Chinese New Year 2007

So this is Chai-nee Niu Yia at my house a 1 or 2 weeks ago.. annual tradition where we make offerings to ancestors and pray for blessings in the year ahead; after which we pray to the god of leftovers for the next week or so.

image1. the table groans with food. im serious. that watermelon was like 5kg or something and when i put it on the table it creaked cause like the table was extended. and i was like crap dontbreakdontbreakdontbreak. what a bad omen that would have been :P notice the pretty paper money next to the watermelon. we'll get to that later.

image2. the sweets section for 2007. china taro biscuit things on top of malaysian deluxe crackers and OREOS. yes i offered my ancestors american snackfood. the following week i ate a few blessed oreos everyday to ensure GOOD LUCK. lol

image3. the offering table after the candles had been lit and the incense offered and the tea cups filled with tea and the shotglasses filled with good ol henessy and the rice bowls filled with rice.
List of this year's food:
- rice cakes filled with pork and beans x2
- rice cakes filled with banana x10
- steamed fish x2
- roast duck x1
- soy sauce chicken x1
- boiled eggs x2
- 3 layer boiled pork piece x1
- fried noodles
- stir fried ginger and garlic prawns
- seafood soup
- buns (bao) x5
- green pandan sponge cake x1
- taro biscuits, deluxe crackers, oreos
- chinese new year sweet things - lotus seeds, sour sop sweets, tamarind sweets, candied taro, candied coconut..
- oranges
- lychees
- longans
- bananas
- watermelon
- can of jackfruit x2
- can of rambutan x2
- tea x5 cups
- rice x5 bowls
- cans of coke x5
- henessy x5 shotglassses [ mother : "not too much or the ancestors will get drunk and lose their way back " LOL ]

image4. ..IT'S HIM. me offering incense and RESPECT. nigguh.