Chinatown - Gearing up for Chinese New Year! Year of the Tiger!

Noodles, beer and dumplings were probably the only way we would have survived the crowds in Chinatown as they gear up for Chinese New Year! The amount of people that flocked to the tiny streets of Chinatown were incredible, it was like a Disneyland line that doesn't move.

This year it is the year of the Tiger, check out the predictions for the new year:

The Year of the Tiger begins on February 14th 2010. Drama, intensity, change and travel will be the keywords for 2010. Unfortunately, world conflicts and disasters tend to feature during Tiger years also, so it won’t be a dull 12 months for anyone. The Year of the Tiger will bring far reaching changes for everyone. New inventions and incredible technological advances have a good chance of occurring. For all of the Chinese horoscope signs, this year is one to be active – seizing opportunities and making the most of our personal and very individual talents. Everything happens quickly and dramatically in a Tiger year – blink and you could miss an important chance of a lifetime!

We agree with the last line and hope we saturate this experience of a lifetime we are having in Singapore!

Here's a video to give you a feel for the crowd ---> and this is Jason and Quinn's ad for Bio Socks, the first sock that claims to eliminate odor :)

Quinn in the crowd

They were selling Chia Pets - but apparently they are just lucky grass heads :)

We thought these would be good fruit treat - I think we all took one bite and spit them out, they were persimmons covered in flour - double trouble for your mouth drying up in the heat

Sausages!

Kirsty these are for you!!

Thought it would only be appropriate to take a break and drink some Tiger beer for Year of the Tiger

Our first picture together in Singapore!

Chopsticks galore~

They say if you see a line in Singapore to get in it - so we did and had amazing Chinese food!

Waiting in line...

The best Little Juicy Steamed Meat Dumplings!

Jason got this great shot of this little girl making popsicles - looks like a Coke ad

Looks like TRUE LOVE!!...with my new camera and lens!!