Cat and Hay were free this afternoon so we joined them to go to a New Years Flower Market. One of many that pop up around the city during this time. Sunday is the last day that they are open, typically opening a week before the new year. Flowers are extremely popular at this time. The market we went to was in Mongkok, and was (thankfully) not too busy.
Let me clarify - 'not too busy' means we could actually walk and possibly make it to a stall to see what is being sold. 'Busy' is when you don't even have to walk - just carried along in a sea of people and aren't able to move an inch. Busy is what we experienced one year going late to Victoria Park Flower Market on the last day. Lets just say, that is one experience I never have the urge to have again.
After taking a small rest at a cafe (Urban) in Moko shopping mall, we all grabbed a bus to head over to Mama's for the traditional family dinner. Basically a large pot luck meal of all sorts of things with lots of noise and cheer. As always, the company was fabulous and the food tasty. Tomorrow we will also be getting together for dinner - the first official day of the new year. That is the day that you give out the Hongbao(Mandarin)/Lai see(Cantonese). Family tends to drop in throughout the day to visit, then have a family dinner again that evening. The Cathay parade and harbour fireworks will be on the 2nd day.
I made sure to pack all the gifts I made for the family, and then lugged them around with me since I was not going back to our room before dinner. I'm really glad that everyone seemed to be very happy with them! I finally made hats that fit my Asian family well! :D
Tung Tung met Little Bear again, and they got along very well. She was very gentle with him, and he really appreciated it. They shnurred a bunch and Tung Tung liked to lean her forehead against Little Bears head and just rest.
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