Today is 大年初一 and I am all alone at home. Gals have gone to school, so has hubby. It has never been so quiet on the first day of CNY for me. Feels kinda strange.
Japanese do not celebrate the lunar new year. Their celebrations are on new year's day itself, the first of january. Today is a regular working day here in Japan.
It was easy waking the gals up this morning. Hubby and I entered their room. "新年快乐！万事如意！身体健康！年年有余！谁要红包就给我起来！" And both gals sat up on their beds. =)
They said their greetings to us and we gave them their red packets. These are the only ones they will be getting this year. Very precious to them. =P
Though hubby has gone to school, he will be back before 11am and we would go out. Kitchen is closed from today till the day he leaves for Hokkaido on Monday. =)
Being CNY, we thought we'd have a nice dinner. So we would be going to the Singapore restaurant nearby for dinner tonight. Really looking forward, but doubt that they will have yusheng there. I am so missing yusheng right now.
Yusheng is the highlight for me every CNY. Especially the one together with my grandma on 年初二. That's when we get together to 开年 at my aunt's place. The yusheng there is interesting. There are so many of us that we use a large pan for the yusheng. And we have to do it twice. The above 50yo will lohei first, then followed by the below 50yo. And it is always so much fun, and mess!
Anyways, then tomorrow hubby is taking all of us to a nice dinner to celebrate my birthday in advance. He will be in Hokkaido on that day.
Then the weekends we have planned to go to Chinatown @ Yokohama to soak in the CNY atmosphere. The only thing I am afraid of is the crowd. But thought that it might be a waste if we dont go and experience the celebrations there for ourselves.
So there. This is our CNY for 2011.
Have a healthy and blessed lunar new year everyone! =)
Japanese do not celebrate the lunar new year. Their celebrations are on new year's day itself, the first of january. Today is a regular working day here in Japan.
It was easy waking the gals up this morning. Hubby and I entered their room. "新年快乐！万事如意！身体健康！年年有余！谁要红包就给我起来！" And both gals sat up on their beds. =)
They said their greetings to us and we gave them their red packets. These are the only ones they will be getting this year. Very precious to them. =P
Though hubby has gone to school, he will be back before 11am and we would go out. Kitchen is closed from today till the day he leaves for Hokkaido on Monday. =)
Being CNY, we thought we'd have a nice dinner. So we would be going to the Singapore restaurant nearby for dinner tonight. Really looking forward, but doubt that they will have yusheng there. I am so missing yusheng right now.
Yusheng is the highlight for me every CNY. Especially the one together with my grandma on 年初二. That's when we get together to 开年 at my aunt's place. The yusheng there is interesting. There are so many of us that we use a large pan for the yusheng. And we have to do it twice. The above 50yo will lohei first, then followed by the below 50yo. And it is always so much fun, and mess!
Anyways, then tomorrow hubby is taking all of us to a nice dinner to celebrate my birthday in advance. He will be in Hokkaido on that day.
Then the weekends we have planned to go to Chinatown @ Yokohama to soak in the CNY atmosphere. The only thing I am afraid of is the crowd. But thought that it might be a waste if we dont go and experience the celebrations there for ourselves.
So there. This is our CNY for 2011.
Have a healthy and blessed lunar new year everyone! =)
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