Sunday 27 January 2013

Chinatown Shopping

27 January 2013 (Sun):

Counting down... 13 days to CNY, in fact 12 days to the eve of CNY. :) We went to Chinatown as usual, for some shopping & just to soak in the atmosphere .

There was a Lion Dance Competition that nite but we could only looked from a distance; it was so crowded. Then there was also the usual stage performance. Lots of stalls giving out free titbits; Taiwan jello, bak kwa, peanuts (various types), even gua zi (sunflower seeds).

We bought some goodies, mainly for our own consumption...haha. Daddy was jokingly telling me a piece of bak kwa has 390 calories, so please can i stop eating? No way! I am only eating them once a year though u can get them anytime of the year. :P

Just some of the evergreen new year goodies u see every year. Lots more..

Decorations.

Street decor & lightings. Just look at the crowd.

More goodies.

5 comments:

Mummy N said...

nice! how's the crowd?
we havent been there in years because we are afraid of the human traffic.

Lionel n Rachel said...

whoa! crowded; mass of people... wondering why/how in the world wld people chose to push their strollers/prams in & ard the crowd?! nearly tripped over one :(

actually we do this yearly, js to soak in the atmosphere :)

Mummy N said...

i am sure it is. i used to do it like way back during my uni days but havent brought c there during the new yr period because the crowd is just ... my hub will grumble endlessly about the lack of parking and of course the crowd. haha

anything special to get from there? i havent really done my new yr shopping.

Lionel n Rachel said...

Not much; the same old stuff..haha.
We parked right up Duxton Hill & walked down & across the road.

The walk back up is so tiring..

Mummy N said...

hehe.. :)
i see.