I posted about Chinese tradition of giving red eggs, red angkoo (tortoise) and red peaches (ang tho) when one have a baby girl.
Today, my nephew’s baby boy celebrated his full moon and I got a package of nasi kunyit with the red balls. I love the red balls because it has so [...]
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Traditionally, Chinese has very strict rules when a mother gives birth to a baby. The mother is treated with special foods and usually ‘kept hidden’ in the house for the full month. So, the full month is call the confinement because the mom is literally and physically confined to the home. The [...]
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I never really know when one starts fasting for Lent and when one stop. I think it was only last year that I learnt that we start fasting on Ash Wednesday. But I do not know when we are supposed to end our fast. I figure that it should be one Maundy [...]
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The finale to Chinese New Year celebration is Chap Goh Meh or in Hokkien means 15th night. It is a day when fair maidens will go out for a night with their chaperon on a full moon night. Of course, I must mention that the Chinese Lunar calendar uses the numbers based on [...]
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My family Chinese New Year reunion was an impromptu one. We didn’t plan anything as hubby worked on that day. So, we went to Queensbay Mall, looking for a place to dine. As it is Chinese New Year, we want a place serving Chinese foods but Dragon-I was closed and the other [...]
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