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I am so homesick right now! Not that I am not already grateful to be able to go back twice this year, but I left right as New Year celebrations were starting, and I miss the music and the noise and the red decorations everywhere and the food. It's just not the same here, and all Borders has, holiday-wise, is Valentine's Day stuff. Pah!
At least shopping at Ranch 99 today was extremely New Years-esque: hordes of people, lots of lines, cheesy music, and all the proper foods right there.
I was going to try to steam a fish, but I decided that was rather iffy and am going to make savory nian gao instead. And dumplings. And mi fen. And maybe souffle.
But really, there should be tons of noise and gambling games and firecrackers everywhere!
At least shopping at Ranch 99 today was extremely New Years-esque: hordes of people, lots of lines, cheesy music, and all the proper foods right there.
I was going to try to steam a fish, but I decided that was rather iffy and am going to make savory nian gao instead. And dumplings. And mi fen. And maybe souffle.
But really, there should be tons of noise and gambling games and firecrackers everywhere!
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I'm sorry you're missing the fun. I wish you were there right now, and I wish I was there with you.
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WOE.
Happy New Year though.
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Awww, I'm so sorry! (The food you're planning sounds fantastic, though!)
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Also, I did not know nian gao came in savory. I've only had the sweet kind, and the weirdass walnut bread/nin gao hybrid my aunt baked.
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And sorry you're feeling homesick.
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That sounds delicious! (I typed that as "that's sound delicious" initially, omg, face-palm.)
恭喜发财！！！Hope you have a great CNY!
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Oh well, it is not the same as Taiwan, but I still had a good dinner party with Taiwan people and cooked tons of stuff and wrapped dumplings! And talked about horrible Chinese puns for New Year like "HaPig New Year" ;).
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Hee! Your aunt's hybrid sounds really interesting.
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It is only two hours till New Year here, although I think over half a day where you are. I set off digital firecrackers!
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Because holidays don't count unless they are celebrated with food. ^_^
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It's interesting because my family was already so far detached that pretty much all we did was dinner- the specific foods, etc. we didn't do at all, so all of it is still a bit distant to me (like, I intellectually understand the long noodle, don't cut your hair, etc., but it never was a specific tradition for us).
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/end oversharing
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