Tuesday, 26 February 2002

15th day of Lunar New Year so followed tradition faithfully and ate rice dumplings. :) but didn't follow the rest of the rituals... had a laugh with alb 'cos he went on about this being the day girls traditionally throw mandarin oranges into the river/sea/lake so that the fishes don't eat the body of the man in the river.. hahaha... had to tell him that that is the Dumping Festival instead and all sorts of people (not just girls) throw dumplings (not mandarin oranges) into the river to save the brave hero Qu Yuan after he was killed by some bad guys (can't remember who they are..:p). we got more mixed up after that 'cos i continued to explain to him about the tradition of the sticky paste cake and why families have it - it is to stick up the mouth of the God of Fortune when he comes around to your house 'cos he "knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows if you've been bad or good so be good..." :D ... sorry... :p



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