JUST TO SHARE (Lau Tai Onn): BRIEF ACCOUNT ON CELEBRATION OF CNY 2020

On Monday, January 20, 2020, my 3^rd son Wai Yu and his wife Jia-mei flew back from Taiwan to celebrate Chinese New Year (CNY) with us. They would stay in Malaysia till February 3, 2020. We had a pre-CNY reunion dinner on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 where all my children joined.

On Thursday, January 23, 2020, Soh Ai, Wai Kit and I drove to my mother-in-law’s home at Rantau Panjang, Selama, Perak. We left at 9.00am and reached our destination at 4.00pm after making 2 stops at Kawasan Rehat (R&R) Rawang and Tapah for food and drinks. The traffic along the highway was smooth except the stretch from Tapah to Ipoh.

Wai Jen, Wai Yu, Jia-mei and Wai Kei drove in one car to Rantau Panjang on Saturday, Januray 25, 2020 (CNY's 1^st Day). They left KL at 4.00am and reached Rantau at about 8.30am.

As usual, we had steamboat dinner on CNY's 2^nd Day in the presence of Soh Ai’s eldest sister Sock Kim and her family, her younger brother Sze Hean and his family, youngest brother Sze Teong (whose wife Kiddy went to Bangkok for tour with her family members) and my family.

Wai Jen left for home by train from Bukit Mertajam in the morning of Monday, January 27, 2020 (CNY's 3^rd Day) while the rest of us left Rantau Panjang on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (CNY's 4th Day).

The following are snapshots and brief descriptions of our CNY gatherings and celebrations for the record:

Pre-CNY Reunion Dinner at a nearby restaurant (on 22/01/2020)

At Ah Ma's house after arrival on 23/01/2020

A glance at Ah Ma's house

Sze Hean's children on 24/01/2020 (CNY's Eve). Pic from left: Jia-wei, Angeline XinYi and LeYi.

Sze Hean's family taking lunch on CNY's
Eve

Jia-wei enjoys the company of his cousin brothers

Wai Yu and Jia-wei on CNY's 1st Day 25/01/2020

CNY's 1st Day (25/01/2020)

CNY's 2nd Day morning

Our lunch on CNY's 2nd Day

Jia-wei showing off his Cup-stacking skill learned from school

Wai Kei playing with Jia-wei

Wai Yu had fever and sore throat since CNY's 1st Day night. We took him to Hospital Selama for consultation on 2nd Day (Sunday). It was long wait (about 2 hours) at A&E Dept. (as Outpatient Dept. was closed on weekends) and he was prescribed the above medicine (all for RM1 only).

Selfie on Jalan Besar, Rantau Panjang, Perak on CNY's 2nd Day

Getting ready for steamboat dinner

Steamboat food

Jia-mei, Ji-an and Ru'ben preparing steamboat

Steamboat dinner in progress

Jia-wei and his cousin Jackson playing table soccer

On CNY's 3rd Day, Sze Hean's mother-in-laws and family members came visiting in the morning

At noon of CNY's 3rd Day, Ah-Ma's 3rd elder brother and family members came visiting.

Wai Kit chatting with Darren, son of Choo Phaik Ping (eldest daughter of Soh Ai's 3rd uncle)

Soh Ai's 3rd uncle from Kulim and his sister (Ah Ma)

Our simple dinner on CNY's 3rd Day

"Lou Sang" (Prosperity Toss) on CNY's 3rd Day

Jia-mei and Ah Ma just before we left Rantau Panjang on CNY's 4th Day

We stopped by Jalan Theatre, Ipoh for chicken-rice lunch

A CNY's gathering lunch on Friday, January 31, 2020 with my sibblings and children (Soh Ai was down with fever and cough and couldn't attend) at Cheras Leisure Mall

A group photo in front of the restaurant after our gathering lunch

Wai Yu and Jia-mei at Leisure Mall Cheras

With bro. Patrick (pic left), Sze Wah and Winnie (pic. right)

Leisure Mall Cheras on CNY's 7th Day

A group photo of the Tsun Jin High School classmates (of the classes of 1968 - 1973) gathering lunch at BMC Mall on Saturday, February 1, 2020 (CNY's 8th Day).