Chinese New Year (CNY) Gathering - 19 February to 22 February

Lau Yúshēng (Lou Hei)

It usually consists of strips of raw fish (most commonly salmon), mixed with shredded vegetables and a variety of sauces and condiments, among other ingredients. Yusheng literally means "raw fish" but since "fish (鱼)" is commonly conflated with its homophone "abundance (余)", Yúshēng (鱼生) is interpreted as a homophone for Yúshēng (余升) meaning an increase in abundance. Therefore, yusheng is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor. 

All diners at the table then stand up and on cue, proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying various "auspicious wishes" out loud, or simply "撈起, 撈起". It is believed that the height of the toss reflects the height of the diner's growth in fortunes, thus diners are expected to toss enthusiastically.

- from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusheng)

新年（旧正月）おめでとう！(Happy Chinese New Year)

よいよい、チャイニーズ民族の新年！この日に、親戚や友達などの家を訪ねて、みかんを取り替えるんだ。そして、日本のお年玉のように、子供たちは大人にお金をもらう。お金は赤い封筒に入れた。あわゆる、中国語で「红包(Hongbao) - Red Packet」と言う。

下の写真から、左のほうの言葉は「年年有余（Nian Nian You Yu）」、右のほうは「万事如意（Wan Shi Ru Yi）」。「年年有余」の意味は毎年終わるとき、たくさんのものが残っていて、来年を準備する。「万事如意」というのはものがすべて叶える。

みんな、新年おめでとう！

Finally, it's the New Year for the Chinese community. On this day, we will visit relatives' house and exchange mandarin oranges. Also, like Japan's "Otoshi-dama", the children will get to receive money from adults. The money is put into a red-coloured envelope. As known as Hongbao (red packet) in Chinese language.

In the above picture, the word on the left is "年年有余(Nian Nian You Yu)", the right is "万事如意(Wan Shi Ru Yi)". The meaning for "Nian Nian You Yu" is that when every year ends, there are a lot of things that are left to prepare for the next year. "Wan Shi Ru Yi" means that everything comes to your way.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

アニメ：アイカツ！(Anime: Aikatsu!)

「アイカツ！」を見るのは久しぶりです。もう一度とても感動しました。歌はとても明るくて、ドレスもすごかった！このアニメが大好きです！

(It's been a long time since I watched "Aikatsu!". I was once again moved by the show. The songs are really lively, dresses are also amazing! I love this anime!)

新しいブランド！！(New brand)

モンスターキャットコーデ (Monster Cat Coord)

オデットスワンコーデ (Odette Swan Coord)

クララキャロルコーデ (Clara Carol Coord)

スノープリンセスコーデ(Snow Princess Coord)

ローズガラスプリンセスコーデ (Rose Glass Princess Coord)

Sakurairo Kaden Brand

羽衣プリンセスコーデ (Hagoromo Princess Coord)

羽衣プリンセスコーデ (Hagoromo Princess Coord)

全部のドレスに好きになった！実際にそんなドレスがあれば、本当に着てみたいな！！
今年の日本旅行、ぜったい「アイカツ！」のアルバムを買います！

(I came to like all the dresses! If there are really such dresses around, I will really want to try them on!! I will definitely buy the "Aikatsu" album from my Japan trip this year!)

Colleague's Farewell / The Soup Spoon

We had Pizza Hut pizzas for my colleague's farewell. We ordered the promotion of 3 large pizzas (Hawaiian, Seafood Duluxe and Smoky Chicken) for SGD 49 and 2 sides of drumlets.

Hawaiian Pizza

Seafood Deluxe

So yummy!!!

Last Sunday, I went to Soup Spoon with my boyfriend and his friend. This is my first time eating at the restaurant. The mushroom soup is really good! I don't really like the bread though. =x