My Chinese New Year 2009 - trip to Labuan with Daddy

Chinese New Year 2009 falls on 26th & 27th January... I flew back to Kota Kinabalu to meet up with dad before we travel back to our hometown for the festival..

There's always a grand CNY eve dinner at my uncle Paul Lau's house with all family and my auntie Mary. My other uncles in Sandakan and Brunei are unable to go Labuan this year.. it's the second year without them so I really missed them.

Now that Mom's gone, it's also lonely for just me and dad to spend the festival alone in KK so we always go back to Labuan to spend it with uncle Paul's family.

Our flight back to Labuan take off at 0720hrs on 25th Jan, which was on the eve... woke up pretty early that morning, settled packing and headed to the airport at 6am.

This year I booked the air ticket late and since all economy seats are all taken, we have to settle in at the business class.

After the plane took off from Kota Kinabalu International airport, i managed to shoot some photographs of the city,

It was a clear morning, and surprisingly Mount Kinabalu seems very clear from afar..
When the airplane reach Labuan island, I was so lucky to be able to see a rainbow...
This is the 1st time i saw rainbow in flight.. wow amazing!




We reached Labuan international airport and headed straight to uncle Paul's house.
It's a Sunday and seems everyone was at home...

My aunties and cousin sister was busy preparing dishes for tonight's dinner.
The dinner started at around 7pm and here are the dishes...
Cold dish..

Curry Chicken,

Shark fin soup with crab meat,

Butter prawn,

Mixed vegetables with black mushroom and "foo chok"
Chinese herbal chicken


Pork legs and sea cucumber clear soup,

and Marinated chicken

and everyone above 18th cheers to the camera while having dinner.

Lion dancers on 1st day of chinese new year.