One of the best CNY abroad

Like everyone back in Malaysia, I had a great CNY dinner.One of the best CNY I'd ever have abroad.. after 4 years, finally a Malaysian style CNY gathering dinner...there were 22-23 of us, with only 5 non-Malaysians.

Starting off the evening was yee sang prepared by Lili and then steamboat! I helped made the meatballs! hehe...I arrived early that day to help entertain lil' Jon Jon and to make meat balls..hehe..funny of Jon Jon to be so entertained by me all the time. Apparently, he's quiet and well behaved when he sees me, so he's happy to see me. Guess all babies like me? haha..anyways, it was great to meet all the Malaysians and have a great time together. Chatting, catching up with each other, watching their kids grow..it feels funny to be one of the youngest among them, and not being someone else's kid there..the youngest adults..felt strange for once, but fun..

Here are the pics:

Poor Dash was banished to the yard..no space for the big Dash

Preparing for yee sang~

Everyone getting ready to "lou sang"

Eating

They were trying to make me feel guilty for having to leave a pot "mushroom-less"..haha..

let's bring down the mountain~

Happy Valentine's Day

White Chinese New Year 2011!

Most people have White Christmases, but I have White Chinese New Year! =D

This year, we had about 8inches of snow the first week, with extremely low temperatures. The university refused to close until 9.30am on Thursday as the transit bus could no longer run safely. I was in class when I received the text message, stating that the university will close and the last bus will be in 10minutes! You can imagine how all of us ran out of class and towards the bus stop, all cramming into the bus like a can of sardine. Anyway, the snow did not stop for the weekend either..which means sledding and making snowmen...luckily I had groceries stocked up just in case of emergency.. =D

Later the next week, we had more snow! 25inch of thick, white, fluffy snow and -23'F temperature made Fayetteville colder than Alaska! haha..pipes froze up, people snowed in, stores closed and well, you get the picture. No one was crazy enough to brave the weather and head out like me..hehe..i drove around town, in search of delicious soup to go with the cold weather. I had delicious butternut squash soup at Atlanta Bread one day and instead of more soups, I had 2 nights of warm steamboat with friends. Since Arkansas is not equipped to deal with such severe weather, schools were closed for the entire week, cars drifted, people stranded, pipes burst everywhere, heaters on fire, roads unploughed and I had NO shovel! So, being creative, I used my sled and legs as alternatives..hehe..All in all, I had a great Chinese New Year with ample snow~~ School finally resumed today and there's so much catching up to do since we had been out for 2 weeks.

Pictures time:

Snowmen

Poultry Science Lawn where I sled and others broke their arms and legs doing so! =p

Sled

With 8-10inch of snow:

With 25inch of snow, +1-2inch every hour:

This is what I woke up to

Can you spot my car?

6inch of snow on my windshield..

Got buried while cleaning...imagine how much snow there is!

Around town:

(Can you spot the stranded car?)

Where's the railroad track???

Happy Chinese New Year!

It's been snowing all week! and each day is colder than before..>10inch of white snow to celebrate the year of the Rabbit! =D