Chinese New Year 2017

[qedcwc]

I realise this is kinda early, but just wanna share the joy out there.

 

 

[snowball]

to be frank, all public holidays are just another rest day for me

[bigdanbeam]

6 hours ago, snowball said:

to be frank, all public holidays are just another rest day for me

 

I'll probably get out of the country. 3 days also good. Better than stay in with no food to eat

[upshot]

7 hours ago, qedcwc said:

I realise this is kinda early, but just wanna share the joy out there.

 

 

I already saw one or two mom and pop provision stores at my housing area already display CNY cookies heheheheh...

[Guest Fatty]

23 minutes ago, bigdanbeam said:

 

I'll probably get out of the country. 3 days also good. Better than stay in with no food to eat

Nowadays many restaurant open throughout CNY thanks to pap allow FTs coming here to work.

[qedcwc]

1 hour ago, upshot said:

I already saw one or two mom and pop provision stores at my housing area already display CNY cookies heheheheh...

 

Normal lah. Even mooncakes are being sold way before the 7th lunar month is over.

Edited December 14, 2016 by qedcwc

[bluerunner]

Fruit stall at my place is playing CNY songs oredi!

[FluteGuan]

3 hours ago, bigdanbeam said:

 

I'll probably get out of the country. 3 days also good. Better than stay in with no food to eat

Aiyo. Nowadyas with ahtiongs and tiongbus in sg, a lot of places still open during cny la.

 

Sure can makan food or tiongs

 

Lol

[upshot]

2 hours ago, bluerunner said:

Fruit stall at my place is playing CNY songs oredi!

 

I have seen a old joker who play this 365 day a year as he eat and loiter at the hawker centre heheheh

 

[suckmegood]

11 hours ago, snowball said:

to be frank, all public holidays are just another rest day for me

 

well, for me, it depends on which public holiday it is. 

[HendryTan]

1. Any guys can help BW do a Nice Appropriate  CNY Banner :-) 

 

2. Sorry we cannot pay, but will provide attribution. 

 

 

Cheers !

 

 

[bigdanbeam]

1 hour ago, FluteGuan said:

Aiyo. Nowadyas with ahtiongs and tiongbus in sg, a lot of places still open during cny la.

 

Sure can makan food or tiongs

 

Lol

 

I referring to cheap and good hawker food. Of course there is fast food available which I depended on 

[thorzguy]

I walked past Yummi House (the one the sells Honey?) yesterday afternoon -  playing CNY song.

I walked into Cold Storage - playing Christmas Song.

 

For a moment -  I was wondering Christmas or Lunar New Year? Lol.

 

In any case, the festive season are meant to be joyful. Spend more time and spread your love to others.

[destancx]

Lol... i will be in Japan for CNY!

[Guest Guest]

10 hours ago, bigdanbeam said:

 

I'll probably get out of the country. 3 days also good. Better than stay in with no food to eat

Nowadays even during cny period you also have no problem finding food to eat.

[mate69]

Have always hated CNY all these years. Would always try to work on those days.

CNY brings with it too much noise, crowds and ppl movement which I absolutely hate.

[wildfireboy]

I kinda enjoy CNY way more than those days when I was younger... perhaps am older now so tends to appreciate the time spend with family and close friends especially to break away from the busy work schedules...或许年纪大了，心态也变得不一样了吧

[jason]

Quote

 

I walked past Yummi House (the one the sells Honey?) yesterday afternoon -  playing CNY song.

I walked into Cold Storage - playing Christmas Song.

 

For a moment -  I was wondering Christmas or Lunar New Year? Lol.

 

In any case, the festive season are meant to be joyful. Spend more time and spread your love to others.

 

 

some cheena cheena supermarkets like NTUC after 3rd day fo X'mas will start putting up CNY deco and display CNY goodlies ! + those cheena cheena CNY songs!

 

better be out of SG to enjoy elsewhere eg. Bangkok, Bali etc.............

[lonelyglobe]

umm, cny really mean nothing when u grow up especially for plu, u get the usual stupid question "got girl friend, when going to married?" year after year, they seem to care why u r still single........ok, a lot of eating places are open which is not a bad thing but then something "special" have been lost, we used to stock up food for 3 days knowing everywhere will be closed....we look forward for cny as a kid as we can sleep later, play fire crackers, wear new clothes, have lots of food, tidbits, soft drinks and of course ang pao, but all these special things are gone when u grow up, oh also here we do not go through the change from winter to spring, ya so the mood is not there

[qedcwc]

2 hours ago, lonelyglobe said:

umm, cny really mean nothing when u grow up especially for plu, u get the usual stupid question "got girl friend, when going to married?" year after year, they seem to care why u r still single........

Well, it really depends on the kind of extended family members you have. My uncles may ask but I just smile it off and my mum will also be the one to 'fend' them off as well (not that she knows, but she thinks that love cannot be forced). My friends are another potential question-poppers and some may try to matchmake, but I always shoot back with a firm "No".

[bigdanbeam]

Don't you get sick and tired when it happens year after year after year?

[qedcwc]

2 minutes ago, bigdanbeam said:

Don't you get sick and tired when it happens year after year after year?

I just forget it immediately after that. If I know I'm not gonna get married, why allow myself to be so bothered by what they think?

[Guest CNY girlfriend excuses]

Anyone else get annoyed when your relatives keep asking whether ur attached, when you are getting a girlfriend, why not being proactive enough, when getting married, etc.? Year in year out I keep making the same excuses - love need time, cannot be forced, need to focus on my studies, then my career, nobody interested in me, I very shy to approach girls, Sorry ah I promise I will try harder next time. 

 

I've run out of all my excuses already. I know this coming New Year I will be bombarded with these questions again. Someone help???

[abang]

I used to avoid my relatives during festive seasons .. I go overseas or spent the day at the beach, suntanning my arse throughout the day.  However there is always that odd ball that pays a visit at night... If I am already in the flat, I will still entertain them.

 

If they ask, then I will say ..你介绍给我啦。。我没有女朋友。。You introduce one for me lah..

Their reply is always 你眼角高。。不踩人。。In Singlish: You banyak atas..tak care others lah..

Yes my other female relatives used market Bahasa to converse with me ...

[Guest Chill]

Seriously why some people here take the kaypoh uncle and auntie questions so seriously?

 

For me it's one ear in and the other ear out. It's just small talk lor. You think people really care you got gf or not? They care more if they got $$ in the pocket or not lah.

 

Just smile smile and stuff another pineapple tart into the mouth.

 

Enjoy the festive mood lah. Happy happy CNY.

[snowball]

On 14/12/2016 at 10:43 PM, qedcwc said:

Well, it really depends on the kind of extended family members you have. My uncles may ask but I just smile it off and my mum will also be the one to 'fend' them off as well (not that she knows, but she thinks that love cannot be forced). My friends are another potential question-poppers and some may try to matchmake, but I always shoot back with a firm "No".

you can also said that you do not like gal that is kaypo busy body, but too bad most are, so you cannot find any good gal so far  yet

[Guest Kaypoh = societal pressure]

It's a festive mood but people do not realise that nagging n pestering someone to have a girlfriend is actually very distressing not only for single straight guys and gays. WHY? Because it gives the impression that it is YOU and YOUR FAULT for either not seeking a partner which boils down to two things - what they are really QUESTIONING is not your single-hood but 1. Your (stubborn) attitude and/or 2. Your physical looks which you must be responsible for.

[qedcwc]

Ok guys. I created this thread not just to complain about possible nagging scenarios we might face as gays. Let's not divert too far from the topic. It is up to each of us how to enjoy the holidays, whether it's with family and friends, lover or in solitude. To each his own. And since it's the Year of the COCK next year, might as well enjoy it. Lol. Cheers!

[doncoin]

I haven't celebrated CNY with family in over 15 years. Though I do miss it occasionally, but nonetheless, I do feel it is just another day. 

[Guest Neh Neh]

1 hour ago, abang said:

I used to avoid my relatives during festive seasons .. I go overseas or spent the day at the beach, suntanning my arse throughout the day.  However there is always that odd ball that pays a visit at night... If I am already in the flat, I will still entertain them.

 

If they ask, then I will say ..你介绍给我啦。。我没有女朋友。。You introduce one for me lah..

Their reply is always 你眼角高。。不踩人。。In Singlish: You banyak atas..tak care others lah..

Yes my other female relatives used market Bahasa to converse with me ...

Wow abang. We use the same reply every year. Whenever my aunties ask why im still single or why still no gf? I will always reply no luck and you never introduce me ect. Nevertheless they still give me ang bao like $5 or $10 for goodluck.

[abang]

Well after I crossed that definitive 35 year old, the question stopped.

Perhaps I was considered as "Beyond Economic Repair, BER"

 

Funny enough, my late parents had never asked that question as they knew that I'm gay and my foreign AMDKs stayed with me whenever they are in town then.  Considering that my dad was a China man but had never bother to ask about them... in fact, he would ensure that these AMDK are well-fed during their stay.. 

[thorzguy]

10 hours ago, qedcwc said:

 it's the Year of the COCK next year, might as well enjoy it.

Ahahahaha.... I love your definition: Year of COCK.

 

Used to look forward to CNY, when I was a child -  the only time I probably get to see a whole chicken (family was rather poor, so a whole chicken to me is like super WOW)... and of course, whatever ang pow money, goodies I have. Simple yet very meaningful joy to me.

As I grow up a little more (pri and sec sch days), those irritating relatives will start to be very "concerned" about our well-being. To be put it crudely -  just plain kaypoh -  is your family is doing better, siblings and my studies etc... As I grow up (after NS and started working), our finances became better and came those -  when marry ah, working as what ah, seeing anyone ah... YAWN!!

From there on, no more visiting from my family to theirs and they stopped visiting too. *should have done that many moons ago right*

And now, at my age of late 30s, whoever dares to come and kaypoh around, I will simply ignore or give them those reply that kept them dumbfounded.

 

Now, CNY has, however another meaning altogether -  keeping my Mom happy. Never have I went away on any holiday during this period (much as I love to) -  simply because she just want to be home: the feeling of a New Year, with family members around her. What else to do? Eat more, run more and sleep more! Lol.

Edited December 15, 2016 by thorzguy

[qedcwc]

1 minute ago, thorzguy said:

 

...... I will simply ignore or give them those reply that kept them dumb folded.

 

Now, CNY has, however another meaning altogether -  keeping my Mom happy. Never have I went away on any holiday during this period (much as I love to) -  simply because she just want to be home: the feeling of a New Year, with family members around her. What else to do? Eat more, run more and sleep more! Lol.

 

Think you meant 'dumbfounded'.

Same here. Festival is a time for me to keep my mother and brother company.

[thorzguy]

2 minutes ago, qedcwc said:

 

Think you meant 'dumbfounded'.

Same here. Festival is a time for me to keep my mother and brother company.

"Edited" .. Hehee

[Guest Guest]

Can't believe cny is coming about a month plus!

[Nicky69]

This comingCNY  fall on Jan month 2017. Which is pretty fast and once Xmas and New Year.

FYI, market is bad and economic is slowly down significantly.

Those having a secured job and $$ spending this season, considered fortunate..

let's demands too much and enjoy every moment and be healthy.

[upshot]

On 14/12/2016 at 11:08 AM, HendryTan said:

1. Any guys can help BW do a Nice Appropriate  CNY Banner :-) 

 

2. Sorry we cannot pay, but will provide attribution. 

 

 

Cheers !

 

 

 

It might help folk here to know the banner dimension or format so they can design correct format and make submissions to you to shortlist for use or use a few in rotation.

[Guest Cathy]

CNY and other festives seasons are just gimmick.  Anyone in business will know that these is the best time to reap the consumer.  As for me, it has no meaning.  Think about it,  how many such festivities have came and went throught your life and it passes by so speedily making your wallet empty and the bosses fat.   Thank about it again,  how many time people well wishing you during these period, and does all these translated into concrete result?   These kind of seasons, in each passing year, can only remind us that time is cruel.   I am not at all apologetic about telling the truth here.  I you want to enjoy, by all mean do so,  but many single elderly people out there will not see such occassion as anything special to them anymore.

[heliumduck]

YEAR

OF

THE

COCK

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mLy_dxkie]

48 minutes ago, heliumduck said:

YEAR

OF

THE

COCK

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Then it's gonna be a REALLY FESTIVE year! 

Who doesn't love COCKS!

[jason]

Got money = relatives will come during CNY. No money even the cat will flee from a poor man! 

Edited December 17, 2016 by jason
Typo error

[bigdanbeam]

On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Guest Cathy said:

CNY and other festives seasons are just gimmick.  Anyone in business will know that these is the best time to reap the consumer.  As for me, it has no meaning.  Think about it,  how many such festivities have came and went throught your life and it passes by so speedily making your wallet empty and the bosses fat.   Thank about it again,  how many time people well wishing you during these period, and does all these translated into concrete result?   These kind of seasons, in each passing year, can only remind us that time is cruel.   I am not at all apologetic about telling the truth here.  I you want to enjoy, by all mean do so,  but many single elderly people out there will not see such occassion as anything special to them anymore.

 

Support.

 

Nothing is real. Only cash is

[qedcwc]

Happy Winter Solstice, everyone!

冬至快樂！

[snowball]

any readers here like to do craft? CNY is coming, perhaps can share the craft with us that you have done? 

plan to do some this year, a gift for colleague

Edited January 9, 2017 by snowball

[abang]

Well if you form a group, I can offer my place for the art and craft session.

[Cube3]

8 hours ago, snowball said:

any readers here like to do craft? CNY is coming, perhaps can share the craft with us that you have done? 

plan to do some this year, a gift for colleague

 

You mean, something like this?

 

 

[Guest Fairy]

I made red-packet lantern before,  and I prefer those scented red-packet.  Actually, popular bookshop at brash basah has those craft books you can refer.   Mostly from taiwanese publisher.

[mature chn]

I am very poor in my craft ...any very simple ones.using red packets or other recycled materials?