The Chinese New Year falls on the 7th and the 8th of Feburary, which is on a thursday and friday. This means that we all get a very long weekend, yes, 4 days of off for most of us. If you have to work on a Saturday, then tough luck to you, that’s what you get for working in Singapore. So what are your plans for this very long weekend? The first 2 days we will probably be visiting friends and relatives plus collecting Ang Pows all over Singapore, but it definitely won’t take more than 2 days right? Unless of course if your family is damn huge and then you will very likely need a few months to visit them all. There are people who have relatives in Malaysia and Saturday and Sunday, they will most probably be traveling down to Malaysia. But how about the rest of us stuck here in Singapore?

For me, I will be resting at home. That’s what I do best - rest or sleep. Maybe I will catch up with some reading and some other stuff, but mainly I will still be at home. Or I could go catch a movie with some of my friends? And maybe we will be playing Mahjong the entire Saturday night? I think that’s the likely scenario.

Oh, remember, it’s the holidays, so you need to know where to go. A lot of places will be closed, especially on the first two days. I believe that most shopping centres and hawker centres will be closed as well. Get your food prepared first (especially breakfast) because you may not be able to eat your favourite half boiled eggs with dark soya sauce since most of the hawker centers and coffee shops are not open. If you need to eat outside, those places which open are usually the fast food restaurants like McDonalds or Burger King. And Hotel restaurants will also be open. Other than that, you will probably have trouble finding food during the holidays.

I have a list of restaurants in Singapore. However, please check with them whether they open on the holidays.