survival list:
1) carefully lift up corners of mouth
2) bare teeth
3) widen eyes
4) go "hmmm" "ooh?" "really?" "no. i have no boyfriend" "im in NUS" at appropriate moments.
5) nod head where possible
(optional) exclaim "wah! you have gotten slimmer/prettier/ more handsome" "your child is very cute/clever/pretty"

DO NOT! under any circumstances, knee relatives in stomach when they ask why you have gotten fatter (like they can see beyond their bloating belly.)

and presto! this will be a relatively painless and bloodless Chinese New Year!

Chinese New year pics(prepare urself for a onslaught of pics):





my family keeping the tradition of taking photos on the first day. notice the visible lack of oranges and angpows? hahahahaha! Unknown to my family, tt is also part of the tradition..



This is clement, the cousin who should take credit for pullin thru his critical illness and then getting the whole family back together. he rocks! i insisted on taking this photo to boost my ego about my height.


unfortunately, the whole family caught me doing that and insisted that we shoot another photos including the stupid stool.




and my cousins and sisters developed a penchant for my boobies! ah wells.. a taste of my own medicine i guess.


my dad has been wanting to shave off his moustache for real. since last millennium. so who tinks he would look good without a moustache? all in favour say aye!


a formal shot of the cousins before we took control


PORT PORT! look to the port!


Aye aye maties! Attention to the starboard!


is it gonna rain on our ship?


hmm.. metinks a hole just sprung up on our ship.

ha.. like christine said, we are silly people but it was super funny at that time.




gambling..it's a good year for oxes to win money!



dinner


kong kong and mama


i like this photo mainly because i caught celine in one of her merrier moods. she jumped up to be in the pic. she's at ur left hand side if u cant see her in the corner.


my parents decided to change our ways to improve luck. hence we played mahjong when we came home. this may seem like nothing to outsiders but i'll have you know my dad and mum dun stay up past 1030p.m. so when they decide to play mahjong waaaayyy past their bedtime, it's amazing for us!

unfortunately for my dad, he doesnt thrive in the night. the following pictures show his cards before my sis's bf won. For some weird reason or another, my dad had already won. he just didnt noe it. below are pictures of his expression when he found out that he could have won. he was trying to make sense of it all.






happy cheena new year everyone!

note: all photos taken are from mother's side of the family. not close to father's side so too bad.