Baby J's 1st overseas trip!

Baby J so happy to be on his 1st flight!

Hubby and baby J came along with me to Hong Kong on my business trip and we stayed over the weekend to meet up with friends. We took the early morning flight and had to grab baby J out of his cot and went on a taxi to the airport at 6am. He was still rather sleepy but he was such a good boy, no tantrums and no crying all the way to HK. I think he must have got used to the flying while in my tummy and thank God, the flight was relatively smooth despite us sitting at the back.

While I was at work, hubby had baby J all to himself and I guess he must have spent some good quality time with his baby. Then on Saturday while hubby was at his Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony at HKUST, baby J and I had a lunch date at the UC Bistro next to the hall. He was such a charming baby, the waitress couldn't stop playing with him and teasing him. Most of Ian's friends were also charmed by baby J and granduncle Leung was over the top happy to meet him too. Especially when he did the "kungxi kungxi" gesture and the "bye-bye" gesture. Over all despite not being able to shop much, it was a good trip with baby. I think we can do more trips with him again soon!

One thing new in HK was the "lo hei" aka Yusheng that the Maxim group of Chinese restaurants were promoting now. It's the first time that the Singapore tradition of eating Yusheng made its way into HK and we tried it of course! The salmon slices were thicker and more generous but the vegetables were cut a little too thick and they added some new vegetables not usually used in Singapore such as the purple cabbage.

Lo Hei in HK

Happy Dragon Year!

Happy Dragon Year!

Chinese New Year arrived really early this year! Slightly less than 1 month after Christmas and exactly one week after my birthday. We have so much fun and joy celebrating all the festivities this year with baby J! He was the little Santa and now he is the little Chinese emperor in this traditional Chinese costume. :)

I have gone crazy and bought 5 cheongsam for this Chinese New Year and have worn 2 pieces of it so far. I think I look good, not great but good enough and I am happy with it. I have stopped hoping that I will go back to my old size and opt to buy new dresses in new sizes. I think I will not go for another round of cool sculpting...let's not waste money. With me and my hubby's love for good food, I doubt I can slim down any further even with cool sculpting. So WTH! Happy New Year!

Lion Dance @ the warehouse

Had the annual Lion Dance arranged to perform at my warehouse last Friday. This is a traditional Chinese ritual for bringing good luck and prosperity to the workplace. The owner of the building where my warehouse is located is a Japanese man but he has been living in Hong Kong for more than 20 years and he observes this tradition dearly. He has several buildings in Hong Kong and he has his Lion Dance ritual perform at all of them every Chinese New Year. I guess the Lion Dance must have brought him much good luck all these past years. His business is expanding.

For the fun of it, I had the Lion Dance performed at my warehouse for the first time last year and repeated the ritual again this year. So has the past year been good for me or the warehouse? I really can't tell. Other than being quite sick towards the end of the year, I think most of last year has been quite okay for me. As for the warehouse, work has been stable for all until the end of the year when the sales dropped sharply...In this economic situation, I doubt no amount of Lion Dance rituals can make any miracle happen. We just have to ride it out and hope for the best. My wish for this year is that I can keep all the present workers I have at the warehouse and hope that the business will pick up from the 2nd half of the year...

The Lion Dance Group in front of the building @ 9am

Lion Dance @ the warehouse

"Cai Qing" (採青) performance (picking the greens)

We had the red packet and the lettuce pack hung up very high (more than 3 metres) at the warehouse for the "Cai Qing" 採青 performance. We made sure that the performers work hard for their rewards so that all of us get a good show. It was all for fun. :)