Happy Oink Oink!

It's the year of the Pig - my year! As feng shui would have it, those born in the year of the pig are at conflict with Tai Tsui and so this is a year that may not be very good for the "piggies". Ah well, I can't complain 'cos last year was a really good one for me. As for the year ahead, I guess piggies will just have to take things easy, watch your backs and be more charitable (general advice from most feng shui masters).

I started the lunar new year with very bad jet lag. Returning from the WW Conference in Ankara, Turkey on on Friday, I spent Saturday drowsy in bed. It was only at the reunion table that I realised I have not gotten my nian gao and mandarin oranges! Thank goodness for petrol kiosks stocked with new year goodies.

Dinner was rather "chaotic" as usual, with the kids tossing the yu sheng so high I think there was more salad on the table than on our plates. As you can see from the photos, everyone was excited and moving so much, I couldn't catch a clear picture (and no one heard my pleas to look into the camera).

We visited my mum and then Terence's mum on the first day. Not before sending my mum to the temple as she was intent on praying for the pigs in the family (all pigs except my Tiger brother). Then we had the gang over in the evening. The mini-me(s) turned the house upside down as usual and the big boys had their usual card session until the wee hours of the morning.