Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year was an eventful (and a very profitable one)one for me. Having fallen in the midst of recess week, there was plenty of time to celebrate. The pessimistic ppl would probably think that the recess week was desingned to allow the Chinese students to go back to China or something. On the eve on Chinese New Year, my extended family visited my house for reunion dinner. Then I went to River Hongbao with my sister and her boyfriend. It was a beautiful sight to see to all the decorations. The next day, we were off to our paternal grandmother's house in Toa Payoh. On both of these nights, after the visiting was over, we went over to Selagie Road for LAN gaming to play Left for Dead 2. It was my first time playing, and while i succesfully completed the frist campaoign with my sister without 'dying', I didn't quite make it for the rest of the rounds.=( Nethless we had an enjoyable time with her friends fromwork.
A couple of days later, I had my aunt from Australia visiting us. We headed towards Sentosa and ate in Resorts World. She gave me $100, A$100 and US$100 sealed in a big red packey =)=) We tried some of the food and we found the food deliclious. After that, while my aunt decided to gamble and win $500 at the casino, we went to visit Underwater World.

My Underwater World videoclip can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMyHc-DF8gs

I brought the A Guide to Sponges of Singapore at the giftshop. After that we went walking in Vivocity. I brought a packet of assorted chocolates at the Candy Empire. Overall, it was a nice day out for us.Haha. The next day, I went with my nephew and his mum to his party at Hougang. He , before he went to RI, he went to St'Andrews Junior School and his CCA is rugby. That party was their Chinese New Year Reunion party and the party was held at one of theparents house. Netheless, me and my nephew played with the roulette wheel and the poker cards with his friends =)=) And eating all kinds of yummy food. Oh, before i went home, i watched Everton beating Man United 3-1 on cable TV..Drats.=(
The sum total of these outings? 18 red packets and $520 dollars. By my standards, it was a rich pickings this year. Usually, my extended family gives $120 in all.
How do you guys celebrate Chinese New Year?