NEW Year 2009!!

It happened all so FAST - 冬至 ( Trans : Arrival of the Winter - a Celebration for the Chinese; of family gathering, making glutinous 'tang yuan', and that all have grown a year 'older'), then it was Jien's birthday, then Christmas and then New Year 2009. I could hardly catch up with all these.

No party or anything of that sort for us. We went out for Japanese food on Jien's birthday. He, like knowing that he is in fact 'older' now, chose to eat only ebi Tempura and a bit of rice. Not a single bite of tofu or udon or steamed egg! Haiyaiyai!!

New year Party? Takdak! We went for our Indian Banana Leave brunch, had a good rest and then I started painting the toilet's ceiling which had developed some black spots; hubby helped out at the railing for the balcony. All done in less than an hour plus and then we had a good steamy fried onion flavoured rice to go with a big pot of home cooked bak kut teh!! Yummy!!

Ahhhh, and now we have to get set for the next BIG event - Chinese New Year!! I wonder if I will finally set to bake some cookies this year!?