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| CNY Lantern & Floral Festival on Legend of White Snake Fo Guang Shan Dongzen Temple Jenjarom, Selangor |
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| Lover's Bridge, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor |
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| Multi-Rich Pitaya Dragonfruit Farm Kampung Baru, Sepang, Selangor |
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| Gano Mushroom Farm Tanjong Sepat, Selangor |
" This is a New Year. A new beginning. And things will change "
The beginning of 15 days Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations (Jan 29 > Feb 12 2025), Jan 29 & 30 (1st & 2nd Day of CNY) were declared a national public holiday in my home country, Malaysia & Feb 1 (4th Day of CNY) too was a public holiday which was a Federal Territory Day for Kuala Lumpur City. A real summer holiday for most Malaysians during this long CNY weekend making an exodus (jamming the North-South Expressway in Peninsula Malaysia) from the cities back to their hometowns or outstation touristy places to dine & unwind with their families & loved ones echoing this popular western song by John Denver "Country roads take me home to the place I belong" !
The sound of fire crackers driving away evil spirits & welcoming the Snake Year of 2025, the roaring sound of lively Lion Dance performances, (playing drums & cymbals believing that loud noises chasing away bad spirits) in major shopping malls, corporate / commercial premises & neighbourhood residences, giving out of red packets "Ang Pow" (a symbol of good fortune & well wishes) during CNY by elders & married couples to younger & unmarried persons; I see & hear them all in my Little LIFE pleasure outings during the Chinese Lunar New Year ! I like to take this opportunity once again to wish all my readers a Happy Happy Chinese New Year, may you all bless with good health, joy, happiness & prosperity throughout the Snake Year of 2025 ! For travellers, may your 2025 be filled with adventures that create lasting memories !
These colorful & meaningful pictures "standing tall" in the Lumbini Garden of Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom, Selangor said it all - perhaps it was a good time for you to use your six sense to immerse yourself especially for Malaysian Chinese & worldwide in some of these traditional activities during this Chinese Lunar New Year ! For travellers, use your senses to explore the world around you, learn about it & stay safe !
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| Chinese Lunar New Year Eve Re-Union Dinner |
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| 1st Day of Chinese New Year Celebrating the Arrival of CNY |
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| 2nd Day of Chinesw New Year Back to Dong Zen Temple |
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| 3rd Day of Chinese New Year CNY Calligraphy Wise Messages |
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| 4th Day of Chinese New Year Offering Prayers to Buddha |
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| 5th Day of Chinese New Year Receiving God of Wealth |
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| 7th Day of Chinese New Year People's Birthday |
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| 9th Day of Chinese New Year Pa Ti Kong / Tian Gong Dan |
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| 15th Day of Chinese New Year Lantern Festival / Chap Goh Mei |
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| Fare-welling The Old Welcoming The New |
Chinese New Year (CNY) eve re-union dinner, CNY visits to sibling & relative's homes & CNY gathering lunch (Day 1 & 2); CNY staycation visit (Day 3) with my wife & 3 sisters to nearby touristy places in Selangor ie Morib Beach, Pantai Batu Laut, Lover's Bridge, Tanjung Sepat & Sungei Pelek New Village, Multi Rich Pitaya Dragonfruit Farm, Gano Mushroom Farm; CNY Lantern Festival on Legend of White Snake in Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple visit (Day 5), Jenjarom, Selangor; CNY lunch (Day 6) with my ex-colleagues in Kingdom Palace Restaurant, Damansara Intan, Petaling Jaya; CNY visit to Damen Mall, USJ1, Subang Jaya (Day 7), a taste of Sarawak curry laksa in a popular local noodle stall nearby my home place (Day 9); the start of my 21 days visit (Feb 10 > March 2 2025) to Thailand, Laos & southern China on Day 13 of CNY ......... so it was all about a little celebration, little eating, little outings, little meet up, little shopping during the 15 days of the CNY keeping my body mentally, physically & spiritually active ........
Here goes my Little LIFE Pleasure stories in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Jan / Feb 2025.
My Little LIFE Pleasure Thursday Feb 6 (9th Day of Chinese New Year) - a small-eat together with my wife in a local Sarawak Noodle stall in SS19, Subang Jaya, Selangor, loved their hand-made Sarawak noodle & Sarawak style laksa soup, simply delicious !
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| Sarawak Laksa Noodle (L) Rm12.50 (US$2.80) |
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| Sarawak Kan-Pua Noodle (S) Rm9 (US$2) |
My Little LIFE Pleasure Tuesday Feb 4 2025 (7th Day of Chinese New Year) - CNY visit to Whole Food Express & Damen Mall, USJ, Subang Jaya
1) Pasar Raya Whole Food Express, SS17, Subang Jaya, Selangor - fresh produce shopping in a neighbourhood mini market nearby my home place (100m).
My Little LIFE Pleasure Monday Feb 3 2025 (6th Day of Chinese New Year) - CNY lunch (by MRT train rides from Subang Jaya > Pasar Seni > TTDI) with 12 of my ex-colleagues in Kingdom Palace Restaurant, 3 Damansara Mall, Jalan SS20/27, Damansara Intan, Petlaing Jaya
1) Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) & Damansara Intan, Petaling Jay, Selangor.
2) 3 Damsansara Mall (formerly Tropicana Mall), SS20/27 Damansara Intan, Petaling Jaya - a suburban shopping mall in Petaling Jaya.
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| Crispy Fish Skin & Octopus "Yee Sang" |
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| Braised Fish Maw & Dried Scallop with Assorted Dried Seafood |
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| Steamed Golden Pomfret with Special Mix Sauce |
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| Peached Tiger Prawn & Crystal Noodle in Spicy Golden Pumpkim Soup |
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| Braised Whole Abalone with Mushrooms & Fish Puff |
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| Steamed Villasge Chicken |
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| Hainan Style Chicken Oil Rice with Goose Liver Sausage & Chinese Sausage |
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| Steamed Nian Gao with Homemade Pastry |
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| Double Boiled Sea Coconut with Taco Balls & Ginger |
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| Sook Chee's Secret Recipe from Seremban (BYO) |
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| CNY lunch with my ex-colleagues in Jaya Palace Restaurant, PJ (Jan 2020)
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My Little LIFE Pleasure Sunday Feb 2 2025 (5th Day of Chinese New Year) - my CNY visit (self drive) together with my wife & 3 sisters to Wan Sau Gong Temple & Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple, Jenjarom, Selangor
1) Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple - Front Entrance
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| Chinese Lunar New Year Eve Re-Union Dinner |
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| 1st Day of Chinese New Year Celebrating the Arrival of CNY |
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| 2nd Day of Chinese New Year A Visit to FCS Dong Zen Temple |
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| 3rd Day of Chinese New Year Chinese Calligraphy |
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| 4th Day of Chinese New Year Offering Prayers to Buddha |
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| 5th Day of Chinese New Year Receiving God of Wealth |
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| 7th Day of Chinese New Year People's Birthday |
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| 9th Day of Chinese New Year Pa Ti Kong / Tian Gong Dan |
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| 15th Day of Chinese New Year Lantern Festival / Chap Goh Mei |
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| Fare-welling The Old Welcoming The New |
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| Model of Long-Men Grottoes |
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| Giant Buddha Statute |
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| 10 Great Disciples of Buddha |
8) Wan Sau Gong Temple, Jenjarom, Selangor
10) CNY Lunch in Restoran Xin Chin San, SS14, Subang Jaya, Selangor after the Fo Guang Shan visit, our group of 5 savoured 3 fried noodle dishes ie Hokkien Mi Rm25 (M), Cantonese Ying Yong Rm25 (M) & Singapore fried mihoon Rm14 (S), Sotong kankung Rm20 + 1 pot of hot Chinese tea, totalled food bill Rm91 (US$20.20)
My Little LIFE Pleasure Saturday Feb 1 (4th Day of Chinese New Year) - CNY lunch with my wife & son Wen Bin in Nasi Lemak Shop, SS15 Court Yard, First Subang Mall, Subang Jaya, savoured a plate of Nasik Lemak Ayam Goreng (Rm16.90++), Nasi Lemak Sambal Sotong (Rm13.90++) & Assam Laksa (Rm15.90++), my first time visit to this eatery outlet well patronised by locals !
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| Assam Laksa Rm15.90 (US$3.50++) |
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| Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng Rm16.90 (US$3.80 ++) |
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| Nasi Lemak Sambal Sotong Rm13.90 (US$3.10 ++) |
My Litle LIFE Pleasure Friday Jan 31 2025 (3rd Day of Chinese New Year) - my CNY visit (self drive) together with my 3 sisters to Morib Beach (waterfront area renovation in progress), Pantai Batu Laut, Lover's Bridge, Tanjung Sepat & Sungel Pelek New Village, Multi Rich Pitaya Dragonfruit Farm & Gano Mushroom Farm, these tourist places are located in Banting, Tanjung Sepat & Sepang, Selangor, approx 60km from Kuala Lumpur
1) Multi Rich Pitaya Dragonfruit Farm, Kampung Baru, Sepang, Selangor - a large dragonfruit farm in Sepang, my 1st time visit, easy parking.
2) Sungei Pelek New Village, Sepang, Selangor - established during the emergency period in the 1950s, a 120 year old Chinese village near Kuala Lumpur International Airport & Cyberjaya.
3) Lover's Bridge, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor - a concrete pier & popular tourist spot during the weekends & festive season, a few souvenir shops selling local produce & seafood products ie prawn crackers, fish paste, dried shrimps etc.
4) Gano Mushroom Farm, Taman Pelangi, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor - a Malaysian based mushroom research company involving in various types of mushrooms cultivation & producer of mushroom health based products, also runs a homestay business for holiday makers, my 1st time visit, sister Mei bought a pack of dragonfruit for Rm10 (5 pcs).
5) Pantai Batu Laut, Kampung Batu Lapan, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor - a quiet muddy beach with mangrove trees & a sailing centre where basic boating skills are taught.
6) Morib Beach, Banting, Selangor - the spot where the 46th Indian Beach Group landing here on the Sept 9 1945 (2nd World War), approx 70km from Kuala Lumpur, waterfront area now under renovation in progress !
7) CNY Lunch in a local noodle stall in Tanjung Sepat New Village, each of us savoured a bowl of fish ball / paste noodle soup & yong tau fu (9 pcs) after our group's visit to Lover's Bridge in Tanjung Sepat !
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| Assorted Yong Tau Fu Rm27 (US$6, 9 pcs) |
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| Fish Ball Pan Mee Rm9 (US$2) |
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| Bitter Gourd Fish Paste Mi Hoon Soup Rm11 (US$2.40) |
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| Fish Ball Flat Noodle Soup Rm9 (US$2) |
My Little LIFE Pleasure Thursday Jan 30 2025 (2nd Day of Chinese New Year) - CNY gathering lunch with my wife & brother Weng's family in my elder sister's Inn house in Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor
My Little LIFE Pleasure Wednesday Jan 29 2025 (1st Day of Chinese New Year) - CNY potluck lunch in my brother-in-law (Theam)'s house with family relatives / gathering in USJ, Subang Jaya, Selangor.
My Little LIFE Pleasure Tuesday Jan 27 2025 (Chinese New Year Eve) - a small CNY reunion dinner but a heart warming one with my family members to celebrate the CNY & a cherished tradition in my home place in Subang Jaya, Selangor
