CNY 10

One of the "traditions" that we have been doing as a family is to take a family picture on the first day of the Chinese New Year. In this way, we can all see how the children are growing, and how we are aging...

This year we have Jared, the latest addition to our family.

He is certainly the center of attention wherever he goes. Although he is having cough at the moment, but he still never failed to attract people's attention with his natural good looks inherited from his father.

Feasting is... I don't know... a good thing? It is good when its done once in a long while, but everyday for 4 days...? Not just the regular meals but also loads of the New Year goodies like BBQ Pork, biscuits of various flavors, desserts and sweets...

Gatherings and visitations are good so that we can meet up with friends and relatives whom we haven't met or wanted to meet and catch up as much as possible. We certainly don't wish that our kids grew up not knowing their cousins or without any childhood friends.

Kids in Singapore don't get to play with fire crackers. I remember when I was a kid, a neighbor of mine got his hands on some fire-crackers and we hid in his room and lighted that sucker ready to throw it out of the window, but a miscalculation caused the cracker to ignite earlier than it should. "BOOM!!!" When the smoke cleared, the expression on his face was priceless. I laughed out loud.

But now, come to think of it, anything could have happened... blown out his eyes, he might have lost his hearing... I'm glad the gov't banned it.