Chinese New Year 2014 - God of Fortune

Time passes real fast, Chinese New Year is round the corner. This year is extreme early, will be 31st January 2014. As usual we need to spring clean our home to welcome guests during Chinese New Year.

I have loads of things to do and not yet completed my shopping too. Not even started to get new clothes and shoes for the festival.

Spotted this God of Fortune Mascot at NTUC Supermarket. He is the most popular during Chinese New Year, he is none other than the God of Fortune. His right hand holding the gold ingot and many will touch the gold ingot for luck and hoping God of Fortune will visit their homes.

Good Bye 2013 and Hello 2014

Here wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2014 and Bye Bye 2013. Time to replace the calenders.

Christmas Decorations 2013 - Peacock Theme at Tangs

This year I did not take photos of any christmas decorations but the one that caught my eyes was at Tangs Department Store in Orchard Road. Seems like they're having a peacock theme in their store.

The main attraction must be this mannequin with a headdress full of peacock feathers that stretches to nowhere. Was really beautiful indeed.

Even the window display have lots of peacock decorations.

Inside the mall another mannequin with peacock fashion.

Been a long time since I shop at Tangs, they did some renovations in the mall, looks neater and more spacious.

West Gate Shopping Mall Jurong East Singapore

This is the latest shopping mall to open in Jurong East. There's three new shopping malls near Jurong East MRT Stations that opened recently. JCube opened last year, JEM opened this year and Westgate just opened this year or rather half the mall is occupied. Most shops are still in the process of opening.

Love the family of panda statues infront of Westgate shopping mall.

Love the neat layout of shops inside Westgate. One can easily view most of the shops from each level. I hated malls with corners and pillars that blocked the view of most shops. One need to look at the mall directory to find out the shops available on each level.

From the ground level, I was attracted by the huge treehouse on the roof garden. I just need to make my way up to find out more.

Sculpture of a girl with dog on the ground level. What I love about this mall was that there's lots of seats around for shoppers with tired feet.

Another branch of french restaurant, Poulet - I have yet tried their food, will do one day.

Cafe crema, lovely sandwiches

Another branch of famous French boulangerie/patisserie, Paul Bakery.

This must be the favourite place for children, the playground on the roof garden with a big treehouse, even I was attracted to it.

Fourth branch of the famous Hong Kong Tim Ho Wan opened in Westgate. I have not tried their dim sum yet, the queue is really frightening, one need to queue more than 1 hour to dine there but I guess things will improve when they open more branches.

Candy Making

This candy shop has many branches all over Singapore. My niece and I love watching the process of them making candies and after that my niece would choose the cute candies with faces, etc and I have to pay for them lol. But too much candies is not good for her teeth so I brought her there only during the school holidays to watch them.

The candies make great gifts too.

Love watching the process of making the candy.