Bunnyannz: Chap goh meh 元宵节

I've had heard and read a lot about mandarin orange tossing on this final day of Chinese new year but i have never tossed oranges before. It was my first time revel in it this year!

15th night (Hokkien : Chap goh meh) also regarded as Chinese Valentine's day or Lantern festival. The uniqueness about this day is the tossing of the mandarin oranges into the sea.

This practice was believed to originate from Penang Hokkiens. I know there's one funny old saying in Hokkien that goes " Tim掷 ho好 kam柑, ke嫁 ho好 ang尪 ; Tim掷 ho好 kor果, ke 娶 ho好 boh某", direct translation will be " throw a good mandarin orange and get a good husband; throw a good fruit and get a good wife". Lols.. I like this ditty. ^^

However, i believe nobody's believe in this anymore, cause they rather go online dating. It's more efficient than tossing mandarin oranges.

As mentioned previously , we headed to straights quay in the evening with empty stomach because we thought the orange-throwing ceremony starts on 8pm. Only realized it'll start at 10.15pm when we reached there. -_- Meaning that we still have >2 hours to linger around.

I'll get you the moon ;)

Pink we love!

Taken by my mum

Killing the time with silly poses =)

The cultural shows of the night include lion dance, chinese yo-yo,and dragon dance and performance by some 'artists' which i don't recognize. hehe

Cha cham boh-oh-oh!!!!

My mum told me this the girl in red dress was the winner of Hua hee lai ka la, astro channel 333.

give me the ball! *chase*chase*chase*

Actually it's not a ball, it's the "Pearl of Wisdom". ^^ I read from somewhere before and it is said that the dragon chasing that pearl represents the Dragon's way to pursue insight and knowledge. Hmm...maybe next time i'll join the dragon to chase the "Pearl of Wisdom".