Happy Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year is just around the corner.. in 2 days time to be exact, coinciding with Valentines Day. Here's wishing all my Chinese friends around the world a Happy Chinese New Year and Valentines Day :)

This year's CNY is gonna be quite different for me as I will be having the reunion dinner with hubby's family (instead of my family) on CNY eve. I will miss being with my family and relatives, but am also looking forward to this new experience at hubby's side. Of course, I'll see my family and relatives on the first day of CNY. I'm thankful that our families don't live across the seas, so we get to see them pretty often.

I'm looking forward to get to know hubby's relatives more, and hopefully try to remember how to address them accordingly in Cantonese - first aunty, second aunty, first uncle's wife, etc etc. Really hope I don't embarass myself since my Cantonese is 'one of a kind'. I like to refer to 'kau fu' (uncle) as 'lou fu' (tiger) so 'tai kau fu' (big uncle) becomes 'tai lou fu' (big tiger). Similarly, hubby's gotta remember how to address my relatives in Hokkien! He always gets them wrong...and cracks me up.

Gotta pack ang pows tonight... first year of giving ang pows too!