Happy Lunar New Year

After visiting the Singapore Botanical Garden this morning I decide to go back to the hotel to rest and cool down. It is really hot today. You think I would be used to it by now since I grew up in Florida but I never do. I shower and I nap. I nap so well that I am tempted to not wake up (jet lag). I force myself to wake up and start getting ready. I am meeting some of my new friends for a late dinner and a walk around the Chinese New Year celebration.

But first some of the lunar new year photos from during the day.

We start at one of the hawker centers hoping some of the stalls will be open. We find one that looks suitable. It has a dish that I have already tried yesterday so I want to try something different but it must have noodles because that is all I am craving lately. I order some noodle chicken dish and it isn’t that good. I should have stuck to what I know.

We walk around and see the large displays. Everything is so beautiful in the dark.

We head to a major shopping area and the crowds thicken. It has been a few years since people felt comfortable enough celebrating the new year in public so it seems everyone is out tonight.

The crowds get even busier.

We are outside the Buddha tooth temple. There is a queue set up for those to go in a pray after midnight. We can’t get anywhere near the stage but we can see and hear it from a distance. We wait in this area for a while.

As suspected I can’t make it until midnight. It is 11 pm and I don’t think I can stay up another minute. I say goodbye to my friends and walk back to the hotel I might have picked up some new year’s trinkets on the way out. Even with the crowds I feel lucky I am here to celebrate during this time of year.