How do you celebrate CNY overseas?
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I've "celebrated" it in several countries but of course, it's nothing as festive as the CNYs past of my childhood and early adulthood in SG. The day can go by unobserved if I let it.
Before I managed to find a steamboat, I used to cook a multi-course meal. By no means am I good cook but I try.
I'm lucky that Mr Jetta spent three years in Sg so he understands how much I miss being in Sg during this holiday. So it's up to me to keep the tradition alive for me and the family.
We just enjoy a steamboat reunion dinner and hand ang pows to the kids. That's about it. lol.
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now is exam period
so i celebrate by mugging :(
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Haha, same here, I got paper due tomorrow, on CNY of all days! So got to burn midnight oil, no choice, just take it as stay up late to guo nian ba.. Yeah I miss the ang pau part, always have to wait until june then can claim my ang paus.. what is it, 3 years now since I last had reunion dinner with family, it's just never the same without the family.
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Oh haha, this might be trivial, but they are filming X-Men: Wolverine like half a mile away from where I am right now. Can't believe they actually use a university campus as a set for a prison..
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Working, there are no hols in non-chinese country ... its cold and tiring
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Originally posted by ChoCoChips:
now is exam period
so i celebrate by mugging :(
poly exam? -
When I was in the UK, all the chinese students in my class (fr China, HK, Taiwan, Thailand, Msia, Sg) get together for a meal in a Chinese restaurant on CNY eve. Also opened it up to rest of class.
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Originally posted by cassie:
When I was in the UK, all the chinese students in my class (fr China, HK, Taiwan, Thailand, Msia, Sg) get together for a meal in a Chinese restaurant on CNY eve. Also opened it up to rest of class.
must be an unforgettable exp......
I mean Chinese from across countries.... -
It was! Plus we all headed to a pub (the old English types) after that. Only bit was waking up to reality the next day - having to trudge to class. But it was good. Also my god-bro was in London then - I'll just pop over the weekend and we'll head to Chinatown.
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Originally posted by cassie:
It was! Plus we all headed to a pub (the old English types) after that. Only bit was waking up to reality the next day – having to trudge to class. But it was good. Also my god-bro was in London then – I’ll just pop over the weekend and we’ll head to Chinatown.
must be gd to down some alcohol with some gd ol buddies........
keeping the body n heart warm...... -
Not really celebrating here, but I did call a crapload of relatives and friends in Singapore, Malaysia and the US to wish them a happy CNY. Thank goodness for Skype!
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erm, got plenty of activities at the mall welcoming cny but i didn't go lah. just spend time studying :P or so i tot......got distracted with youtube.....hee hee.......
anyways, i ended up preparing steam boat ah. quite miserable 'cos no meat de. mm si balls de si seafood. so, ordered a plate of free range chicken. before meal, we started with sharks fins soup.
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when i was a student back east. Mi and a few asian friends get together and got a old Rice cooker to use it as hotpot. we sat around a small kichen and steam up the room. Drank Sake to compliment the meal.
these days just make a phone call back home....
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called home for a bit last night..
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i called my parents!
and this happened T.T
mom: guess what! a lot of people gave us bak kwa this year!
me: T.Tthank goodness bak kwa can be bought any time in singapore. and my mom's friends can make whatever i want to eat! all i need is for it to be May NOW!
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Originally posted by littlestream:
erm, got plenty of activities at the mall welcoming cny but i didn't go lah. just spend time studying :P or so i tot......got distracted with youtube.....hee hee.......
anyways, i ended up preparing steam boat ah. quite miserable 'cos no meat de. mm si balls de si seafood. so, ordered a plate of free range chicken. before meal, we started with sharks fins soup.
i like to add a few clams to sweeten the soup.Tan Ohe.