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One midnight at the Mandarin Parlour, surprisingly it was full of activities

Longevity cranes bought from the terracotta army site are now guardians of the Parlour

Nocturne is looking for some food

At New Year the unforgettable "blue canned" cookies

a timeless gift at new year

Peony was playing with the little green "missing each other" birdie (this was granddad's birdie, it was called gigi birdie and she used to like to see it in bath in the terrace under the sun)

Phuong just put back her string instrument after playing

Parlour still in construction... it's a timeless parlour

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Posted by faeriequeene at 11:27 PM | Permalink

Phuong, as sequel to last episodes of the lunar chinese new year, has won the blythe sized piggy bank in the mandarin parlour, not only because of her disguise as a pig that won mom's favour, but evidently also because of her piggy dispositions - that of pragmatic, not to say greed or misery attitude towards material possessions, that cannot be easily distinguished from a simply good saving and investment habit.

Counting the lai see, red envelops of money gift given by adults to children, when being greeted "Kung Hei Fat Choy" (or may health and prosperity come to you), Phuong was almost blissful with every single pitch in into the piggy bank. .... The Mandarin Parlour was full of piggy elves, petit and big everywhere.


She secretly wished that this year would be a 'fat' year, as fat as a pig, of course in terms of prosperity... She thought when she's grown up, she will be either a banker or an economist...


In her indulgence in her dolly thoughts, she fell into sleep in the Mandarin Parlour...

The piggy bank elves remain her guardian angels

Phuong was wearing Dollville's cihiness dress, in cute toadstools linked by numbers as in a picture book, with tote with cheongsam lady and cyan clogs in bamboo motif

Posted by faeriequeene at 03:49 PM | Permalink

Cast: Mandarin Parlour
Nocturna (nf), Peony (goldie), Phuong (ll)

Nocturna (soliloquy): Let me fetch my piggy bank, i need it for the new year, may monies pitch in like avalanche!
(Peony and Phuong overheard in delight ...)

Phuong plotted in consipiracy. She is the red riding hood with a wolf's heart...
Peony was quite spotaneous. She seized it!

Helpless little Nocturna

Phuong: Don't touch it girls

... i can't help it! i heart piggies

The girls: awww she is a real piggy... *faints*

Piggy banks (thought): We become so popular... i said we made it ... even thought they talked about socalled passbook savings, investment funds, internet banking... Our piggy days come..

The girls are wearing sugarmag 2007 lunar new year outfits

Posted by faeriequeene at 05:49 PM | Permalink

The Mandarin parlour proper is in fact located at my other dwelling (where all the furniture of the parlour are there but i am reluctuant to transport the girls there)... Here is a rehearsal of the conception with some pieces here and there, with the gang of oriental girls, Peony (goldie), Nocturna (nf), Phuong (ll) and the visit of Chamomile (mmlb)

For the auspice of new year, it's a parlour of symbolic material possessions to the point of excesses..., not unlike the mentality of many at this time of the year ! The three girls cheered at the gadgets and went playing in the parlour

Phuong assumed the lion dancer...

Peony checked out the piggy cash boxes... Nocturna wouldn't let anybody touch her piggy bank for life.

Group portrait posed as array of piggy banks

the mandarin trio portrait

Posted by faeriequeene at 05:02 PM | Permalink

Peony (goldie) and Phuong, (lounging lovely) who has been absent for years, just rejoined the family after her makeover, were busy like elves...

secretly baked in the midst of the night and came up with their gingerbread house.

To their great satisfaction they put the gingerbread house on the fireplace before the sisters wake up...

Posted by faeriequeene at 10:14 PM | Permalink