{"id":2125,"date":"2010-02-15T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2010\/02\/15\/happy-year-of-the-tiger\/"},"modified":"2010-02-15T19:40:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T19:40:01","slug":"happy-year-of-the-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2010\/02\/15\/happy-year-of-the-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Year of the Tiger!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chinese (Lunar) New Year fell on the 14th of February this year, aka Valentine’s day. We didn’t do much celebrating for Valentine’s day and I’m ok with that. I don’t know, I guess as I get older, it’s not a big deal to me. Yves is a great husband every day of the year (some days are better than others, of course! LOL) and I guess if you have a hard time showing affection, Valentine’s day is an easy way to show it. Yves doesn’t have that problem! I also think it is way too commercialized but I won’t get into that. It is, however, the anniversary of when Yves asked me to marry him! We didn’t celebrate that either but I did help Sienna pick out a card and a small box of candy. Normally, I would help her make a card but we were in the store and I found this card where you can record a greeting. I thought Yves would love to have a recording of Sienna saying something. He can bring it to work! So Friday I rehearsed with Sienna and helped record her saying “Happy Valentines Day, I love you Daddy.” It worked out well but she spilled the beans as soon as Yves came home. She kept repeating the phrase to him and I kept telling her to shush and we have to wait until Sunday. LOL<\/p>\n

Anyway, this post is about Chinese New Year! It’s really hard to get a photo of my mother smiling. I had to tell her to smile! So I’m glad I got this photo, which is why I put it up top there. My family’s tradition is that we celebrate with a big dinner on the eve of the New Year (I don’t know any other Asian families that do that!) and then on the actual day, have lunch together. Here are some of the dishes.
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\nFried Rice (made for Yves)
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\nVermicelli with dried shrimp (one of my favorites and it only comes out during New Year)
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\nYves favorite (as well as Sienna’s!), chinese sausage and roast pork (sorry for the bad photo)
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\nTurnips (not a favorite)
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\nChinese Broccoli
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\nAbalone, another favorite of mine that only comes out once a year. My mother likes to tell me how expensive it is. Last year it was about $30 for a 12 oz can. Not sure how much it went up this year.
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\nTraditional chicken
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\nMy view of the table. See that bowl of rice there on the far end? That’s for my brother Kenny. LOL. He always has a place setting even though he is never here for Chinese New Year. Made rational by some weird superstition of my mother’s.
\nHere is the dishes on the actual day, pretty much the same.
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\nOfferings for the Buddha
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\nThe Buddha blessing station (aka fire hazard according to Yves)
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\nMore chinese sausage and roast pork!
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\nMMMM! My favorite and apparently has become a Sienna favorite! Shrimp chips! My dad bought these on a whim because he saw them at the chinese bakery. It’s a rare treat as I only eat these at banquets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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