Festivities and Pineapple Tarts
February 7th, 2008
the truth is, i’ve never been happier.
it’s been such a good week of plenty o’ rest, lots of laughs and good food. yesterday the family and i had the customary Chinese New Year Eve reunion dinner at grandpa’s place. it was such a funny night – grandpa didn’t want to come out for dinner because he’d recently contracted a skin ailment where boils are forming all over his hands, and he was shy about it. so emo! but then my mother bribed him out of his room with angpau… haha. then we all sat down to a really good dinner of siew yoke, foochow fishballs, tung fun, roast duck, soup and lots and lots of mushrooms!
also, my beloved is back in KL :) for 2 whole weeks. could i ask for more?
later in the afternoon, i’m going over to my uncle’s for CNY lunch. we do this every year – them adults mahjong and chor dai dee the day away while us kids just make a lot of noise and collect angpau. actually no lah, us kids gamble the day away too. except for me because everyone likes to con me :( and speaking of angpau, my parents haven’t given us ours yet!!! i swear i will be so angry if my mother gives Martian an angpau bigger than mine again -____-
i cant wait to see my cousins and my grandma later today. and eat lots of mandarin oranges. for some reason the ones in my uncle’s place are always nicer than the ones in mine.
and i cant wait to see Martian. we are temporarily separated because the place he’s staying in right now is giving me the sneezes. but tonight!!! we shall be reunited!!!
so like i said, the truth is i’ve never been happier. CNY is just so. amazing. there is an expanding gloom in my stomach to think that this may be my last CNY back home for several years. may.
happy Chinese New Year everyone!
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1. vvens | February 7th, 2008 at 9:39 am
happy chinese new year! :) must watch cny movie also ah ;p
2. sieutheng | February 7th, 2008 at 10:02 am
happy chinese new year. glad that ur having fun.
this may be the worse chinese new year i’ve ever had =(
i go to ur hse n take ang pao ok? tell ur mom to gimme a big one wtf.
3. foreverjas | February 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am
happy cny to u and ur family! hehe. =)
4. wan siong | February 7th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I almost forgot that you were a Chinese..
Happy Chinese New Year to you Su Ann and everyone here…
P/s: You serve any pink pau during CNY? I’ve been dying to try one.
5. sheon | February 7th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
happy chinese new year to you pinkpau…and all your loyal readers…….
wansiong: pink pau only served to martian…..hheheehhehe
6. Eley | February 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
i LOVE pineapple tarts. in fact, i polished the half a jar before the guests could even get to it. hee. happy cny!!!
ps : ur granddad is so cute!!! :D
7. linsey | February 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
happy cny, pinkpau!
you sapu pineapple tarts, i sapu peanut cookies yums =DD
8. grace | February 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I LOVE PINEAPPLE TARTS TOO!…best creation of cookies haha..
happi chinese new year!
9. JingYen | February 7th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
happy chinese new year to u pinkpau! gong xi fa cai!!
“there is an expanding gloom in my stomach to think that this may be my last CNY back home for several years. may” hmmm doesnt that mean that u’re able to study in the US? which is ur dream after all :)
and u’ve finally changed ur age to 19! LOL.
10. Ping | February 7th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Happy Chinese New Year! Have a great one oh :D
11. Cloudy Rainbows | February 7th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Happy CNY! pineapple cookies are easy to make btw, you could make them on your own when you’re in the US!
12. TheRealAnonymous | February 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!
I also wanna go ur place collect ang pau… can? LoiL…
13. Lalita | February 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
One year I was so excited to bring home pineapple tarts all the way from Malaysia for me to enjoy. Sadly, it all crumbled during the flight. I had to throw it away – BOO HOO!!!!! :-( Please eat some for me …
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR Su Ann!
14. wenqi | February 7th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
hello su annnnn! happy chinese new year to u wtf. i think i wished u d in msn exactly liddat wtf.
15. k0k | February 7th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Second year running not celebrating CNY – and having to spend it in the exam hall (again).
I miss Suckling Pig most :(
16. miss.cc | February 7th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
hi su ann, happy chinese new year! =) have loads of fun!
17. ront | February 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
foochow fishballs?? you have foochow blood ah?
18. michellesy | February 7th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Happy Chinese New Year to you too babe!
*Hugs*
It’s good to see someone enjoying the company of their extended family during festivities – not very common these days I am afraid. Enjoy every bit of the 15 days of CNY and of course, enjoy spending time with you sweetie too! =)
ps: Eh, did you remind your mom that you are her flesh and blood! How can she give a bigger angpau to Martian?! Or does the money find its way to you anyway, in the form of presents/ trips overseas LOL? It’d better OK =P
19. Kimberley | February 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Mm. All those years of pineapple tarts still have not put me off them. Anyway happy cny to you and wan shu ru yi (or something like that. actually, i dont know what it means also).
20. nyrac | February 8th, 2008 at 12:00 am
happy cny everyone ^^
21. skyler | February 8th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Hello pinkpau I wanted to call you and ask what time you were free tomorrow but then I came on here and realized that you may be doing something I don’t want to interrupt >____>
22. alysha | February 8th, 2008 at 12:36 am
happy cny pinkpau! =D
23. Pat | February 8th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Oh yes, Merry Christmas to you too!
24. Michelle | February 8th, 2008 at 8:23 am
There is a ballooning gloom in my guts too. It’s quite sad to realise that I may not be celebrating it as well as I had in the previous years.
T_______T
25. chm | February 8th, 2008 at 9:42 am
shouldnt pau b like 19+? Hppy CNY every1!!!!! my aunt’s handmade choc cookies 4 me ^^ she gave it to me yesterday n the only evidence left is the empty bottle… ceven the crumbs r in my stomache :P
26. chm | February 8th, 2008 at 9:43 am
o yea… gr8 granddad u haf pau! isnt it usually the other way around lmao?
27. pinkshirtz | February 8th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
bwahaha .. good to know that. your posat are so swingy from happy to hatred ..
woo hoo … im finally going to vietnam soon and redang after that. Any suggestions of special things to do while im there?
28. raZZbeRRy | February 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Happy Chinese New Year, Su Ann! I wish my CNY celebrations are half as fun as yours, but as the years pass by and I grow older (*gasp!), things just seem to change, y’know. My cousin’s 19 too, and I can’t help but realise that 5 years have passed since I was 19. Where did these years go to? :) Good luck with your college applications, btw… any updates thus far on that?
29. songjun | February 8th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
aaaaaaahahaha i see that ur mom is still in the custom of giving boyfriends bigger ang pau’s then daughter dearest :P HAHA
30. Ãngelu§ | February 8th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
> but tonight!!! we shall be reunited!!!
totally lol at that ^_^
Anyway Happy CNY!
31. puvanan | February 8th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Gong Xi Fa Cai & Xin Nian Kuai Le! :)
32. HK | February 8th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
aaaah Happy CNY! Better appreciate it! =P
33. Choy Sun | February 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I come!
34. reallybites | February 8th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
remb i told you about the temple that is packed beyond packed the other day? ky blogged bout it! go see! the kwan yin temple! but it wasn’t that packed this year lo. dunno why.
35. k0k | February 9th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Oh, I keep forgetting to ask you. Did you like Preludes and Nocturnes?
Try Three Septembers and a January. I like that best from the series (actually made me a lil’ bit teary eyed, and not even normal novels ever did that to me)
36. yun-ni | February 9th, 2008 at 3:02 am
hey su ann.
you make me miss cny even more!
make full use of your cny while youre still in malaysia.
it really sucks spending it overseas and not getting real ang pows!
37. songjun | February 9th, 2008 at 5:35 am
eh omg su ann i miss your grandpa’s shop’s hokkien mee and the pau :P
38. Chen Chow | February 9th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Su Ann, Happy Chinese New Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai!
It is interesting how you describe “us kids”, I thought you are more than 18, and hence no longer considered as kids :P…..oops……Su Ann gonna kill me soon … Run Run Run.. :P
39. pinkpau | February 9th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
vvens : i’m going to watch CJ7 tonight… HAHA! i cant wait!
sieutheng : awwww okok i tell my mother give u a bigger angpau than julian’s
foreverjas : thank u ! same to you and yours
wan siong : you forgot i am chinese?? no i dont serve pinkpau… but i just had one at a traditional chinese dinner the other day :P
sheon : yes that’s right!
eley : oh me too me too :D pineapple tarts are just so easy to polish off
(eh the rest reply later. i gtg now!!)
40. fern | February 10th, 2008 at 1:10 am
gong xi fa chai! ^^
can’t wait till u and alien tie the knot and give ang pao to your younger blog readers? :P
41. sheon | February 10th, 2008 at 3:21 am
CJ7 sucks big time! i am sooooo disappointed. i hardly laughed while watching it……..i would gladly rate it as the worst stephen chow’s movie….
42. Yappy | February 10th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Happy Chinese New Year! :)
So nice, your cny dinner with ur family. Gosh… I didn’t get to celebrate cny this year coz I’m in australia already. I miss all the good stuff.. the atmosphere, the mandarin oranges, the angpaos, the gambling… Haha… Well, maybe next time then.
Have a great year ahead!
43. justakid | February 10th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
happy chinese new year!!!! OMG i’m so late lol jz got home frm ipoh :P
44. justakid | February 10th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
omg i love pineapple tarts!! dats exactly wat i always stuff myself with in my relatives hse
45. pinkpau | February 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
linsey : actually i like peanut cookies more than pineapple tarts :D so we are same gang wan
grace : happy cny to u too!
jingyen : ahh that’s why i said MAY just be.. sigh! i really hope i can go to the US.
ping : i hope you do too ^_^
cloudy rainbows : eh seriously? haha good good! it will be nice to have a little bit of home with me :)
therealanon : cannot :P my parents are not in
lalita : oh no how unfortunate :( will definitely eat some for you
wenqi : yes you did my dear wtf
k0k : two more years to go right? there there :( *pats you
miss.cc : oh i have been :D you too, i hope!
ront : yes ^__^
michellesy : ah the family and the mandarin oranges and the cookies are the best part of CNY :) yalar yalar even if i reminded my mother about that, it’s not like it makes a difference!
kimberley : what is wan shu ru yi?!?! hahahaha
nyrac : and the same to you! :)
skyler : oh yes yes there has been plenty of that. heehee
alysha : thank you!! happy CNY to you too :)
pat : and to you! :D
michelle : there there :( melbourne is lovely too. and im sure the CNY scene is very much alive there.
chm : gasp you have such a kind aunt! aiya like granddad like granddaughter ma!
pinkshirtz : go get your diving license at redang if you havent already! it’s quite cheap there. which part of vietnam are you going to? i’ve been to hanoi, and the posts for those are somewhere in my travel category :) or you can google pinkpau hanoi and find the page rightaway
razzberry : ahh you can always have fun even when you’re older :) yes time flies too fast sometimes. as for college apps, they are all OVER and done with :) just had an interview for one of my schools today. went well. i’ve got my fingers crossed!
songjun : you know whats even better ah…… this year she didnt even give me angpau………….
angelus : haha yalar at the expense of my runny nose :( luckily he’s staying elsewhere now otherwise i’ll be sick all of CNY.
puvanan : and the same to you :D
hk : definitely am :)
choy sun : HAHAHA benjamin sim i know that is you!
reallybites : EH i’ve been to that temple!!!!
k0k : okok will definitely look out for it :D p&n has been amazing so far
yun-ni : awww dont be sad ok :( i give you a mandarin orange
songjun : my grandfather’s shop where got hokkien mee! or do you mean the penang hokkien mee ie prawn mee
chen chow : sigh let me delude myself a little bit lah =( i’m growing up too quickly.
fern : zomg dont say things like that
sheon : actually you’re right :\ i thought it would be better. but the boy/girl is soooooo CUTE
yappy : which part of aus are you in? sucks that your CNY wasnt too good :( hope it’s better for you next year!
justakid : hehe me too. it’s way too easy to polish off a jar of those tarts :\
46. Choy Sun | February 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
?? what kind of a reply is that ??
47. pinkpau | February 10th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
ben dont make me kidnap your dog!!!
48. wy | February 11th, 2008 at 12:03 am
wah..pinkpau….foochow fishballz..nice….
r u foochow? hokkien? teo chew? hehe
49. Eley | February 11th, 2008 at 12:15 am
CJ7 IS SO DARN CUTE!!! I wonder if they’re selling it as collectibles… heh..
50. KY | February 11th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Yes, you could ask for more.
You could for example, ask for 2.5 weeks instead!
51. Prakash | February 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
hey there, Happy CNY to you..hope you are having a fun time and anyway hope to see ya soon yea…maybe we can catch up for drinks and btw are you up for a photo shoot with me…i have some ideas that we can work on…thinking of a glam and fashionista kinda look behind old building or smack rite in the city..let me know yeah…take care then Su Ann
52. michellesy | February 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I know babe, I had neither cookies nor mandarin oranges nor family this year =(
ps: Wan Shi Ru Yi = 10,000 Things That Go As You Wish (directly translated is sounds damn asinine hahaha).
The basic sentiment is that you’ll have everything your heart desires in the coming year. Good, right? =D
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