Preparation for Chinese New Year

This 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.

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My bamboo sticks decorated with some red velvet twine and 4 branches of red flowers.

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I bought a funny looking fish to hang outside my house.  I should have bought the butterflies.

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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.

 

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20 Responses to Preparation for Chinese New Year

  1. blessed mom says:

    mommy always put their kids before them. 😛

    I haven’t got any new clothes too 🙁

  2. Mummy Gwen says:

    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. 😛

  3. twin says:

    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.

  4. kristie says:

    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!

  5. jen cheung says:

    🙂 pretty red thingsss! I feel like decorating the house this year with chinese new year decors too. =) Time to go out & shop for these. hehes.

  6. Cynthia says:

    you are better than me.. I have not even started to clean the house… 😀

  7. Ann says:

    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 !!!

  8. claire says:

    wah… cny atmostphere.. i dont have ler.. this year cannot celebrate cos of the demise of my fil…

  9. sheohyan says:

    Barb, all the ang ang things that you bought are nice, esp the bamboo sticks. It looks unique.

  10. 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)

  11. sasha says:

    trust me… u’re much much better than me

  12. Mommy Ling says:

    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.

  13. ChloeMummy says:

    Well, at least you bought some festive deco items… me lagi nothing. CNY to me is just like any other ordinary day… 🙁

  14. Clairity says:

    I’m taking it easy. Best thing is the kids get a week’s break from school, that’s all we care about.

  15. Joshua's mummy says:

    Ah, I also haven’t bought clothes. Have been walking in and out of shops with Josh in tow but nothing catches my eye!

  16. Annie Q says:

    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*

  17. mummy moon says:

    I saw that red wodden bowl in Parkson, got many different size kan? Maybe I can buy one for deco too.

    Wish to get your vote pls http://www.cjgotravel.com/2010/02/result-chosen-top-5-best-recipes.html

    I am no 3 you can vote every day , each vote a day , highest voter can get win a prize too 😛 tq tq

  18. yvonne says:

    i have yet to get any cny ornaments…. have yet to get shoes for the kids *sigh* i’m real far behind

  19. Irene says:

    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!

  20. mumzzy says:

    At least you did something! it’s an achievement. I didn’t do anything yet. dunno why this year no feeling of CNY mood.

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