Reunion dinner

We had our reunion dinner at Rail Mall @ Lets Crab it rest this year. Sis and family joined us too. Dinner like the past is either at 6pm or at 8pm. Thus we went for the 6pm timing. This year we had a new addition to the family. Thats baby Trishelle! Hee..last yr she is still in the womb of my sis :P

We had :

Yu Sheng

Herbal Chicken and Drunkard prawns

Some veges..err.forgot its name

And of cos Chilli Crab with fried man tou

Trishelle with her dad

Trishelle with gong gong and po po

Me and my granny

Met up with Law at abt 11pm+. Our original plan was to go to Chinatown for countdown and also to see Bian(1) Pow(4). But in the end you wont believe where we went and wat we did. Its not something which you would expect me to do....in the end, we went back to his place to welcome the God of Fortune. Its at the temple beside his house.

While waiting in queue to be bless by the god. They are conducting some ceremony inside.

Still in the midst of the ceremony

Law with his bro and mom

We are holding the joss sticks and lotus lamp. The joss sticks are covered in gold shimmers. Very pretty. Its not the normal kind which we use to pray in temple. The lotus lamp is said to guide the god of fortune back to your house and you are suppose to lit it until it has finished buring.

During the ceremony, there is a part whereby the priest would bless the gold coins and throw it to us. If you manage to grab it, its said to bring good luck and wealth. Law managed to grab 3 and i managed to grab 2!! :D So expecting good wealth in the coming yr! Huat ah!! Hehe

After the whole ceremony, we went to Chinatown to meet Bernard and gf for some last min shopping while waiting for Guoguang for yet another temple visitation. While at Chinatown, we came across a shop that sells abacus. Remembering what my aunt said, its good to buy a calculator on the 1st day of the new year and keep it inside ur wallet so that you would have money to count for the rest of the year, i bought one keychain abacus. :P

This time we went to Loyang Da Bo Gong template. By the time everything is done and i have reached my cozy bed, its alr 630 in the morning! Only another 2 hrs sleep and i am suppose to be up and awake to go for my new year visitings...damn tired..but its all worth it! The purpose to stay up all night is to Shou(3) Sui(4). Its say to bless your parent for longevity.