Chingay 2012 in the heartlands

Chingay will be running tonight and Sat.
The Floats are coming to neighbourhood on another schedule.

Click for schedules.



Daddy was at the full dress rehearsal earlier.



TV broadcast will be this Sunday Ch8 at 8pm.

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Is this the cutest Lion dance or not ?

My kids were doing their Youtube thingy, when I hear them chuckle over Lion Dance drums and cymbal.


When Daddy and Mummy saw that one-man-Lion-Dance outfit, we need to know where we can rent one? Awesome cuteness !

ps.. above video from this link.


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Chinese New Year feasting

Maybe this is the only period when we can feast without guilt?
Go ahead, you can have the 5th Bak Kwa, or the 10th Pineapple tart haha.

Nothing elaborate, we visited our relatives and friends, enjoy each other's hospitality. And SengkangBabies eat non stop at every house !


拜年 at 奶奶's place


Then we pop by Ah Ma and Ah Gong's house.

Our Ah Gou(1)

Dinner at our relative's, love the curry and noodles !

Meanwhile, kids mischief act up :)

Our doting Ah Yi(2) and Lau Kim(3)



Met our cousins on Day 2

More goodies to munch

Our kids got talent ! They can really BANG the keyboard !

Cousins photoshoot



On Cny Day 7, we 捞鱼生 (yusheng). Basically we toss the mixture (with raw fish slices) high and messy, and say some auspicious wordings, all for the sake of good luck, fortune, health :)

You might be interested to read the YuSheng thesis at Wiki :p

Kids had fun, and they love the crackers !


We hope you and your family had a great start to the Dragon year too !
For more photos, do pop by our Festive album :)

ps.. this is the First year Daddy pull his tripod along, and we are so glad so many relatives obliged with candid photos. Nice memories for the kids :)


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River Hongbao

We went to River Hongbao (春到河畔) on CNY eve.

Entrance, we managed to squeeze in one family photo despite the crowd :)

Maybe it has been raining, or everyone is at Chinatown, the crowd situation was not so bad.

As this Fortune God throws "gold" flecks, some people were seen inverting their umbrellas to collect !


All the Zodiac animals on parade


Some other exhibits at River Hongbao.

We did not have any opportunity to try the festive food, as the rain decided to play havoc on us that evening :p

One last shot, before the rain came down again. The crowd rushed for shelter.
This is a "wet" Chinese New Year :)


River Hongbao,will be running until 29Jan2012, for more updates and information, do drop by River Hongbao website. Or you can get more auspicious photos from SengkangBabies Album :p


Huat Ah !


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Wishing everyone a Happy Lunar New Year !

In a few hours, Chinese Lunar New Year will be upon us. Kids are eagerly anticipating 新年 as they can eat all sort of goodies, especially 肉干bak-kwa!

Angpow is a nice distraction for them haha.

Wen Wei and Wen Kang will be looking forward to munching on more goodies.

..while the two smaller ones will be challenging who gets more Angpow haha !

We had one round of steamboat Reunion dinner with 舅舅 yesterday...

..and 奶奶 is preparing our favourite braised duck tonight.

Boon Xin got us some orange decorations..

Earlier, the kids had fun at our local flower mart, and gladly pose for Daddy (they are in celebration mood already haha)

We will be visiting friends and relatives over the next few days.

Wen Yi will be our Orange boy, we taught him some "Auspicious" wishes,
but he still got some American slang :p



盛港宝宝祝大家身体安康 !
more CNY photos will be shared at our RED festive album :)

ps.. click to know more about 肉干 bak kwa

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CNY activities

During Chinese NEw YeAr (CNY), besides visiting our relatives, where else can you go to soak in CNY atmosphere?

1) Watch Lion Dance? Do check out Frasers shopping centres schedules.
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Schedules
19-21Jan – 1 and 8 pm
26Jan – 1130
25,27-29 – 8pm
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2) Annual River Hongbao (春到河畔迎新年) will start from today till 29Jan. Enjoy food and souvenirs, sightseeing (photo opportunities with 财神爷 and zodiac animals), and even fireworks !

We went to River Hongbao on CNY eve.


Firework timings :
21Jan - 8pm
22Jan - midnight


credit..River HongBao photo from fanpage


3) This will be the last weekend to visit Chinatown for last minute shopping or you might be interested to wait till Sun Midnight for stock clearance of CNY goodies !
For non-Singaporeans, do take note Chinatown will be very QUIET on 春节 Day 1 and 2 .

(we got some Dragon photos to show you)

4) Touch some Flowers at Sentosa (圣淘沙春节花会) from 22-29Jan. Read our blog.

To all our friends and readers, 新年快乐 ! and happy long weekend !

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Chinatown Singapore

Where do you go to get infected with Lunar New Year jibe?
Where do you go to squeeze with crowds, who are out shopping for CNY goodies, decorations and flowers? (not to forget the l-o-n-g bak kwa queues !)

Together with buddies, we head out to some vantage points around ChinaTown to spot the dragons.

As the day slowly dims away, we manage to catch some Blue moments with the Dragon in the foreground.



From the roofs, we spotted busy junctions, and both Singaporeans and Tourists soaking in the noise, buzz, and sweat ! It looks Fun and feels like Chinese New Year (新年) . Make some Noise !


At ground Zero, we squeeze into the thick of actions.

Angry bird balloons everywhere !


As 2012 is year of the Dragon (Chinese Zodiac), you see Dragons everywhere, Chinese believe Dragon is auspicious, and will bring fortune, and some say babies keke :)




** Please do not bring your strollers down to Smith Street, it will be suicidal :p
To catch more Dragon and Chinatown photos, do drop by our CNY Fanpage.




Talking about Dragon, Daddy was at Chingay Full dress rehearsal, and "水" and "龙" features everywhere (Water Dragon). It is truly an amazing WET spectacle, stay tune for more updates.


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