My 1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year 2008

Hi friends,

I know my post is long overdue. My apologies!

I've been very-very-very busy since Chinese New Year 2008.

Well, this year Chinese New Year was spent on my own, my parents were in Malaysia, my brother was spending the holiday with his girlfriend in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau, so I was alone in Singapore :(

In order to ensure that I was not bored, I manage to arrange an outing on the 1st day of the CNY to the annual River Hongbao'08 at Marina Prominade with my friend. http://www.visitsingapore.com/cny/stbcny_event.html

I met up with my friend at City Hall, we had dinner at Kopi Tiam, Swissotel Singapore and proceed to check out the River Hongbao since as usual all the shops were closed during the holiday. Check out the pictures!

As you can see from the pictures, it was super crowded, due to the fact that 90% of the retail shops are closed in the shopping malls on the 1st and 2nd day of CNY, most of the people have nowhere to go except to visit the River Hongbao. The locals as well as the tourists flocked to the stalls, game booth and there were concerts and cultural performances as well. The children and young adults loves the amusement rides.

Well, it has been so many years since I last visited this fair, my friend and I enjoyed our walk throughout. After that, we took a rest at Starbucks, City Hall, had a chat, and then went home.

We met up again the next day, and this time we cooked dinner together at her flat :) Her sister wanted to eat abalone, since my friend does not know how to cook it, I offered my services :p

As that was the 1st time, I'm cooking abalone, it actually turned out quite nice, ha ha! Not bad for a 1st timer! Her sister loved it!

So there goes my 1st and 2nd day of CNY spent! Totally not boring at all, ha ha! And for those of you who do not recognise the top picture, it is the giant God of Fortune at the fair. I hope that the God of Fortune will bring health, wealth and happiness to everyone in 2008!

Cheers!