It’s almost like a favourite personal past time for me having a go at interesting words or names that I come across. When I first met HSBC CEO, Tareq Muhmood, in person for an Asia Inc interview I couldn’t help working the name into some meaningful and useful puns—Teh Tareq was one that is so rare yet [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chinese new year’
HSBC SPRING DINNER. GETTING IN THE “MOOD”.
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Corporate, Food, Photography, tagged event photography, lion dance, chinese new year, HSBC, spring, premier customers, Corporate, mediacorp artiste, brian wang lu jiang on February 28, 2008 | 17 Comments »
ENDING THE NIGHT WITH A BANG
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Photography, tagged chap goh mei night, chinese new year, fire crackers, seriously loud on February 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
So on this day of Chap Goh Mei, the 15th and last day of Chinese New Year, we celebrated the morning with a lion dance at the primary school my kids attend. The remaining daylight hours were spent at home with the kids killing time before dinner at my in-laws, a 1+ hour commute. Right [...]
AND ON THE 15TH DAY
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Photography, tagged seria, lion dance, chinese new year, chap goh mei, chinese culture, chung ching school on February 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »
… the lion danced for the last time this year! Like bees to honey, the kids at Chung Ching primary school in Seria got all buzzed up this last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. The lions performed in one classroom after another to the echoes of the drum downstairs.
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AUSPICIOUS 8
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Photography, tagged chinese new year, hua ho residence, lion dance, pehin kapitan china on February 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On the morning of Feb 10th (fourth day of lunar new year celebrations) we had a a big breakfast outing at The Emperor’s Court where we feasted on delicious dim sum. Later that afternoon, 8 lions from the Hockian Association performed simultaneously and harmoniously in full swing at the Hua Ho residence where large number of visitors had come [...]
THE EMPEROR’S DIM SUM
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Food, Photography, tagged chinese new year, dim sum, emperor's court, food photography, traditional chinese cuisine on February 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
On 10th Feb , the first Sunday of Chinese New Year festive weekend, I had dim sum at the Emperor’s Court with my in-laws. We’ve had a pretty wet lunar new year celebration so far and it’s a welcoming change to have these dim sum wetting our appetites. There’s plenty of choice at the steamer to satisfy even the most ardent dim [...]
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