CNY Festive Mood

This year CNY seem a little too quiet…. Or is it just my gut feel?

Went down couple of weeks to Chinatown… Crowd was manageable.. Most impt thing is that there is no queue at 美珍香.. Dear and I bought what we wanted and we left.. Convinced myself that we must be too early…

Read from the papers that there is a big war going on in Toa Payoh, at the usual big CHY pasar malam.. The vendors are all cutting prices to sell their new year goodies.. Dear and I happily went down last week, hoping to catch some festive mood.. We were thinking there muz be a big crowd given that this is the last weekend before we welcome the Rat year.. but then, to our horror, there is no more pasar malam… Oh my god, TP looks so so quiet without the market..

Later chked with Lin Ling and discovered that the market was closed 2 weeks back.. Is business really that good that all the stocks are sold or is it the other way round? Biz too bad, so the vendors had to cease operation earlier in order to minimize losses? We were quite sad that the market is gone but we entertained ourselves quite a bit.. Shopping at TP is quite enjoyable…

At my place, things are also quieter.. Shops now are not allow to display new year items.. Make the whole place look so dull.. but then rules are rules… I guessed, safety comes first… This year will be the last year that I spent CNY at dear hse..

Next year, we will have our own places and when it comes to CNY shopping, we’ll buying things for own home.. So looking forward towards it =P