Preparation for Chinese New Year
Posted on Jan 30, 2010 under home, shopping | 20 CommentsThis year I am so far behind. I have yet to do some thorough cleaning around the house like scrubbing the tiles, cleaning the kitchen cabinets, washing the windows and etc. I also have not bought all the stuff I need to buy like cookies, mandarin oranges, haven’t got a haircut and worse….I haven’t even bought any new clothes for myself. Went to the mall today with the intention of shopping for a nice top but couldn’t find any and I walked till I almost dropped 
There is only one more weekend before the Year of the Tiger arrives. Luckily I bought Ashley’s clothes a few months ago and recently her por por bought her a pair of new shoes and skirt. Will blog about this later. These are some of the things that I managed to do for my house.
My bamboo sticks decorated with some red velvet twine and 4 branches of red flowers.
I bought a funny looking fish to hang outside my house. I should have bought the butterflies.
Got a red colour wooden bowl for decoration. Just want to get something red for the tv stand 
I’ll probably put some mandarin oranges in it.
January 30th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
mommy always put their kids before them.
I haven’t got any new clothes too
January 31st, 2010 at 1:22 am
Hope you get something nice for yourself soon.
Luckily, I’ve bought some CNY clothes for myself already. I’ve also bought new clothes for Gwen here in Jakarta..haha..cannot resist. 
January 31st, 2010 at 1:39 am
i’m like u get for them way before this to avoid the rush.
the decos are very ‘chinesey’ indeed. for me .. none … malas .. hehehe so bad hor .. no CNY spirit at all.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:25 am
Wow so many ‘ang ang’ RED stuffs heheh! I feel ur home will be very lively and prosperous already
Hope u get ur cny clothes soon!
January 31st, 2010 at 3:09 am
January 31st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
you are better than me.. I have not even started to clean the house…
January 31st, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I thought of deco….told myself forget it! Clean house ah? Hai…just do the necessary (still think my house is new enough).
New clothes? Maternity wear SUCKS. Boyboy has only 1 outfit but sufficient lah!
Next year. Maybe next year I will do better!
But your deco sure looks nice!
Now Go SHOP Go SHOP !!!
January 31st, 2010 at 5:01 pm
wah… cny atmostphere.. i dont have ler.. this year cannot celebrate cos of the demise of my fil…
January 31st, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Barb, all the ang ang things that you bought are nice, esp the bamboo sticks. It looks unique.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:02 am
actually, we have lotsa time to prepare this year as the cny is in mid feb but somehow,, it seems like so soon and not enough time to get what we want. I’m cutting down on my decor tis time.. Hey..i like the red wooden bowl, but I like Ashley’s pic better. I can see her cute cute lips at the upper corner .. :p)
February 1st, 2010 at 10:08 am
trust me… u’re much much better than me
February 1st, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Barbara, you are very hardworking..scrub ere n there somemore.If me, hmmm..really no eyes see. Therefore i burned my pocket to hire part time cleaner to scrub scrub here n there..wipe up and down..heheh.
i really like the bamboo deco u did..Though it looks simple, but very nice and lively.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Well, at least you bought some festive deco items… me lagi nothing. CNY to me is just like any other ordinary day…
February 1st, 2010 at 9:53 pm
I’m taking it easy. Best thing is the kids get a week’s break from school, that’s all we care about.
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 am
Ah, I also haven’t bought clothes. Have been walking in and out of shops with Josh in tow but nothing catches my eye!
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
hahahahhah..tell me about it. I have not clean my house and not shop for myself too!!! Yesterday went out whole day, but didn’t get anything for myself. *sad*
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I saw that red wodden bowl in Parkson, got many different size kan? Maybe I can buy one for deco too.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
i have yet to get any cny ornaments…. have yet to get shoes for the kids *sigh* i’m real far behind
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:27 pm
hey, like the red wooden bowl, mana beli ah. yr decor is very nice, very CNY feel. me nothing oh. no decor, cus will be back in melaka the whole time. hehe!
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 am
At least you did something! it’s an achievement. I didn’t do anything yet. dunno why this year no feeling of CNY mood.