Monday, January 26, 2009
Today's the first day of the Chinese New Year, or as many posters are saying, the Niu Year! Yup, the year of the ox is here, and all those cows previously used for that Moove advert thing are sprouting out here and there in Singapore.
I like CNY, not just because in school you get a holiday, and sing fun Chinese songs if you're in choir, but also the whole festivity of it. Well, mostly the food!
- Pineapple tarts (the best ones are made by my aunt)
- Love Letters
- Dried prawn rolls (Hei Bi Hiam)
- All kinds of nuts: peanuts, roasted/salted/plain, cashew, pistachio, almond
- Mandarin oranges (Gam)
- Chinese BBQ Pork (Rou Gan / Bak Kwa)
This year, I've found myself thinking less about the hongbaos and more about the food. I don't know whether that's a good thing or not!
We just came back from our extended family 'reunion' dinner together. It was fun, the food was quite good, and we played zhong ji mi ma to finish up the leftover yu sheng at our table. I think yu sheng is quite wasted on us young people, and we mostly just wanted the salmon and the crackers.
Funnily, my sister turned on the tv to MTV, and it was supposed to be this Korean Pop programme, but it was close to ending, so I didn't hear any KPop songs, what a pity. But then the next listed programme said 'Super Junior at MAA'. I thought it had to refer to something else, but it was really Super Junior!
I realise I've already watched a bit of it online, the 2008 MTV Asia Awards, where SJ won best Korean artist or something, but this was backstage, and of course has English subtitles! I feel so stunned that I could actually watch Korean stuff like this on tv at home!
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