Before I continue, I would like to wish all Malaysians and Chinese around the world Happy Chinese New Year.
Besides that, I would like to wish you all Happy Valentines including singles as Valentines is meant for day of love not day of couples.
I reached KL on the 12th February 2010. It took four and a half hours from Gambang to Pekeliling as there were a few distraction that causes the delay.
Among the distractions were the present of an irresponsible passenger that took extra 45 minutes of break at a Rest and Relax stop and a few more that I shall not discuss here as it is very sensitive to talk about.
This year was my family's first time having reunion dinner at my new house.
The dinner was held on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Although it was a simple dinner with merely nine person, but we had a great time.
As usual there will be prawns and sea cucumbers as they significant happiness in Cantonese.
This year we got extra large prawns and sea cucumbers as my dad did not went to the wet market of Pudu to get it but from the jetty in Mersing.
The prawns we had this year is four times larger than what we had last year but at the same price.
Besides that, mom cooked me my favourite vegetable dish, Hong Kong Choi Sam with Shitake Mushrooms and few slices of canned abalone.
There were also my family's favourite on the table, Pei Pa Roasted Duck and Emperor's Chicken.
We had grass jelly and yee sang as our dessert.
On the first day of Year of Tiger, my family did some prayers to the ancestor (a Chinese culture not Buddhist culture) before going to my maternal grandmother's house.
After going to my grandma's house, we went to my maternal granduncle's house to pay respect since he's the eldest in terms of position though he is a decade younger than my grandma.
There I had fresh oysters, salmon sashimi, roasted lamb and stir fried beef as my main course.
I took some fried mee hoon as starter. Then I had some Ice Kacang as my dessert as I do not take alcohol. My brother get himself some red wine and cocktail as his dessert.
Then we went to my paternal granduncle's house.
There, all my father's relatives gathered at there including Uncle Andrew from Melbourne except my aunt which is staying in Kota Kinabalu.
That night we went to my grandaunt's house to have dinner.
That's all for my reunion dinner and my first day of new year.
J.Z.Wong
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