Today is the 7th day of CNY and it is also the
birthday of everybody. That's Yan Yat (in Cantonese), Ren Ri (in Mandarin). Happy Birthday EVERYONE!!! In case you don't know, CNY is celebrated over 15 days. Certain days holds special significance for certain provinces, e.g. the Hokkien (or people of Fujian origin) makes the 9th day a bigger do than the 1st day. And the 15th day is the Valentine day for the Chinese. That's when the unmarried ladies throw mandarin oranges into the river and wish for a life partner. Apparently this is very much a Malaysian thing. The ladies would (nowadays) write their telephone numbers on the oranges and potential suitors will wait at the rivers to collect the oranges.
Today's significant visitor was one of my mum's previous employers.
My mum was looking after their invalid mum for a while.
Well, my mum is retired now - bad knees and blood pressure problems that needs to be medicated. This family visits us without fail every year.
At 7pm, I had arranged to have a "birthday" dinner with Vincent and Madeline and their parents. The dinner was at Woh Kei in Taman Connaught. Food was so so only - so nothing much to write about.
Ah.... have to start work again tomorrow. Sigh!!
My mum was looking after their invalid mum for a while. 
Well, my mum is retired now - bad knees and blood pressure problems that needs to be medicated. This family visits us without fail every year.
1 comment:
Hmmm! i see...unmarried ladies throw mandarin oranges into the river. Well i suggest they could easily give an advertisment in the matrimonial section of any newspaper in India. Thats how unmarried ladies find a life partner here...eh!
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