Chinese New Year Pictures 2011!

Well, now that I'm back home from the Chinese New Year celebrations with the rest of my family, I guess I'll have to blog about it, right?

But I'm a little pressed for time at the moment, so I'll just let the pictures that I took do most of the talking, yeah? [ smiles ]

Don't worry, I'll add my annotations for the pictures...

Alright, first stop, Batu Pahat, Johor.

1. CNY Reunion Dinner!

Shark's fin soup...

Mmmm... I can't deny that shark's fin soup tastes REAL good!

This is actually my second bowl of soup, if I'm not mistaken...

Of course, you can't celebrate CNY without fish!

My brother's bowl of shark's fin soup! Haha! ( He's the one holding the spoon up )

Ummm, it's quite hard to explain this one, because there's all sorts of food in this one particular dish...

Prawns galore!!!

So many meat dumplings... Honestly, we couldn't finish all of them!

2. Fireworks!

Unbelievably LOUD!!! I am NOT exaggerating!

Hee! "Sprinkler", or "sparkler", or whatever...

The head in the bottom right corner is Alvyn's head.

The face says it all: "I'm bored!"

Aunty Mei Teen, together with "You-Know-Who"!

3. Last Day at Batu Pahat:

RAWR! I demand a can of 100 PLUS!

Dear cousin Samantha!

And now, on to Malacca!

1. Well, I only took one picture on the first day of our stay at Malacca. It's a picture of my brother and my cousin playing a good game of Chess!

Here it is!

"Clash Of The Titans"! Haha!

2. Second Day at Malacca...

My father, mother and I went to the Equatorial Hotel at Malacca Town to meet up with my mum's friend from China. My brother didn't want to come, because he was busy engaging in an "epic" Chess battle with my uncle! [ smiles ]

Anyway, let's get on with the pictures, shall we?

Chicken Rice Balls! ( FYI: This represents my first time eating Chicken Rice Balls! )

3. While my mum was "catching up" with her friend from China, my dad and I went to "explore" the surrounding area, namely Dataran Pahlawan, the newly opened Hattan Square, and Mahkota Parade...

a) LION DANCE PICTURES ( Bleh, I'm lazy to annotate these! Heehee! ):

b) "Explored areas":

Guess who?

Behold... Mahkota Parade...

It's a field, located on the premises of Dataran Pahlawan Malacca Megamall, in case you were wondering...

Well, that's Dataran Pahlawan, and the building next to it is the Equatorial Hotel...

4. Just before heading back home...

We went to eat at a "buffet" dinner, courtesy of a friend of my grandparents...

There were both Chinese and Malaysian cuisine available. And when I was done eating, boy, I was stuffed!

Tonnes of mouth-watering food! [ salivates ]

The "bee hoon" was really good! Seriously!

Does this picture make you hungry? Haha!

The Malay food section! Satay, curry-puffs, etc... You name it!

Well, after the "buffet" dinner at Malacca, we said our farewells, and before we knew it, we were on our way back home.

We arrived back at Setia Eco-Park late last night... I was obviously too tired to update my blog yesterday, so I decided to update it today! ( Duh! )

Well, there you have it...

Oh, and remember the long list of homework that I showed you guys in my previous post?

I actually managed to finish everything!

I tell you, the overwhelming feeling of satisfaction is indescribable!!! Haha!

So, I guess that's it.

May the Force be with you...