Happy Chinese New Year !

its been such an awesome three days of celebrations!
love CNY because its a time to spend it with family, more so than other festivals.
e.g. christmas can sometimes still spend with friends,
but I'll get shot if i try that during CNY :B

as usual, it all starts with reunion dinner !
i was happier for this year's cause ahma finally didnt cry anymore :')
she did cry at the temple earlier, but its a start.
its unavoidable i guess, cause we still miss ahgong very much.
especially when CNY is his favourite time of the year.
he placed great emphasis on celebrating CNY properly, and was always excited during then.

even for his last CNY with us, even when he was sick,
he still tried to stay strong and sit through dinner with us.
he still obliged for photos and our nonsense singing greetings, as i rmb.

cant help it but think of him whenever CNY rolls around,
so its always bittersweet for me.

this year i ended work earlier than expected,
and since i missed the family's prayer ceremony earlier,
i decided to go visit ahgong at the temple.

made me feel a whole lot better (:

double steamboat! plus a grill this year, omg everything also grill.

abalone, bacon, scallop, fish. yums.

climbed and placed my phone on the edge of the fridge to take this. :D

with them cute cousins. ethel and wayne !

sometimes seeing them is like seeing me and jh. (:

and as usual, every year i'd bring my whole set of nail polishes over!
getting heavier each year :x

i chionged out a total of six manicures including my own !
crazy but i loved the challenge.
finished five before midnight some more. hehehe.

for third aunt, to match her cheongsam !

Base color: OPI Yoga-ta Get this Blue, Petals: China Glaze Surreal Appeal

Accent nail: Black Cat Lacquer Libra

On her thumbs is a firecracker and a God of Fortune. All hand drawn by yours truly ;p

for my mum!

Base color is China Glaze Surreal Appeal, with China Glaze Angel wings as glitter gradient.

On her thumbs is a pair of mandarin oranges and a maneki neko 招财猫, also hand drawn.

for first aunt !

Base color is China Glaze Surreal Appeal, and i tried to do peach blossoms.

On her thumbs is a gold ignot and a God of Fortune. hers was the first i tried !

for jingxuan !
Pastel themed pony x rainbow nails. she loved the freaking ghey set hahahaha.

i was uber happy with the saran wrap-esque effect too !

invented my own way of dabbing on the colors so its less messy.

used a mix of China Glaze and OPI colors.

CG Sweet Hook, OPI Pink Friday, CG Electric Beat, OPI Garguantan Green Grape,

CG Lemon Fizz, thefaceshop pastel orange, CG Surreal Appeal.

(bwahahah i just recalled these out of memory, #trueaddict LOLOL)

and Emily De Molly Hole In the Sky for accent nail !

my own !

used China Glaze Kinetic Candy and Essence Mint to Be as base.

double ace to bring me good luck for blackjack hehehe.

then a horse to represent this year's zodiac !

the horseh stems from a v cool greeting from my colleague :D

for second aunt

OPI Love.Music.Angel.Baby and Black Cat Lacquer Libra.

out of all sets this was the hardest!

cause my aunt was quite a picky customer and she practically refused all colors i suggested :x

glad im not a real manicurist. ;p

for the dress theme, my family decided to go oriental !
and by family its the whole ng family. :D
we've been saying it for years and this time we managed to psycho almost everyone.
all the ladies cooperated but sadly not the men. :x
better than nothing though!