Dragon Roars in Singapore Chinatown

Yesterday was a really productive day. After work, I went to admire the dahlias flowers at Gardens by the Bay Flower dome with my cousins. Later we went to Chinatown to see the Chinese Lunar New Year light-up. Based on the Chinese zodiac, this year is 甲龙 or Wood Dragon. 

I'm finally back to Chinatown this year. I'm quite happy with the lighting decorations and I look forward to shopping at Chinatown soon to prepare for my favourite festival of the year which is also known as the Spring Festival. I'm looking forward to a brand new start and change this year. 

I think this dragon design looks quite impressive at night from the side view. 

Chinatown MRT station

Pretty traditional shophouses in Chinatown

We had dinner at Good Luck BBQ for Sichuan cuisine.

Leung Sang Hong Kong Pastries at Singapore Chinatown

Glad to find this great Hong Kong pastries at Chinatown Smith Street. Their wife biscuits are really delicious with generous winter melon filling and thin flaky crust. I also like their red bean pastry. Great pastry at $2 only. 

I brought the pastry at Chinatown Smith Street

Look at the generous filling for for all the pastry. I love that the flaky crust is thin with generous winter melon filling.

Chinese New Year Street Light-up at Chinatown Singapore

Wow I love this year Chinese New Year dazzling street light-up designed by students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design at Chinatown which features many majestic tigers. This year CNY street light-up will end on 2 March. I can still see on my birthday next month. Chinese New Year is my favourite festival and I'm looking forward to collecting more Hongbao next month.  

This year is Ren Yin or Water Tiger. So if your favourable elements are water and wood, it should be a pretty smooth year. 

My buddy and I explored Chinatown CNY street light-up last Friday. I think this year there are more visitors compared to last year. The street was quite crowded last Friday with more people shopping for CNY goodies in Chinatown this year. I love the vibe this year. 

From https://chinatownfestivals.sg

Chinatown is once again beautifully decorated with street light-up to mark the celebration of Lunar New Year. Designed by students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, this year street light-up will feature sculptured lanterns from cub to tiger striving to achieve strength and vitality in their growing up to depict how we will stay united and emerge stronger from this Covid pandemic. Not forgetting the centrepiece between New Bridge Road and Eu Tong Sen Street that comprise a family of tigers to signify reunion, harmony and prosperity.

Really beautiful design!

As usual, every year I will read the annual horoscopes to see what to look out for. Fortune reading is like weather forecast.

My horoscope is Rooster! Yes I can be very blunt and argumentative sometimes. I think as I grow older, I am less argumentative and blunt. I must remember to practise Right Speech. 

Really adorable tiger Chinese New Year decor

I love their red bean pastry and wife biscuit.

Old School Shop at Chinatown Point

This Friday, I went to Chinatown with my buddy to see Chinese New Year street lighting. We went to Chinatown Point shopping mall for dinner first and then went window shopping. 

I really like the unique shops in Chinatown. I like the Munch shop which sells many of my childhood snacks and toys. I brought some blowing balloon and chocolate snacks which I enjoyed during my primary school days. It brought back fond childhood memories in the 80s. How time flies, it's about 30 years ago when I was in primary school. I still like some of the old school snacks. I had fun blowing the blowing balloon tube. Quite fun to see the big bubble blown. 

I used to buy biscuits from the provision shop which had many tin boxes of biscuits.

I brought the tubes of blowing balloon.

When I was in primary school, I used to play flip the erasers game with my classmates by trying to make my eraser land on top of my friend's eraser to win.

One of the snacks I had when I was in primary school.

I brought the above snacks and tubes of blowing balloon and some toys. 

This is how you play with the blowing balloon. Squeeze some sticky form to the stick. If you want bigger bubble, just squeeze more. 

Then just blow through the stick and you have big bubble.