Lunar New Year in HK.. Great to be home. 

Lunar New Year in HK.. Great to be home.

It's been sometime since I last blogged. I was in HK for a week during the Lunar New Year. Sure was great to be back home after 3 months in Tokyo. Never realised that I would miss home that much... sigh

Every Lunar New Year, there would be a fair called 花市 (literally means flower market) where mainly flowers are sold (obviously). But through the years it has evolved into a sort of flea market where you'll find almost anything from vacuum cleaners, kitchen tools, toys, health food and lots of useless stuffs. I took some pictures of my discoveries.



on one of the main avenue in the fair ground.



水仙 (suisin) are common during this time of year and homes would usually have one or two pans of such. According to dictionary.hk.yahoo.com 水仙 is known as Chinese Sacred Lily in english.



Another common potted plant sold are mandarin oranges (柑桔). The word 桔 (gut or kut) sounds like the word 吉 which means luck or good fortune. This year's sales is not good though I heard, largely due to the fear of the red fire ants that could be present in the pots.



The whole 花市 is just like a carnival (minus the rides).



She's selling health enhancing tea if my memory serves me right.



Even the local Catholic Church gets its own stall.



Yikes! They're everywhere!!!



Not to be outdone, political personalities like Long Hair 長毛 (real name 梁國雄) also made their presence felt during the celebrations.



I pretended to be a tourist and asked them to pose for this pic :)



Took this pic coz it's so interesting. Reflects the presence of Japanese consumer brands in HK.



Of course coming to HK means meeting up with the gang. Thanks guys for such a wonderful time! Some guys missing in the pic.. u know who u are. Thanks!!!