Hometown during CNY

Was back to hometown with sayang last weekend and while jln jln at nite...I took some shots of the CNY decorations in Jonker Street.


The whole place is decorated with rows and rows of red lanterns.


Some of the buildings have red spot lights shined on pillars and their roof to make them more "red" in colour.


Fantastic decoration.


Even the Dutch buildings are not spared....red spot lights are everywhere....making the pillars, roofs and walkway red in colour.


Nice.


As usual...how can we forget bout the food. Tried out another laksa (curry noodle) stall in Jonker Street...and its yummy.


Also...there is always the cendol.

Pom ciak ciak

A friend of mine call just now and this is what she said..... "Siew, wanna go pom ciak ciak tomorow nite ???" For a moment I pause.....nothing goes through my mind except for the question "what is pom pom ciak ???". I know I heard the phrase b4...but just dunno it has any practical implication.

After pausing for quite sometime with my friend yelling "hello hello hello" few times on the other side of the phone.....I ask her "Errr....what is pom ciak ciak ah???". Then she told me..."Go clubbing lor !!!"...which got me more puzzled...since when clubbing become pom ciak ciak.

Anyway since I consider myself to old for these kinda activities anymore...I politely decline my friend's invitation to pom ciak ciak tomorow nite.

Learn a new phrase today "pom ciak ciak" == clubbing...hehehehe

:: CNY :: --Making fishie--

Every year without fail....the trees at my home in Malacca will be decorated with "fishes" during CNY. Well...its actually paper fishes make from ang pow and I am proud to be the maker of these fishes...hehehehe.

Usually I'll make ard 30-40 fishes a year, however due to the reduction of trees at my home this year...I make only ard 20 fishes.


Prepare the angpows....lots of them if u intent to make a lot of fishie.


1 single angpow usually can make only 1 fish, however if the angpow is long enuf, you can make 2 fishie.


Fold 1 end of the ang pow.


Then cut the angpow....use only the folded end to make the fish.


Cut out the shape as in the pic above on the folded part of the angpow.


Then snip a small portion away from the tip of the angpow corner...in this pic its the tip on the left corner of the angpow.


Open the folded ang pow and cut a line at the middle, directly on the line where you fold the ang pow just now. Cut about 2 inch.


Cross the end part to form the tail and staple the part where my finger is holding.


Make sure you staple it correctly.


Lastly hang a red string and tie a loop at the tree. Done....fish on the tree.

For those who would like a live demo from me, please let me know :)