Chinese New Year Celebration Is Over

Time sure whizzes by. Just a week ago, I was so looking forward to going back to Ipoh to celebrate The Chinese New Year with my family and relatives and today is already the Day 9 of the Lunar New Year. I went back to work on Tuesday as it was a good day for my animal sign.

For Reunion dinner, we had Korean BBQ in Taman Segar, Cheras with hubs’ family. We went to the same restaurant – Dae Bak Korean Restaurant 2 years back for reunion dinner too. We love the food there because they are delicious and affordable. This restaurant is run by a Korean couple and their son was there to help out and we had a nice time chatting with their son who speaks Mandarin and English.

Missy and I took the train back to Ipoh on Day 1 of Chinese New Year as hubs has to stay back to look after the 2 rascals. Unlike me, he doesn’t have any relatives in Ipoh except for an uncle so it was fine that he did not go back to Ipoh. I felt the train ride was super long that day because it took almost 3 hours to reach Ipoh with the many stops it had to take along the way. Perhaps I was too excited to go back and see my relatives again.

We had the usual gathering at my aunt’s house and it was great to see everyone again. Later that night, we had our annual family dinner with my dad, mum and siblings at Super HLT. Food was delicious and because dad booked the 8pm slot for the dinner, the whole place was almost empty except for a few tables. Less crowd is always a good idea in this pandemic time.

Day 2 was spent watching the lion dance performance at Bedrock Hotel and then meeting up with my good friends at a cafe. On that night, my brother-in-law cooked some ribs and we all had dinner at Bedrock Hotel, while being entertained by their singer friend. It was a fun night.

Day 3 was spent checking out of the Mu Hotel where missy and I stayed and then having lunch before we took the 3pm train home. Our Balik Kampung was short but sweet.