seng wai: CNY updates..

First of all, I would like to wish all the couples out there a very HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY... hope you all have a great V-day...
As for myself, I will not be having any V-day celebration or watever...sigh...

Anyway, the main purpose for this post is a little update on how I celebrated CHINESE NEW YEAR over here in the UK... lol... alrite, here goes...

CNY EVE

After class went straight down to Bradford where Vincent held a party for the CNY...Everyone who went were from Inti... They even played CNY songs just to suit the mood.. lo.. well, tat's the least you can get over here unlike back home.. lol..

As usual, it was a pot luck party where everyone cooked something and brought it over.. there's curry, stew, vegetables, etc... Food was good.. and also there's lots of alcohol around which was placed nicely on the floor in the living room just waiting for everyone to have their dinner and start on the booze... lol...

Zhen Hwee and the BUDS..

After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room and there we played a game where the loser have to drink shots.. Well, I din lose much, so I din get to drink much as well... luckily.. lol... There were a few who got drunk as well even before the clock strikes 12am.. lol..

me and my smirnoff...

the guy who never survives any drinking session... wat a way to start the year.. lol..

a toast to the year of RAT

I stayed over for the nite and miraculously, I managed to reach back to Leeds just in time for 9 am classs... hahaa...

1st Day of CNY..

It was a very depressing first day for me as I had to spend almost the entire day in the LAB doing tests for my final project... sigh.. However, once I reached home, it was all good coz my flatmates and I organized a steamboat sesssion..wat would CNY be without a good steamboat... lol...we bought fish, pork, chicken, meat balls etc.. since we do not own any steamboat equipment, we have to settle using our rice cookerS.. lol.. we invited about 12-13 person, therefore we had to use 2 rice cookerS .. lol... Kok Hong, Kumar, Kenneth and Nizam came all the way from Bradford to join us for steamboat.. Well, we ate almost the whole night and felt so full after that..

FOOD!!!!

Kumar, Me and Nizam

After dinner, some other guys came over and started a mini casino in Wilson's room.. well, tat's typical CNY.. lol... they played blackjack and after an hour or 2 they headed down to the casino.. lol.. big time gamblers... I din follow them coz I was so tired due to lack of sleep from the nite before and the 4 hours tests...

gamblers...

2nd Day of CNY

Din do much basically, just spent the entire day in the lab again and went clubbing at nite with Kok Hong and gang...

3rd and 4th Day of CNY

Went down to Liverpool to look for my aunt.... Had a nice dinner and get to play with my nephew, Cameron... yes, I'm an uncle now... lol... my cousin cooked a goose for dinner.. my aunt made abalone and some other dishes... abalone was good... it has been a while since i last ate abalone... lol....

Once, i reached there we went around shopping, went to the dock, grab some ice-cream and had a little race with Cameron...

On Sunday, followed my aunt to Chinatown... they were having some celebrations over there... they had lion dance, and also dragon dance along with some fireworks... quite nice...anyway, here's some pics for the trip..