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Chinese New Year Celebration in Dubai

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This is our second year residing in Dubai and Chinese New Year is not a public holiday in the UAE. This year we decided to stay in Dubai as there is no school holiday that coincides with the Chinese New Year period. There is a few celebrations going on as there is quite a number of Chinese in UAE. There is lion dance competition at Dubai Park and Resort, lion/dragon dance parade at City Walk and some celebrations at Jumeirah Lake Towers. Many Chinese restaurants offer reunion dinner package (at a premium price of course) and some renowned hotels offer buffets with Chinese new year theme.  One week before the celebration, I started making some Chinese new year cookies/snacks to get into the mood. My favourite is the pineapple tarts to symbolise wealth. I even attempted to make the fillings from scratch but I have to admit it is a lot of work for 36 tarts that I make. I also make a couple of others easier snacks such as seaweed crisp, cornflakes cookies and pe

Jewel @ Changi Airport, Singapore

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Jewel is the latest addition to Changi Airport and one of its kind. It has the world tallest indoor waterfall and the complex is amazing with a great variety of retail shop, restaurant and a sky garden. Of course on our trip home this winter, we had to go and check it out. We decided to stay two nights at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport before our outbound flight back to Dubai so that we could experience what Jewel has to offer. It is easily assess from all terminals at Changi, one could walk through the linkway or take the train to Terminal 1 which has direct assess to Jewel. The waterfall is the centrepiece and we get different views from different point. If you would like to experience it while sitting in the sky train, take the train that goes from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 and you can pass by the waterfall literally just next to you. From the sky garden, the waterfall looks great and head to basement 2 and you could see the bottom of the waterfall through a glass. Its amazing