Happy Chinese New Year & Family Reunion

Phew! finally i am back after a long leave! became a lazy person after a long holiday. :p
Chinese New Year always is a good time for most of us to catch up, reunion again!
Festive season always bring us together! don't you think so?
Besides spending money on CNY goodies, clothes , food and angpow, we had a glorious time together with beloved one, family & friends. Of course, had some laugh and gained weights!
I love the beautiful festive decoration at most of the shopping malls, just can't resist to capture precious moments there!
Happy Chinese New Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you all have a prosperous, joyous and success year ahead!

Tiger decoration at IOI Mall, this record is endorsed by The Malaysia Book of Records

Spot this nice portrait, Tiger!! @ Pavilion

Pavilion Entrance

Hand made kite

Lion Dance decoration, Tang Studio, Pavilion

Cherry blossom trees along the street, Pavilion

Crystal fountain, endorsed by The Malaysia Book of Records

Family reunion luncheon at maternal grandparents place with uncles, aunties & cousins

My cousins

Reunion dinner with parents, steamboat

My all time favourite,savoury pork belly soup with pepper corn,
water chestnut, ginkgo nut,straw mushrooms

Mandarin orange, won't miss it out during Chinese new year

wow! delicious steamed fish!

I baked this chocolate chips, oat meal, sunflower seed & hazelnut cookies!

Red lanterns, Sunway Pyramid

Sunway Pyramid

Lot 10

Lot 10

Year of Tiger, ROAR!~~ must booze up with TIGER BEER!!

Aw...this year, only few angpows..so pathetic!

Another cherry blossom tree

One Utama, Old wing

Lovely cutey money pussy cats! One Utama, New wing

Give me ! Give u a HUG!

I need a hug!! *Squeeze*

*A quality cuddle lowers blood pressure and increases levels of feel-good chemicals in your brain, shows research from the university of North Carolina.*

Sometimes, hugs are a romantic exchange. Hugs may also be exchanged as a sign of support and comfort. A hug can be a demonstration of affection and emotional warmth, sometimes arising out of joy or happiness at meeting someone.

Hugging is good medicine. It transfers energy, and gives the person hugged an emotional boost. You need four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance, and twelve for growth. A hug makes you feel good. The skin is the largest organ we have and it needs a great deal of care. A hug can cover a lot of skin and gives the message that you care. It is also a form of communication. It can say things you don't have words for. The nicest thing about a hug is that you usually can't give one without getting one.

Hugs are not only nice they are needed... Hugs can relieve pain and depression.. make the healthier happier, and the most secure even more so.. Hugging feels good and overcomes fear... It provides stretching exercise to short people and stooping exercise to tall people... Hugging does not upset the environment.. It saves heat and energy... requires no special equipment.. Hugging makes happy days happier and impossible days possible.

There's something in a simple hug
That always warms the heart;
It welcomes us back home
And makes it easier to part.

A hug's a way to share the joy
And sad times we go through,
Or just a way for friends to say
They like you 'cause you're you.

Hugs are meant for anyone
For whom we really care,
From your grandma to your neighbour,
Or a cuddly teddy bear.

A hug is an amazing thing -
It's just the perfect way
To show the love we're feeling
But can't find the words to say.

It's funny how a little hug
Makes everyone feel good;
In every place and language,
It's always understood.

And hugs don't need new equipment,
Special batteries or parts -
Just open up your arms
And open up your hearts.

By Jill Wolf

It's wondrous what a hug can do.
A hug can cheer you when you're blue
A hug can say, "I love you so,"
Or, "I hate to see you go."
A hug is "Welcome back again."
And "Great to see you! Where 'er you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain
And bring a rainbow after rain.
The hug, there's just no doubt about it --
We scarcely could survive without it!
A hug delights and warms and charms;
It must be why God gave us arms
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers;
And chances are your favorite aunts
love them more than potted plants.
Kittens crave them, puppies love them,
Heads of states are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier
And make your travel so much merrier.
No need to fret about your store of 'em;
The more you give, the more there are of 'em.
So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today!
- Dean Walley

Guidelines for Hugging:-

Be compassionate, not passionate --
communicate comfort and caring.

Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.

Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.

Take responsibility for expressing what you need ^_^

This is my bear bear, come hug it!!