Christmas / New Year #2: Highlights from 2014

For this second post within my Christmas / New Year mini-series, the focus shifts to highlights from 2014. The prompt for this began on WhatsApp, where a group chat discussion topic was initiated by a friend on sharing of highlights from 2014. Continue ReadingChristmas / New Year #2: Highlights from 2014

CNY holiday #7: Week in Singapore

When I started this mini series of posts on my holiday I hadn’t thought that it would end up as a 7-part series… But 7 is a good biblical number! So here we go – a final post to recap Continue ReadingCNY holiday #7: Week in Singapore

CNY holiday #6: Penang

On Saturday 1 Feb, the 2nd day of CNY, I joined family in a short 4-hour road trip from KL to Penang. Overall, the journey was quite uneventful, with a single stop on the way for the kids. We did Continue ReadingCNY holiday #6: Penang

CNY holiday #5: Chinese New Year traditions

Chinese New Year is a lunar festival, which is why the date changes from year to year. A full traditional celebration takes 15 days. Personally I don’t follow every single tradition although I do have family members who are much more Continue ReadingCNY holiday #5: Chinese New Year traditions

CNY holiday #4: KL

If I could summarise my time in KL it would be family focused not withstanding the CNY festivities and traditions (separate post in its way) I didn’t really have shopping needs so food would have been the secondary focus. Thank Continue ReadingCNY holiday #4: KL