CNY in Melbourne......

CNY in Melbourne......


Angpaos which i recieved...................


CNY in Melbourne is very different from how we usually celebrate in Malaysia...or...wat i used to celebrate in Malaysia. Although there's lotz of Chinese in Melbourne, however, the CNY atmosphere in Melbourne is nt as strong as in Msia. In Malaysia, when approaching CNY, u can see many Chinese doing their last minute shopping. Long Qs.....Argghh...but..i really enjoy the atmosphere there. U see, although every1 is bz..but somehow, i can feel..every1 do enjoy the "buzyness". Spring cleaning n shopping with families do bring every1 together.


However, in Melbourne, things r different here. According to Aunty Sally, some of the Chinese here dun celebrate CNY as CNY normally falls on weekdays, n unlike Msia, CNY is not a public holiday for Australians..Damn sad case, feel so sorry for all Chinese in Australia.

In Malaysia, we normally juz pay our relatives n frens a visit. As usual, the host wil provide tit bits, soft drinks, beers, homemade cookies, chocolates, candies, dried fruits, nutz for the guests. N there it goes...all the chit chating..n gossiping to catch up with things....


But in Australia, home visit is more than juz chit chatting n gossiping..they actually cook together n serve meals with other families. In short, CNY is part of a family activity, where not oni 1 family crowd together, but with lotz of families. There wil b a host where the house warming take place, n others wil come to the host place with ready or raw food. Some wil prepare the food with the host, where the parents wil start their conversation bt their lifes, kids, current issues...etc. during the food preparation. The kids on the other hand, while waiting for the meals to be ready, crowd together, playing games, planning some church activities, etc.






Need prove????







Me..Aunty Sally, n Aunty Kek Neo

Us again....

Kitchen...

Kitchen seems to b the busiest place....

Aiya..not every1 wil b bz preparing the food la...aha...as the kitchen has limited places to cook...but...look at the other corner where the kids were....Thy r juz simply bz with their PS games........

See...every1 is bz in the kitchen. Where can we see this in Msia, where every1 seems to b sitting in the living hall.....

Despite of the above...there's stil similarity..........wat some more....u guess la..!!!!!

YESH!!!!!that is ------------------ANGPAOssssssssssssssss