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Buffet Luncheon at Cititel, Penang on Saturday, 28 September, 2019 to celebrate mr. P.L. Chew’s Birthday.

Chinese Lunar New Year Buffet Lunch at Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Gurney Drive, Penang

This lunch was held on Sunday, 18 February, 2018 with the diners paying their own shares of expenditure, with a 50% discount for Senior Citizen like us.

Gong Xi Fa Chai.

SP Lim

Gregorian	Date	Animal	Day of the week	Gregorian	Date	Animal	Day of the week
2001	24 Jan	Snake	Wednesday	2026	17 Feb	Horse	Tuesday
2002	12 Feb	Horse	Tuesday	2027	6 Feb	Goat	Saturday
2003	1 Feb	Goat	Saturday	2028	26 Jan	Monkey	Wednesday
2004	22 Jan	Monkey	Thursday	2029	13 Feb	Rooster	Tuesday
2005	9 Feb	Rooster	Wednesday	2030	3 Feb	Dog	Sunday
2006	29 Jan	Dog	Sunday	2031	23 Jan	Pig	Thursday
2007	18 Feb	Pig	Sunday	2032	11 Feb	Rat	Wednesday
2008	7 Feb	Rat	Thursday	2033	31 Jan	Ox	Monday
2009	26 Jan	Ox	Monday	2034	19 Feb	Tiger	Sunday
2010	14 Feb	Tiger	Sunday	2035	8 Feb	Rabbit	Thursday
2011	3 Feb	Rabbit	Thursday	2036	28 Jan	Dragon	Monday
2012	23 Jan	Dragon	Monday	2037	15 Feb	Snake	Sunday
2013	10 Feb	Snake	Sunday	2038	4 Feb	Horse	Thursday
2014	31 Jan	Horse	Friday	2039	24 Jan	Goat	Monday
2015	19 Feb	Goat	Thursday	2040	12 Feb	Monkey	Sunday
2016	8 Feb	Monkey	Monday	2041	1 Feb	Rooster	Friday
2017	28 Jan	Rooster	Saturday	2042	22 Jan	Dog	Wednesday
2018	16 Feb	Dog	Friday	2043	10 Feb	Pig	Tuesday
2019	5 Feb	Pig	Tuesday	2044	30 Jan	Rat	Saturday
2020	25 Jan	Rat	Saturday	2045	17 Feb	Ox	Friday
2021	12 Feb	Ox	Friday	2046	6 Feb	Tiger	Tuesday
2022	1 Feb	Tiger	Tuesday	2047	26 Jan	Rabbit	Saturday
2023	22 Jan	Rabbit	Sunday	2048	14 Feb	Dragon	Friday
2024	10 Feb	Dragon	Saturday	2049	2 Feb	Snake	Tuesday
2025	29 Jan	Snake	Wednesday	2050	23 Jan	Horse	Sunday

Chinese Lunar New Year Buffet Lunch at Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Gurney Drive, Penang
This lunch was held on Sunday, 18 February, 2018 with the diners paying their own shares of expenditure, with a 50% discount for Senior Citizen like us.

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūn Jié) in modern China, and one of the Lunar New Years in Asia, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month. The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between the 21st of January and 20th of February. In 2018, the first day of the Lunar New Year was on Friday, 16 February, initiating the year of the Dog.

It is one of the world’s most prominent and celebrated festivals, with the largest annual mass human migration in the world. It is a major holiday in Greater China and has had strong influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mauritius, Australia, and the Philippines.

The New Year festival is centuries old and associated with several myths and customs. Traditionally, the festival was a time to honour deities as well as ancestors.^[8] Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Lunar New Year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Lunar New Year’s Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly clean the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Windows and doors are decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of “good fortune” or “happiness”, “wealth”, and “longevity”. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes. In about one third of the Mainland population, or 500 million Northerners, dumplings (especially those of vegetarian fillings) feature prominently in the meals celebrating the festival.

Extracted from Wikipedia.

Enjoying a Steamboat Dinner

Steamboat Dinner

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5 ~ My aunt is in light blue nyonya blouse. Her daughter Lean Choo is the tallest of the group.

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5 ~ My social aunt’s friends from the schools, wet markets and places she frequented.

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5 ~ Her wide circle of good friends

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5 ~ Her good friends from her social circle.

My Third Maternal Aunt’s Birthday ~ Part 1.5 ` With the family friends including the blogger in red shirt.

Our coffee shop of olden days in Penang

Our coffee shop of olden days in Penang.

Food and other Activities at Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2016
Food is essential in every Fiesta in Penang, Malaysia. Penang is well-known for her food and multi-cultural cuisines from Malay, Indians, Chinese, Eurasians and many racial background.

Apart from food and drinks stalls, we have a variety of activities for the children and the young at heart too. Snakes are also available if you are interested in taking a photograph with these creatures. The festive activities are enjoyed by everyone coming to this Penang Hot Balloon Fiesta 2016.

SP Lim