Chinese New Year Shopping 2009

we are 新界人 and so we take advantage of the many nurseries in the new territories that offer direct purchase of peach blossom and kumquet.



the one our family used to go is situated at chung uk tsuen, and the peach blossom stems are still rooted in ground.



dad chose one a couple of weeks ago and the guy there cut off the stem with a blunt saw, taking ages to finish.



parents also chose a pot of kamquet this year, hoping to make preserved kamquet.



we then visited yuenlong to buy cut-flowers and sweets, and i was impressed by this busy women shopkeeper at this cut-flower shop yelling: 快!快!有錢開眼!