The Maccabees
Stole some picies and a vid from Vampies blog, she's got some footage of our Yu Sheng! My sister, the consistently trigger happy one.
Family gatherings aren't the thing i look forward to the most, but sat nite's one was pretty amusing as dinners go.
Anyone else getting the urge for iced kachang?
I love how the waitress does the auspicius sayings as she prepares the dish with the assorted ingredients.. Can't understand much of what she says but everyone else has the same blankly anticipatory look ( i know, i love the crispy bits too) and the only help i get with the translations are the usual, "Year year got fish" kind. Aha.ha.
Here's a breakdown of what the ingredients each mean (Again, stolen from vampies) :
Raw fish - which represented abundance
Peanuts - for eternal youth
Peanut crumbs - for a household lined in gold and silver
Plum sauce - for a sweet life ahead
Crackers - usually puffed crackers aka Golden Pillows for wealth
Lemons or Limes - for a fruitful year ahead
And oil - for glistening wealth
Aww. The older i get, i better i enjoy my traditions. Perhaps i'm afraid one day they'll slip away and i'll have no one to ask what they mean anymore..
Chopsticks to it!
Don't you just love tossing a salad? ;D
Grinnin' like a loon with the latest Hogan, courtesy of the Bro.
Rare glimspses,my specialty *grins*
