Yee Sang Must Be Tossed With Lots of Salmon!

Unlike the year of Rabbit, this year I have only tossed Yee Sang once. Last year, I have tossed this so-called raw fish salad thrice in 3 different locations with one of them being in Taiping. Too bad we couldn't travel back to the City if Rain this year. How about you folks? How many times have you tossed this must-have Chinese New Year dish? Surely most of you tossed this prosperous Yee Sang which signifies abundance in fancy 5-star hotel with those attractive ivory chopsticks right?

Our very own DIY Yee Sang set. :)

What's inside of our DIY Yee Sang set?

Make sure you take note of the ingredients, so that you can make
your very own DIY Yee Sang, which is more DIY than this! :p


Coloured " pickled vegetables"?


"Poh Chai" crackers.


Groundnut & Sesame Seed.


Ouh...didn't know we need pepper and 5 herbs powder as well?


Aww...no yee sang tossing is complete without these orange salmon fillets. :p

As for me and my family who are poverty-stricken. We had our "Yee Sang" tossing moment in our humble, little shack. Yupe! We bought our DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Yee Sang set from Jusco. Of course it didn't come with the must-have Salmon fillets. So I bought 2 different packs of Salmon fillets and slices on Chinese New Year eve to be tossed with my family. Although it looked rather simple, all of us love it. We enjoy mixing, tossing, hurling and jumbling up all the ingredients together while uttering those "auspicious" phrases and idioms to usher our brand new (lunar) year.

Unpack your vegetables and "Pok Chai" crackers.

Then arrange your salmon fillets beautifully. :p

Sprinkle the groundnut & sesame mixture.
And those white stuff-dried noodle? LOL :D

And not forgetting...plum sauce?

So now what?

Remember that when you toss your Yee Sang with your chopsticks, make sure you toss it as high as you can...but don't~lar toss it until they hit or stick on the ceiling. Ha :D I think the preferred raw fish for Yee Sang is Salmon. That is why I insist that my family's Yee Sang must be tossed with lots of Salmon. How about you? Then again...I was the only one who happily ate almost all of the raw salmon fillets and slices. Guess my father, brother and wifey couldn't stand the rawness of the Salmon huh!

Toss the Yee Sang!

Lau~lau~lau (means toss~toss~toss in Cantonese I think)

Yes. This whole bucket of Yee Sang is mine. Huatt~ar!!
Really "Nian Nian You Yee" aka Every year filled with fish (abundance)!

Best Auspicious Day To Start Working After Chinese New Year In 2012

By now I am sure a lot of you are eager to know when is the best (most auspicious) day in 2012 for you to start working again (开工日) after this Dragon Chinese New Year right? They say it is important for us to start working again on an auspicious day after Chinese New Year, so that our whole year will be a prosperous, smooth-sailing year filled with all the luck and wealth that we need. So if you had a bad year last year, it was probably because you started working on the wrong day after Chinese New Year! So don't make the same mistake again in this new Dragon Year.

When should you start working again after Chinese New Year?

As you know there are 12 different zodiac animals in the lunar calender, hence each zodiac animal has different best day(s) to start working again. You need to know you are born on which year to start working again! It seems that those who were born in the year of Tiger, Rabbit, Horse, Goat, Dog and Pig have BEST days to start working again (refer to the chart). This Dragon Year certainly belongs to both the Tiger and Pig as both as not 1 but 2 BEST days to start working again after Chinese New Year. Not fair at all right? LOL :D

The best day to start working again after Chinese New Year for:
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon & Snake.

The best day to start working again after Chinese New Year for:
Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog & Pig.

As for me, a raging bull...I don't have any BEST day to start working again after Chinese New Year. I do have several so-called GOOD days to work after my break. Unfortunately I have to resume my work on the 30th of January (Monday) which will be a BAD day for me. So how? My whole year will be ruined? Well...I guess I can't help it then. I am sure I can control my very own destiny in the year of the Dragon. :/ Hopefully you guys are able to start working again on your very best day. :)

Pick the BEST cut-out working day for yourself. :)

Our 1st Day Of Chinese New Year [Photos]

How was your first day of Chinese New Year? Did the Dragon year that you had been anticipating with bated breath started off the way you wanted? As for my family and I, we only managed to pay 3 of our relatives a visit. Usually we will be visiting at least 10 houses. Guess we can't go to too many places when we have babies on board aye. Then again all of us really enjoyed ourselves. We are happy to meet up and catch up with our relatives. It's all about reunion on my first day of Chinese New Year. How about you folks?

One for our big family album. :)

This year, our first day of Chinese New Year has been perfectly chronicled by my cousin-Rajiv, with his Nikon DSLR. I really love all the photos of us that he has taken. Every photo of us that he snapped turns out to be so vividly REAL, not to mention beautiful. I love how he weaved his magic into his lens and create picturesque memories of us. See? It's good to have a professional photographer in the house. Ha :D

It's been awhile since I last saw all 3 of my handsome cousins together.
From left: Rajiv, Shantanu & Kalai.

Me & Jordan boy. Both clad in red.

My beautiful wife and adorable daughter Skype-ing. :)

Jordan boy with his precious keys.

This is his second Chinese New Year.

Come~daddy gives you "nian nian" (milk).

Yeah~he is tired after going out for the whole day.

So these are some of the photos taken on our first day of the Dragon-ic Chinese New Year. I wish I can snap more photos on my own. Too bad I can't as I will be carrying my babies all the time. Ha :D Again, thanks to my cousin, Rajiv, for the beautiful, priceless photos. Hmm...then again I should have hired for FREE him to be my personal photographer for this Chinese New Year. :)

Priceless: My family portrait.

Start Your Dragon Year With RED Underwear!

I have always believed in starting my new lunar year on a high note. That's this saying in mandarin, "好的开始就是成功的一半。" which literally translates to "a good start will mean that your success is 50% in completion!" That is why I am determined to make sure that my beginning for this Dragon Year will start with a loud BANG! Then again I am not going to be vocal in my effort and neither will it be seen easily. So how am I supposed to start with my "best" foot?

Protect the "core"?

In order to have a great start for your new lunar year, you need to ensure that your "core" is well equipped to greet the new year. Then only you can reap the benefit of the Dragon Year. I am a believer not belieber of Feng Shui and I am convinced that our luck is in our very own hands. That is why I have prepared a specially bought garment for my "core". Hmmm...what "core" am I referring? Well...the "core" that you use for reproducing? LOL :D

So which colour of "shield": should I wear for my "core"?

Of course RED right?

That is why the other day I went to grab some new Body Glove underwear for my "core". It is about the colour you see. They say if you were to wear RED colour underwear during Chinese New Year, your whole year will be protected by the God of Wealth. Then you will be winning all your gambles, you will strike lottery and your investments will have handsome returns. Sounds a bit too far-fetched aye? But what if it is true? You have nothing to lose right? So wear red coloured underwear today. :)

I am going to "equip my core" with the best possible underwear. LOL :D

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Happy Chinese Dragon New Year To Everyone

It's the time for celebration, food and ang pow; It's my favourite festival  of the year again-Chinese New Year. I am sure most of you (especially singles) are rejoicing in this new Dragon Year. Still can't sleep thinking of how many ang pow you will receiving right? Like all of you, I have always looked forward to celebrate Chinese New Year, more so as I will be celebrating with my 2 angels-Jordan and Jasmine. Though I will be giving lots of Ang Pow, I am happy. :)

A special mandarin from me. :)

Chinese New Year is all about reunion right? Reunion of friends, relatives and especially families. I love Chinese New Year because I get to see my loved ones. How about you? Anyway I wanna wish all my blog readers a very, very happy Dragon-ic Chinese New Year to you. May all of you be blessed with unlimited happiness and prosperity! HUUUUAAAAATTTTTT~ar (发～啊) as in may everyone be wealthy! :)