Eunice and I took an early walk around the complex, and took some photos of the flora located around, including the banana trees (which always fascinate me, as we don't get them in Australia!).
We came back to the parents place for breakfast, and folded and packed the Ang Pau as gifts for the younger members of the family. Although I find a lot of the Chinese customs and traditions confusing, I've figured out that the red packets (Ang Pau) are a gift of money for the younger members of the family; these are supposed to go to the unmarried people only, and are to be handed out by the married members of the family. Babe told me we needed to visit three families today, so we headed of just before midday to do that.
When we got to the first Uncle's house, most of the people we were going to visit were there, so we handed out Ang Pau, as well as received (from one or two elderly Aunt's - who said we were still like children for them), and drank beer and whiskey, and eating traditional Chinese food.
When we arrived back, there was more eating, a Pizza meal that Leonard had ordered, and drinking before we headed to the Utama shopping Mall. There was some traditional dancing in the centre mall that Leonard and I watched while Eunice shoped. We stayed until late and came back to Lawrence and Babe's place and continued eating and drinking. Apparently, this goes on for the next 15 days.
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