Chap Goh Mei!
In a couple of days, it will be the fifteenth and final day of Chinese New Year - Chap Goh Mei! It will mark the first full moon of the Lunar New Year so have a good look for Chang-E and her bunny.
In Malaysia, it's seen sort of as Chinese Valentines Day. People eat lots of tong yuen (yum yum!) and in Penang, all the single ladies gather together to toss tangerines into the sea, hoping that prince charmings will pick it up. I've heard that some guys pick them up and the saying goes that if the tangerine is sweet, you'll meet your sweetheart and if it's sour...
Anyway, since I have only one tangerine given with a blessing this year, I will eat it instead of throwing it into the Wensum. Maybe I can toss the peeled bits at passing wasted students outside my window? Que sera sera :)
As most people were unable to go home for the Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, UEA South-East Asian Society threw a Meet, Eat and Greet CNY party wherein about 70 or 80 people feasted on a delicious buffet, carried each other about and hit one another with a rolled-up Concrete. Check out the excitement here :) http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8393802855
So begins the new year, wishing you all the best!
Cheers,
UEA Malaysian Ambassador
In Malaysia, it's seen sort of as Chinese Valentines Day. People eat lots of tong yuen (yum yum!) and in Penang, all the single ladies gather together to toss tangerines into the sea, hoping that prince charmings will pick it up. I've heard that some guys pick them up and the saying goes that if the tangerine is sweet, you'll meet your sweetheart and if it's sour...
Anyway, since I have only one tangerine given with a blessing this year, I will eat it instead of throwing it into the Wensum. Maybe I can toss the peeled bits at passing wasted students outside my window? Que sera sera :)
As most people were unable to go home for the Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, UEA South-East Asian Society threw a Meet, Eat and Greet CNY party wherein about 70 or 80 people feasted on a delicious buffet, carried each other about and hit one another with a rolled-up Concrete. Check out the excitement here :) http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8393802855
So begins the new year, wishing you all the best!
Cheers,
UEA Malaysian Ambassador
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