Today we are going to make something extremely EASY. It’s so EASY you can even do it in your sleep :P Here’s the tutorial video:  Ang Pow Fish you can stick on your walls, windows and every where. 1) For the body, you’ll need to cut open an Ang Pow packet and trace the shape from template. 2) For the tail, do not cut open the Ang Pow. Trace the shape on the Ang […]

Every Chinese New Year, we will be awaken by the loud Dong Dong Chiang on TV. My Dad will deliberately blast the TV so loud just to annoy us. He is always the early bird where else we always sleep in as we only go to bed at 3am the earliest during CNY. It has been a ritual of his to blast the TV by 10am if we are still not awake. You’ll never be […]

We did a Dragon craft today :) Can feel the ‘heat’ dy. Chinese New Year is just around the corner! Dragon fridge magnet.  Super simple and fun craft. Print out a dragon head and a tail. I got the dragon head and tail template from here. Paint and cut. Cut a strip of paper and paste three magnets along it. Paste the strip of paper to the Dragon’s head and tail and the fridge magnet […]

We ended up in Berjaya Times Square to see for ourselves the ‘Biggest Blossom Tree Replica’ at its main concourse area. The replica stands erect at 50.46 ft and holds 398,998 exquisite blooming blossoms. It is dubbed the Biggest Blossom Tree Replica by the Malaysia Book of Records. Not only that, their lantern is also bigger than life! Gigantic I tell you! If you are looking for ideas to make your own Ang Pow lanterns […]

If you are looking for a mall to go this weekend, you may want to consider Sunway Pyramid for they too have quite an amazing Dragon. If Ethan was not afraid of Pavilion’s Dragon (though I was), he is afraid of THIS Dragon! The Dragon is really something for this is the only dragon we’ve seen (so far) that is actually going vertical. Ethan is afraid as he said the Dragon can climb up real […]

The Dragon hunt brought us to Pavilion KL today. Actually I don’t know how we ended up in Pavilion. One moment we were in Eastin Hotel then Ethan and I fell asleep in the car and when we woke up we were already in Pavilion! Superb! The 600 ft long Majestic Dragon at Pavilion KL. Having just woken up from our nap, Ethan and I walked around Pavilion while Darling went somewhere else to meet […]

Today we are going to make another Lantern out of Red Packets. I don’t know what to call this. Can’t find any auspicious name for it but since it looks like a carousel to me, we shall refer it as Ang Pow Carousel Lantern :D DIY Chinese New Year decor : Ang Pow Carousel Lantern Fold as shown above Fold again as shown above. Looking like a slice of pizza now.. yum yum :P Fold […]

In my quest to find the best Chinese New Year decor in malls around the Klang Valley, never did I expect to find a gem at Sunway Giza Mall. They were nothing extra-ordinary during Christmas so when I paid them a visit today, I did not even bring my camera along. But to my surprise, Giza Mall has the most amazing decor I’ve ever encountered as they have this: *The photos you are about to […]

Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa embraces the year of the Dragon with the poetic rhythm of spring blossoming throughout its walls in celebration of the New Year with hopes of happiness, longevity and prosperity. We drove through the gorgeously decorated street to West Lake Garden, the Hotel’s Chinese restaurant. A teaser before we begin – Dragon Boat Sea Cucumber. A magnificent work of art! This Dragon year, the restaurant is offering a choice of four […]

Remember I was sceptical about 1 Utama’s Chinese New Year decoration when I saw them re-using their Christmas 2011 decor? If you don’t, read about it here.  Well, I was WRONG for the end result is amazing, better than their Christmas decor I must say! Check out their Christmas decor here. This is the stage seen from a level above.. What caught my eyes is the DRAGON.. Only the DRAGON… Amazing DRAGON that saves the […]

Our second stop for Chinese New Year mall decor is at IPC. Walking distance from The Curve, how can we NOT come here right? :P Ethan enjoying walking on the trail of the dragon. He said we must NOT walk on the RED carpet for the dragon will EAT us then! :P The stage. One of the houses with one of the dragons. Lanterns What I love about IPC’s decor this year is the trail […]

Was in Sunway yesterday for a media preview of West Lake Garden’s Chinese New Year Specials. We had GOLD yo! And this auspicious Dragon Boat Sea Cucumber! Detailed entry coming soon as now I only wanna share with you some pictures on the streets of Sunway. The street of Sunway has never failed to mesmerize me be it Christmas, CNY or any other occasions. I love it last Christmas and I’m loving the Chinese New […]

As we usher the new year 2012, let’s usher the year of the Dragon together. This year, our very first Lou Sang is at Zuan Yuan Chinese Restaurant @ One World Hotel.  My little photographer photographing Yee Sang for the second year. I think he fared better this year compared to last year. Last year he used my iPhone. This year he uses a camera :D Yee Sang or Prosperity Toss also known as lo hei (in Cantonese) […]

I was in One Utama today. Oh well, I am there like basically every other day so… Anyway, I saw their Chinese New Year decor about to complete. If a month ago they have the “Splashing over the big blue” for Christmas… Christmas at 1 Utama a month ago. I don’t really fancy the BIG BLUE theme then.. Chinese New Year at 1 Utama a month later in January 2012. They recycled the splashing Christmas […]

It’s crazy how close Chinese New Year is from Christmas. I still haven’t taken the ornaments down from our Christmas tree yet here we are making Red Packet decorations already for CNY! Today we’ll be making Ang Bao Wheel Of Fortune Red Packet Wheel of Fortune We’ll need ten Ang Bao wrappers if we are using the long type. If you are using the square packets then you’ll need to double the amount. Fold the […]

It’s that time of the year again to be making Chinese New Year decorations :D Today we are going to make a Chinese Fan. We’ll need a wrapping paper, some gold thread and some Ang Bao wrappers. Fold the paper accordion style. Click here to find out more about accordion fold. Fold it in half and glue together. Cut two triangles. Tie a gold thread at the bottom of the fan. Cut the bottom of […]

This Christmas was a GREAT one as I was with my family! We made our way back to my hometown in Malacca on Saturday only to be caught in a horrible jam that took us almost 5 hours to arrive our destination that usually takes only about 2 hours on ordinary days! I arrived just in time to see this: My sis and her two daughters already BBQ-ing.. NICE! That only means that FOOD is […]

I remember fondly 7 months ago when we were first introduced to Trudy and Teddy apparel. I fell in love with their European style instantly! When they organised their first tea party in June, we were privileged to be amongst their invited guests. We were given a budget of RM300 to select the apparels for our kid to parade in their fashion parade during the tea party. It was a whole lot of fun scouting through their lovely […]

Christmas at KLCC as usual is simple year after year. Nothing overly impressive, nothing outstanding. Just simple and nice. Ethan at KLCC Boxes of gifts as decoration Large Christmas tree and a rotating Santa Claus That’s all for Christmas at KLCC 2011. Check out my posts on the Christmas decorations over at: 1) Pavilion KL 2) Sunway Pyramid 3) One Utama 4) Mid Valley Megamall 5) The Curve and IPC (Ikano Power Centre) 6) The Gardens Mall 7) Tropicana City Mall 8 […]

Today is a state holiday for the folks in Selangor. Darling needed to go to KL to meet a client so Ethan and I took this opportunity to tag along. Almost regretted though as it took us almost 2 hours to arrive KL due to the massive jam! I can balik kampung dy oh with that given time! But it’s okay, since Darling desperately needed to meet his client, we persevered and made it to […]

I can’t believe it that we actually went to Citta Mall today. This is only my second time here. But I am impressed with the outdoor Christmas decorations. Darling and Ethan at Citta Mall The outdoor Christmas decoration provides lots of photo opportunity BUT let it be warned that they are scattered around in the parking lot so PLEASE BE CAREFUL when taking pictures. Watch out for oncoming cars! Giant Santa and sleigh in the […]

Pavilion has one of the better Christmas decorations in town. Let’s have a look… Christmas @ Pavilion KL They have the Largest Real Lollipop by Sticky. Oops.. somebody ate the P in Pavilion and NO, it’s NOT Ethan :P Ariel view of the Xmas decor in Pavilion. So many people loitering on the staircase accompanied by beautiful Christmas trees :) Santa Claus is flowery! Rudolph not only has a red nose this year, he went RED […]

We were at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur yesterday to check out their Christmas decoration but what caught my attention more is the United Buddy Bears on display during its world tour outside Pavilion. The United Buddy Bears promote living together in peace and harmony and Malaysia is the first South-East Asian country to be chosen for its tour. I had a ‘beary’ great time walking from one painted bear to the other. These cheerful and colourful […]

Ello! I just got back from Pavilion to check out their Xmas decor and the United Buddy Bears. So NICE that we spent so many hours there and only got home after midnight. I don’t want my blog to turn into a pumpkin with no updates so here’s a quick one before I go to bed. I promise to give you the United Buddy Bears pictures tomorrow! Here’s the Christmas decoration at The Gardens Mall, […]

It was a surprise that Darling brought Ethan and I to Mid Valley Megamall today. We don’t usually go to Mid Valley due to the jam and lack of parking but since he happens to pass by Mid Valley on the way to see a client today, he decides to drop us there :D First thing I did was to go buy a couple of movie tickets. After getting our tickets, we decided to check […]

While it is a norm for me to go from one mall to another to capture the magnificent decorations of the magical Christmas every year, it is NOT always that I encountered such effing stupid Guards in a Shopping Mall! Pardon my language but I am really pissed at what happened today. I was in Tropicana City Mall to catch a movie. The Muppets to be exact. On my way to meet a friend to […]

I love to go Christmas decor hunting come December as they are usually very beautiful. But for my own Christmas tree, I like to make my own ornaments. The satisfaction of seeing my handmade ornaments decorating my tree is simply priceless. I was in IKEA the other day and I saw this beautiful Dove. It seems easy enough to make so I tried it with the kids today in the studio. I drew the bird […]

You’ve seen that extremely cool pose of my Dad during my cousin’s wedding last month in this post. This month, another cousin of mine got married. This time I get to be part of it. She wanted her wedding theme to be of babies so I made her Giant Alphabet Cubes to be used in the photo booth. I used lots of recycled material for it. I cut cardboard boxes into 3 pieces of two’s […]

Splashing over the big blue is 1Utama’s Christmas theme this year. They kicked of their Christmas celebration with a spectacular launch by YB Elizabeth Wong on the 1 December 2011. I’m not too sure how the ocean has got anything to do with Christmas but it is a beautiful Winter Waterland indeed :D Shells, shells everywhere! Marine life takes centre-stage Lovely Love the lavishly strewn jewels on those shells! The submerryn’s feeling so AT HOME! :P […]

It’s that time of the year again to let the Christmas tree out of the closet and blow the dust off the box full of ornaments. This time around, I did NOTHING! The kids excitedly did EVERYTHING! :D They ambushed the box. Darling had to come and calm them down when things got out of hand. You know kids being kids, I grab, U grab, everybody grab grab! This is such a sweet scene. Kimmie […]

I was in Ikano a couple of days ago. Saw their Swedish Christmas decoration. I think it is not 100% done yet as it is still quite empty. Nevertheless, here are some pictures of the Christmas decoration in IPC this year. The Christmas house Ethan sitting on a log in front of the Christmas house Ethan on stage with a friend Hay and Julbock Ethan on a log again. What is Christmas without the log […]

My first mall decor hunt this year landed me in Sunway Pyramid. With less than 30 days to Christmas, the mall’s buzzing with shoppers and bargain hunters. I quite like the decor in Sunway this year. If last year they have giant snow globe, this year they have the full package. Reindeer, robin, snowman.. you name it, they’ve got it! Joyful Christmas @ Sunway Pyramid This is how a hobbit like me view the Christmas […]

This is the continuation to our amazing 6th Anniversary Getaway courtesy of Holiday Inn Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie. After enjoying the awesome room and splendid time splashing in the beautiful pool we got rather hungry. We hurried back to our room for a quick shower before heading to The Mix for our dinner. The Mix Holiday Inn Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie 1 Jalan Usahawan U1 Seksyen U1 40250 Shah Alam Selangor Tel: +603 7803 1000 Fax: +603-7804 […]

Halloween is just around the corner. Last year we had a blast celebrating Halloween in Singapore Night Safari. Never did we know that THAT would be the last of Singapore’s Night Safari Halloween Horrors ever for this year, everything came to an abrupt end when Wildlife Reserves Singapore decided to cancel its popular “Halloween Horrors” event at the Night Safari. Some 1,000 tickets were sold online for the month-long event, due to make its return […]

We are making an auspicious Ancient Coin Lantern using red packets today :) TUTORIAL VIDEO      Ang Pao Ancient Coin Lantern     You’ll need to fold 16 packets of ang paos as shown above – fold all four edges.     Staple them together to get 4 of the above     Staple them together to get the above     Arrange and staple them as shown above     Side view. […]

Check out our Chinese New Year decor collections or click on our playlist for the full set of DIY CNY Angpow Decor: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0tRhnSGZm9o9YSiYJApcMibzk35NwoqU* 1) Red Packet Ancient Coin Lantern  2) Ang Bao Gold Fish   3) Ang Pow Flower Lantern  4) Red Packet Toilet Paper Roll Fire Cracker  5) Ang Pow Koi Fish 6) 12pcs Angpow Lantern  7) Red Packet Fish Tree Ornament  8) Chinese New Year Fan  […]

I’m going to share TWO tutorial videos to make TWO different types of STAR lantern for the upcoming Chinese New Year.  CNY Lucky Star Lantern Version 1   CNY Lucky Star Lantern Version 2 Check out the rest of our Chinese New Year decor collections or click on our playlist for the full set of DIY CNY Angpow Decor: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0tRhnSGZm9o9YSiYJApcMibzk35NwoqU* 1) Red Packet Ancient Coin Lantern  2) Ang Bao Gold Fish   […]