You knew this post was coming. It’s Chinese New Year. It’s time to venture out to Hong Kong Disneyland and join in the festivities with Mickey and the gang. It’s a sky high celebration. So C’mon, c’mon, c’mon… take a flight of imagination, so c’mon, c’mon, c’mon … Ok – so maybe I’ve been to … Continue reading
Chinese New Year isn’t far off. It’s a time of fun and celebration and … cupcakes! Well, ok, maybe not cupcakes in the traditional sense, however it is normal to offer those who visit you during this time of the year sweets and nibbles and I classify cupcakes in that category. So, knowing the Year … Continue reading
Last year in Tahoe we had a real challenge – Mitchell just wasn’t interested in skiing. Maybe he wasn’t mature enough, maybe we expected him to be too much like his sister … or maybe he just hates skiing. There were all things we considered but we wanted to give him another opportunity. This year … Continue reading
Gung Hey Fat Choi! It’s that time of year when Hong Kong goes all out celebrating with family and friends and as always we made our trip out to Disneyland to see what celebrations they had on. The top of Main Street was decorated with a giant decorative Mickey. The rest of the street was … Continue reading
Lion Dancing that is! In Sydney during Chinese New Year it is not uncommon to see the chinese lions dance through various restaurants allowing patrons to offer lai see in the hope of prosperity, luck and blessings for the lunar year ahead. We had never seen the dances in restaurants here in Hong Kong … … Continue reading
Chinese New Year is a time for giving. It is a time when for once in the year the older generations acknowledge the youth. Within families the older and married members give out Lai See (red pockets, also known as red envelopes) to the unmarried younger friends and family around them, especially children. With the … Continue reading
Every year the Chinese New Year flower fair descends on Victoria Park, next to Causeway Bay. It becomes a turbulent crush of people as everyone heads down to see all the novelty stalls and choose their flowers, blossoms, mandarin and cumquat trees before New Years Day. After a crushing experience way back in 2009, we … Continue reading
This is the first year I have been able to get Mitchell to want to wear a Chinese New Year outfit. Normally he outright refuses so I was relieved and happy he finally wanted to join in the festivities with all his friends. He and Bethany came out with us to choose their own outfits. … Continue reading
The Chinese Lunar calendar has just flicked over to the Year of the Dragon. For Hong Kong Disneyland it means the pocket sized (for your convenience) chinese dragon himself – Mushu – can come out to play for the year. During Chinese New Year festivities he was popping up in all kinds of places along … Continue reading
It is that time of year, and whilst I know I have been sadly negligent with getting this blog up to date (I promise to try and be more diligent in the coming week or so), I just wanted to wish all my friends, family and readers where ever you may be a Happy Chinese … Continue reading
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