Dear all,.

for those who celebrate Chinese New Year...Gong xi fat chai...:) Have a happy festive season..enjoy all the good foods...etc...:)....have the best year ahead..:)

me, myself, not really celebrating the CNY..but I will be home for CNY...;) so I will be away from Singapore from 18 -25 Feb...

see you guys, soon...the next gathering awaits us too...;)

Cheerz
Eveline

happy cny my darlings!! :)
cya guys soon!!

Happy Lunar New Year one and all!

Eat, drink and be merry...
For tomorrow we diet :D

For all of you receiving ang pows, may your collection be very fruitful and prosperous!

Eveline, safe journey to your Indonesian home and come back to your Singapore home soon. Have fun :D

Hugs to everyone,
bernie

Hi Jonatics, have a blessed Lunar New Year!

Eve, have a good time back in Jakarta!

See you all soon!

No matter how, being Chinese, we will try to follow traditions, at least the simpler ones & needless to say "Ang Pow" is a must for the married ones to give & singles to receive. It is wonderful to be the receiver, dont you think so. (btw, may I have a word with the person who started the tradition of putting money in the red packet!!)

The Chinese also has very interesting idioms to usher in good fortune for the new year. I always marvel at the greetings that one of my dear colleages would utter to me on the eve of CNY. They are so meaningful & I, being not too good in my mandarin could only wish, a simple "Xin Nian Kuai Le¡" & one of the more important ones "Shen Ti Jian Kang" So this year, I made a list to practise (thks to my dear friend Sally) & to wish to all dear Jonatics & of course to our dearest Jon (with an attempt to include an English translation; oh please excuse me if it is not too accurate):-

学业进步　– Xue Ye Jin Bu (Progress in studies)

身体健康 – Shen Ti Jian Kang (Good health)

步步高升 – Bu Bu Gao Sheng (Steady progress career-wise)

帅气十足 – Shuai Qi Shi Zu (Stay cool & handsome)

青春永驻 – Qing Chun Yong Zhu (Youthful & beautiful always)

万事顺心 – Wan Shi Shun Xin (Smooth-going in everything)

新年快乐 – Xin Nian Kuai Le (Happy New Year)

Happy snacking but do watch the diet!

angelyn

Have a Blessed Lunar New Year! My brother is back from Beijing to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

I have a closed-knitted family, we catch up with one another, chatting, watching movies, etc.etc. It is going to be fun!

Hope all of you will have fun too! Stay healthy!

Photo - Chinatown of Singapore (2007)


Dear Jon and Jonatics

One more day...
A New Year begins...
Bringing New Days, New Hopes and New Resolutions.
Sending My Best Wishes for every Success and Happiness!

Have a Fruitful and Prosperous Lunar New Year!

Here to share a Cute 'Piggy' Flash to All!
Enjoy Seeing!

CLICK HERE - A Cute 'Piggy' Flash

Dear eveline
Home Sweet Home...Have a Happy and Wonderful Holiday.
See You soon

Dear Eveline

Bon Voyage to U and enjoy yourself. Take care and be back safely.
Happy holiday!
Btw have u receive my email?

To all Jonatics

Wishing all a Very Happy Lunar New Year!

A very Good Morning to all and wishing everyone a properous 'Oink Oink' year!

It's the time to forget about your waistline and eat, eat and eat! Bah kwa, pineapple tarts, love letters, melon seeds, prawn rolls yum yum yum. Me still woozy from celebrating too much last night, I was guzzling red wine like it was water *hic*. I hope you have a great time meeting up with relatives and friends, especially those that you see only once a year!

For those of you who do not celebrate CNY, must catch up on all your TV and sleep ok? There arent that many long weekends this year!

Dearest Jon and Jonatics

Wishing all and families a HAPPY, BLESSED LUNAR NEW YEAR, a year of Abundance and Happiness filled with Good Health, Good Success, Good Progress, Good Relationships and Good Prosperity (got bad prosperity meh? Ya - prosperous around the waistline except when pregnant is no good lah! hahaha)

Eve, have a great time back in your hometown catching up with family and friends and eating all the local goodies!

Love & Hugs :D
Carol

Wishing all jonatics a happy chinese new year! $neh

happy piggy new year everyone :D

hmm so how was first day ?
hope it went well eh
for me, its the usual visiting here and there
but the feeling was totally different
ohh wells!

but something that didnt change was the irresistable yummy cny goodies on the table
it filled every corner of the table that i had to eat something ..
so its eat now, bother abt waistline later for now till the end of newyear.
its quite stressful that we gotta watch we eat
cant even enjoy at all!
so just dont care and eat all the way! haha.

anyway hope everyone's enjoying the long weekend break!
take a breather and relax abit whilst you all can aye!

and here's wishing everyone
GONG XI FA CAI
SHEN TI JIAN KANG
XIN XIANG SHI CHEN!
(:

woah! my sister actually knows how to speak chinese! ;p
haha okay just kidding. i know she does la.

and so, here's wishing everyone GONG XI FAI CAI WAN SHI RU YI and whatever it is that people say.

mmm. i sound so unsincere.

HAHA OKAY NEVERMIND.

about the waistline! haha i know i've been eating and eating and eating nonstop.
i have this feeling i've eaten more than i ever have this year!
no wonder its the pig year aye.

okay gym&workouts, here i come!

HAPPY CNY TO ALL! :D

hehe its PIG year this time round!
hopefully we'd all be like the pig, enough sleep & food! kekeke.
agree w April, get more rest this weekend!
& must remember to give the young ones angpow .......

haha kidding!
xin nian kuai le everyone~
zhu ni men wan shi ru yi!

GONG XI FA CAI,
XIN NIAN KUAI LE,
WAN SHI RU YI,
SHEN TI JIAN KANG,
XUE YE JIN BU (?)

hooyeah.
that's all i know.

PIG OUT!
it's the year of the pig.

and mmm, i suddenly have this thing for ba kuas.

haha, talking abt ba kuas
there's VEGETARIAN ba kua ?
i didnt try but my duno which relative said it tasted just like original!
haha! so go try!

and of cos i know how to speak chinese!
wo shi hua ren! -gives cheena accent ;P

Hi... Sorry, am a bit late with my new year greeting since I haven't logged on the past week... :P

Wishing all a very happy CNY, and good health and happiness for the coming year!!! :D

Its the 4th day of new year today... so there's still 11 days to makan... hee hee :lol:

To all Jonatics..CHEERS!!!
Gong Xi Fa Cai, Nian Nian You Yu, Shen Ti Jian Kang, Wan Shi Ru Yi... hope the spelling is correct ! Have been busy trying to perfect my Pineapple Tarts..i really love tarts..i think most girls do. If i have the time, i will try to bake again & bring some for all of you to try on our next gathering:)

Hi all Jonatics :

Just dropping by to say hello.:-)

It has been quite some time since I wrote. Have been really, really tied up with work and studies. Like Jon, I have had so many assignments for the past month, and had my exams yesterday and today. Finally, I could have a moment to breathe today!!

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all !! Hope the Lunar New Year will bring all of you lots of good luck, good health and prosperity.

The week ahead is filled up to the brim. Hope all of you continue to enjoy your CNY celebrations. Take good care and keep smiling.

Best wishes from :
Mag
P.S. : Colleen, hope you're studying hard for your exams this year.

hey auntie mag :)
sure i'm studying hard. i don't have much choice, do i?
hahaa alright just kidding.
i'm just going to go for it already, since there's only a few months left. wish me luck!

and happy lunar new year to you too!
gong hei faat choy~ :D

haha..i hope i'm not too late!

happy chinese new yr to my lovely jonatics and JON bro!!

LOVES!!

:D