We planned our trip to KL for the second day of new year so that we could still make it for a day of visiting. It is the new year after all, one of the 3 occasions every year that the entire extended family gets to hang out (the other 2 being Christmas and my grandmother’s birthday).
So for the first day of the new year, we put on our festive best and visit we did.
The kids were doing an East meets West showdown, with Tru his usual dapper self and Kirsten going oriental.
The criteria for judging was as follows.
Number of pictures taken by relatives: 30%
Number of compliments they got about their outfit/cuteness level: 30%
Total amount in ang pows collected: 40%
The final score for the day: East – 1, West – 0. Next year, Tru is definitely going visiting in a Wong Fei Hong outfit, complete with pigtail and kungfu moves.
We also learnt that baby girl has incredible arm strength. All that food apparently goes straight to her biceps because she can hang on the monkey bars without support for a whole minute without flinching and she did it for at least 10 rounds. She was all “I want to hang very high”, undeterred by her cheongsam and dress shoes.
Well, I was never the sit still and look pretty kind of kid so I wasn’t really expecting my child to be one. I’m just thankful that she doesn’t mind dressing up like a girly girl; that’s already a huge accomplishment right there.
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Tru deserves extra points for wearing a sweater and a shirt – non-squirmy kid in two layers is amazing! Both v.v. cute though. If you go the western route, should teach him some cny songs and intsruct him to sing loudly in public to balance it all out. my neighbours are v.amused at Micah’s chinese song repertoire (1 cny song and baa baa black sheep).
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I was also quite surprised that he was ok with the outfit because he gets irritable when it’s hot but I think he knows he looks good so he does it willingly. Great idea on the cny songs, we’ll give them a crash course next year.
Hands down east wins. My girl was in traditional outfit too. Kirsten looks super adorable with the great hair to match. =)
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Ya somehow kids look extra cute in chinese outfits. When they get bigger, it starts to look a little weird so must milk it when they’re young enough to pull it off.
Kirsten really looked cute in that cheongsam! :) Plus the shoes matched perfectly! :)
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Happy Lunar New year :)
Love that peacock cheongsam, but go easy on those chin-ups.
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