CNY has thus far been a fun one. Cook, bake, eat, sleep, go visiting, eat some more, taking cat naps... and collect ang paus.

This time round... I only managed to make coffee shortcake (my trademark melt in ur mouth cookies), chocolate mud cheesecake (using bitter chocolate), and some fruit jelly. Didn't have time to make a larger variety but didn't have to worry about that coz my aunt made loads of stuff and gave some to us. Love her pineapple tarts!

Panic episodes included a time when my lack of sleep nearly resulted in cheesecake disaster. Made a mistake in the cheese mixture... but fortunately - a little compensation of some other ingredient helped to produce a perfectly sinful cake.

My favourite little cousin had come over to my house for a day too - just when dad decided to do his famous chicken pie to feed an army of relatives and friends. Luckily, while we were busy helping dad prepare the ingredients, she had found entertainment in playing with some leftover pastry dough when she wasn't in the mood to help a little here and there. She's probably one of the easiest kid to baby sit.

One other thing - my brother and I concluded that my uncle's Shih Tzu has not grown any wiser since it was a puppy dog 6 years ago... dumb dog... cute dog... :)