New Year Feast

20 months, 3 weeks & 3 days old.....


We did not go anywhere (far) during the Chinese New Year's holiday so we spent most of the time eating and playing mahjong (hehe...that's me). Put up a few nights at my mum's place too. For the reunion dinner, my mum cooked hot & sour sea cucumber (my utmost favourite dish), stir fried mix vege with abalone, steam chicken, duck...can't remember what else we had. It was also the beginning of my weight gaining journey...sob sob

Receiving the first ang pow of the year from Poh Poh

Ethan was having fun all the time. We were at my mum's place almost everyday and my sister was also there with her family (husband and daughter, Tessa). The two of them kept each other company but Ethan likes to bully her. He likes to grab whatever toys or things Tessa was holding and when his cousin cried he also cried, even louder. Other than telling him that what he did was wrong (which I'm not sure if he understand), I don't know what else to do. I tried to give him a little spank on his palm when he misbehaved but he came and hit me back. So, I think I can only discipline him with talking? Pray hard this will work.

1st day of CNY, we went to Liyen at the Ritz Carlton for dim sum. Nice food, nice ambience but the variety of dim sum was not that great. They don't serve 'siu long pau', my favourite :-( After breakfast, we headed to my mum's place again for lunch and mahjong. Ethan refused to be left out of the game so he sat on my lap and played along. My cousin called him 'choy san yeh' (god of prosperity) because he gave money to other people (from his mummy's pocket lar). Dinner was at the California Pizza Kitchen, KLCC. Brought Ethan to the park nearby after dinner and he had a jolly good time there.

Breakfast at the Liyen, Ritz Carlton

Dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen, KLCC

2nd day, we didn't go anywhere but stayed at my mum's place. Some close relatives came for a visit. 3rd day, we plan to go out to the mall but the little one decided to take a long nap (from 12.30p.m. to 4.30 p.m). So we went for a walk at the park and fed the fishes at the lake there. Ethan liked the outing very much especially the part where he can throw the (expired) bread at the fishes. After that, we headed to my mum's place (again) for dinner. My aunt (mum's sister) were there too.

Feeding the fishes and tortoises

4th day, morning dim sum, gathering with my classmates, lunch at home and dinner at Saisaki. The buffet spread at Saisaki was good and I didn't manage to try every single dish there. Just too many! We spent at least 2 hours there and Ethan had problem sitting down for too long. Made some noise and the whole restaurant could hear him. Paiseh.

More ang pows!

5th day, went to Seremban to visit my uncles and aunties. Not much eating on that day because I figured out it's time to stop eating like there's no tomorrow. My cousin asked me if I was pregnant! That's how much weight I put on! Don't know when it started but the feasting during that few days definitely made things worse.