Happy Year of the Ox!!

Gong Xi Gong Xi!! As usual after the New Year comes the Chinese New Year! It's the year of the ox this time round and lets hope it brings glad tidings to all! My English mate and I were debating on what the difference was between an ox and a bull as he was commenting "why not year of the bull?" Well turns out that an ox is a domesticated male (without a certain reproductive organ 0_0) while the bull refers to the wild male. So you know which one the guys prefer, ehehe. Go, Year of the Bull!!

Anyway, it has been pretty quiet here in Sydney. Nothing much going on except the regular Chinese New Year Parade and some lion dances in China town. I do miss the Chinese New Year atmosphere back home where all the malls and even the streets get decorated ages before Chinese New Year arrives. I wonder what Megamall is looking like - I suppose it would be sort of painted red with decorations. Hmm, will Bangsar have ang pow decorations on the street ? I know they had the ketupat ones hanging on the lamp posts during Hari Raya and they looked quite nice. Well, lets see how far the government goes to promote racial unity and festivity.

Lucky for us the first day of Chinese New Year falls on a public holiday! Apparent it is the first time in years so - Go AUSTRALIA DAY!!! I went over to my aunt's place with the rest of the family and had loads of food!! We had aussie style bbq to celebrate australia day for lunch and the traditional multi course chinese dinner for our reunion dinner!

Family at the dinner table :)

Yummy food! Check it out. Someday I'm going to attempt to make that Char Siew!