We stopped by Melaka for lunch, then continued our journey. Instead of taking the usual route my dad always used, we used another route this year for a bit of change. Surprisingly, it was a faster trip since there was less cars and less traffic lights. Reached my grandpa's house at around 2pm.
Basically I didn't do much on the first day. Just unloaded all our stuff into the house and change into cooler clothing (the heat there is really a hindrance).
My dad, my youngest brother and my uncle.
All 3 brothers of the family.
Yep, the house. Single storey.
Sunset.
This cloud looks like an anvil.
Dinner was pretty much easy to guess. The usual pork with eggs, some vegies and curry chicken. At night, we would usually crowd around the TV, or hang out in the air-cond room chatting. Since this year we have 4 relatives back from the USA, the place was more crowded and noisier than usual.
See how crowded the room is.
Yes Uncle Stephen I know that's yours.
And the first day passed just like that. Every morning here, there is always something that I look forward to - Breakfast. Why? Because the roti pisang here is the best. The thosai cheese here is also very good. Hence, our family made the shop near the house a staple place to go for breakfast. I MUST have my daily dose of roti pisang (except the first day of CNY, 14th Feb, yam cakes). Usually I will order 2 roti pisang and share half a cheese thosai with whoever cannot finish the entire thing. I forgot to take pictures of the food this year ):
Later approaching noon, everybody started preparing for the reunion lunch.
Cousin Angie and my youngest bro Valen.
Yumm (Those of you seeing no drooling pls :P)
Aunty Tina: "MY FAVOURITE NEPHEW~!!!"
After lunch, its like "do what you wanna do" time. My grandpa usually goes out to town. Some (including me) gamble by playing card games (blackjack and in between), some play mahjong, my brothers usually play PS2 or use my grandpa's laptop. And of course, most of us just sleep. I do too after our gambling sessions end at 3pm+.
3 brothers VS father in a mahjong match - May the best win xD
Playing Bleach - Blade Battlers 2. Aunty Lilian playing Tetris in the background. Did I mention all the adults here LOVE to play tetris? xD
Yep, its midnight. This is the altar.
And next day, 14th Feb, is the first official day of Chinese New Year and also Valentines Day. ♥ Someone :P
We had the tea ceremony like usual, and collecting red packets. I'm having funny problems with my converter so there will be no videos =/
Preparing MONEY $.$
I can't believe I only took 1 picture. Sien =.="
My grandpa also organized a dinner the next night on 15th Feb. He invited one of his brothers and 2 of his sisters to the dinner, ending up come with children and grandchildren. So it was quite crowdy at the restaurant. We had to use 4 tables.
The 8 course dinner was the usual. Starting with yee sang followed by shark fin soup. Somemore I heard my grandpa purposely delayed the dishes so that we could spend more time. More like waste our time =.=
Uncle Felix: " WAH, FIRST TIME SEE 4 COURSE DINNER EH~!"
I LOL-ed when he said that.
Yee Sang
Shark fin soup
Admiring the fireworks, in a rather odd way.
Chicken with rice stuffed inside its ass :D
Cousin Calvin. Siao kia.
Siao kia x2.
Around 75% of those prawn shells were from me =X
Kids will be kids :)
Promoting handbags. You'll do a very good job in San Francisco :)
Cute hor? :D
Cute lil girls :P
I guess that should be the end. Not much happenings after that dinner. The usual day, going out for our daily dose of roti pisang and thosai cheese. Normal lunch and dinner + gambling sessions and mahjong. We went back to KL on 17th (yesterday).
Today I went to watch Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief with ZhenYu and his band kakis. Its quite a good show. But they didn't kiss at the end. ARGH!!!
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