Happy CNY from Manchester!

Happy Belated Chinese New Year Everyone!

A start to a Prosperous Year of the Ox :)

CNY here is completely different from celebrating it in Malaysia. Firstly, NO ANG POOOOOWWWW~~!!! T.T And we were having exams during the start of CNY. phew~ The atmosphere is also totally different because most people here don't have any idea that it's CNY. They only notice that something's happening when China Town looked 'more chinese' all of a sudden. And most chinese restaurants (like MosoMoso) was suddenly closed for sometime.

I felt so left out from the CNY celebration that I went straight to China Town to buy my 'Nien Gau' after my last paper. Apparently 'Nien Gau' is quite popular here too because it was sold out at the first 2 supermarkets we went to. Luckily I found it in the 3rd supermarket! Yay! Wondering how much it cost? Of course it was $$$ lah! £4.38 for as big as a standard Malaysian dinner plate (British standard dinner plate is extra big).

Talking about China Town, I was doing grocery shopping in the city last Sunday and I stumbled into a small CNY festival there!




They were having some kind of bazaar selling food (both Chinese & British food), Chinese handicrafts, balloons, with a small fun fair for kids (the fun fair completely NO kaitan with CNY).











Satay!!! Wanna know how much? £3 for 4 sticks!!! @_@

And that's the stage in the middle of China Town's square. They were just setting it up when I came, probably had performances and lion dance or something. :)

At night I went to a 'Chinese New Year' clubbing party. Which also kinda had NO kaitan with CNY -.-" They did have some pathetic 'lion dance' where the lion was so small I couldn't even see it from behind the crowd. And the music (gongs, drums, cymbals) was also so pathetic I would give the lone lion who always comes visiting your houses during CNY a better rating. And though the theme was RED I was one of the few red species in that club. Hoho! Check it out:

May & I were freezing outside in the snowy night...

until we saw these CRAZY girls exposing themselves to the biting minus degree celsius ice outside. Wearing my long coat, scraf, and thick gloves with every inch of my body covered, I instantly felt like the warmest person on earth.



In the club

Something lemonade.. really nice!

Jessica, Ying, Wai Xin, Me, May, & Lisa
(Yes. Ying is SUPER HOT. Close your mouth guys.)

Not my drinks ok. I'm just so bored sitting there for so long since I can't dance.



And lastly, just a few hours ago, MSSM (Malaysian Students' Society of Manchester) organized a CNY celebration specially for the Malaysians ;) Some VIPs came from Malaysia too, don't quite remember their names, but one of them is the Deputy High Commissioner of Malaysia. There was a lion dance, quick video, CNY songs, and most importantly Free Food!

Jerom, Wai Xin, May, Li-lin, Jessica, Charis

Front: Me, Evie (Sabahans!)
Back: Shafirah? (sorry! I dunno how to spell your name..), Farah, Ain, Hui Yee

The one next to me is Wani.
And sorry, I dunno who is the guy in blue.

The lion makes his appearance!

Kawai >.<
(Jess and Charis are twins.. look alike leh~~)

Me & Wai Xin

Jess's little creation
(she strongly reminds me of Pei Wern.. hmm..)

Each orange we took pictures with below has a face >.<

Buy our Mandarin oranges! Sweet, Cute, & Juicy~~~!

secretly checking some random brown bag...

look at what we found! Someone is trying to 'tapau' aka steal oranges!

O.O The brown bag belongs to Wai Xin!! Aaaahh!
She's 'stealing' oranges!! Hmm.. I'll get her to share some with me later.. *ngehehe*..

Bye bye everyone!

~GONG XI FA CAI~