting the old
1 thing i never save on is new clothes
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Since leaving Sg many moons ago, I don't celebrate like I used to. No new clothes, no new nothing. Just pull out the steamboat and have a quiet makan, give kids ang pows and that's it.
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Well, just now was communicating with a family, they actually bought me a tick to fly up to Houston Texas and back to OC!
So my chinese new year thingy to do is prepare some more angbaos for the kids at home and the kids over in Texas. Bringing over the last box of Bak Gua to them too.
So technically, my duties is just to disperse angbaos.
The past 6 years CNY has been simple. Usually buy a pair of jeans, two pieces of polo shirts & a fresh new eyeshadow colour. (I read in some feng shui book that I needed green eyeshadow for the new year, so went to buy it.)
And now in USA, kinda overdid the shopping thing, so I wont need to be buying more new stuffs for CNY.
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your amount of shopping can last at least 5 CNYs lar!
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
What with the bleak economic forecast, I'm just wondering how we'd all be celebrating our CNY this year.
- Will you buy new outfits for CNY? Budget? How many suits? Already bought?
- What will be the most expensive food item on your table this year? Do you intend to scale back on food for the Reunion Dinner?
- Those who are giving out ang pow's, what are your plans?
etc etc.
Even if we can't afford to celebrate CNY like we used to all the previous years, we can at least talk about it and get a bit excited over it.
This year's CNY was very different from last year's. Last year, we were in Sydney & our friends brought back yu sheng for us & the 4 of us celebrated CNY together.
This year, I'm back in Singapore (yay!) Had 2 reunion dinners - 1st with immediate family & cousin, and the 2nd with in-laws.
1) I bought 2 CNY tops from Baleno! Wore them for reunion dinners & first day visitation
2) The most expensive food item was the sushi/sashimi delights that my cousin bought from Liang Court. About $55/tray!
We also ordered the CNY package from Cold Storage so my mum wouldn't have to tire herself out with all the cooking. We had herbal chicken, glutinous rice, soup, vegies, and various other yummy dishes.3) Gave ang pows to only 5 ppl this year... my 2 nieces, my parents, & the maid.
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Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:
This year's CNY was very different from last year's. Last year, we were in Sydney & our friends brought back yu sheng for us & the 4 of us celebrated CNY together.
This year, I'm back in Singapore (yay!) Had 2 reunion dinners - 1st with immediate family & cousin, and the 2nd with in-laws.
1) I bought 2 CNY tops from Baleno! Wore them for reunion dinners & first day visitation
2) The most expensive food item was the sushi/sashimi delights that my cousin bought from Liang Court. About $55/tray!
We also ordered the CNY package from Cold Storage so my mum wouldn't have to tire herself out with all the cooking. We had herbal chicken, glutinous rice, soup, vegies, and various other yummy dishes.3) Gave ang pows to only 5 ppl this year... my 2 nieces, my parents, & the maid.
were the reunion dinners on the same day - one lunch and one dinner? hope it was on different days - more time and stomach room! and glad to hear you enjoyed yourself.
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Originally posted by cassie:
were the reunion dinners on the same day - one lunch and one dinner? hope it was on different days - more time and stomach room! and glad to hear you enjoyed yourself.
Thanks, cassie! No they were on different days, thank goodness! -
the only i din cut is erhem..pineapple tarts, mini shrimp rolls, tibits tibits and lotsa of tibits, bars of chocolate etc...
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i have been buying new clothes since post-christmas sale till now still buying
so many sales mah cannot resist
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
i have been buying new clothes since post-christmas sale till now still buying
so many sales mah cannot resist
the only time i need to buy clothes is when i cannot fit into it anymore..