A belated birthday greetings to Fui Koh (21st Jan) and Carissa (24th Jan). How is Down Under and Tawau?? This year's CNY is different with the absence of Fui Koh, yet we tried to make this celebration as meaningful as possible. The return of Ken2 from KL had obviously made the CNY eve merrier. As usual, we engaged in a fiery battle since early morning - flushing all the dirts out of the house and our chefs meticulously prepared the best dishes for CNY eve. Some still managed to go for last minute shopping spree and perhaps the most acclaimed preparation was Syn Koh's 'super Gate 2008' project which couldn't meet the deadline. Our fabled coconut tree (over ten years of watering... "sob, sob") was a victim of this project, chopped down last week to make way for a more desireable landscape. No matter what, the front portion of the house looks more classy now.
Back to the topic. Family members were serenaded with MyFM's CNY musical DVD during dinner. After makan-makan, we had a birthday party for Mei2 - almost coincides with Carissa's birthday every year (same age). How I wish both of them can jointly organise it here. The amount of food was lesser this year but still plentiful and more than enough to go around for such a big family. And of course, the presence of a paparazzi (guess who) who incessantly snapping pictures at every nook and corner of the house made this evening even more lively. The good news is, I've obtained the copyright to publish these pictures exclusively for you. Feel free to watch a video clip taken 'live' during the closing of 'Ah Ki, Ah Kee Olympic 2008' held in the same evening (no idea wat's goin on but those 3 kids told me last minute that they want to have a live telecast).
On day one of CNY, we all headed to church but were splitted into different destinations. Some went to Likas (Ah Sau & family + Syn Koh & family) and some went to Papar, Leong Koh & fam + Gepak & me). Can't tell much what exactly happened but in Papar, we had 'pot luck' lunch like last year. Syn Koh left for Kudat at noon and we had another gathering cum dinner in the evening with Ah Sau them and Tong Jia's family here. Happy CNY to everyone!!!
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