Everything in between lo-hei and yam paste

My yi-yi is back for Chinese New Year and we went out for dinner together at a teochew restaurant. It was a delicious dinner. Claire-claire will tell you about it.

Lo-hei came first. It is a very pretty dish with lots of colourful vegetables and crackers and pieces of fish. Never mind it being my first time, Claire-claire looks like an old hand at tossing the vegetables around. It's easy when it comes to playing with my food.


There was yummy braised duck, vegetables with "gou ji zi" (wolfberries), mushrooms and steamed pomfret. My papa says that Claire-claire is a pomfret connoisseur - Claire-claire only eats it when it is really fresh, sweet and soft.

Finally, my favourite dish of the evening - yam paste.

David, perhaps you can join me next time?

Hand-me-down

My great-grandmother hand-made this shirt.

My papa wore this shirt. So did my 叔叔. And my 姑姑.

Claire-claire wore it too.
And now, it's David's turn.

Outlier

My mama brought David to Dr Vanessa for his one-month old check-up today.
Here are the results.

My papa says that this is known as an outlier. Claire-claire is proud of David.

Gong Xi Fa Cai, everyone!

This year, Claire-claire got to spend a lot of time with my papa, mama and David at home because David is not strong enough to go visiting. We finally made one visit on Saturday....to my auntie J and uncle S' house.

My mama was happy because Claire-claire got to wear the outfit she bought for the occasion.

How does Claire-claire look?

My mama's birthday

My papa and I have been secretly planning my mama's birthday party for some time.

Like Spot in the story, Claire-claire made my mama a birthday card and baked her a birthday cake. My papa helped a little of course.

Claire-claire especially enjoyed sticking and removing the candles from the cake and singing the birthday song...

...and of course, eating the chocolate cake that Claire-claire baked.

We rock!

Rocking with David is fun! Claire-claire hopes he is enjoying it as much as I do.

David's Chinese Name

My papa and mama finally decided on David's Chinese name. It is 黄靖恒.
靖 means peaceful and tranquil while 恒 means perseverance (as in 恒心) or eternal (as in 永恒).

My papa and mama hope that David will be level-headed and has the courage to try and to take things to fruition.

As for me, Claire-claire just thinks that it is a nice name.