We went shopping for X’mas pressies on 21 December 2015 in Ipoh. Also got our girls their extra pairs of school shoes. Now, I’m going to have a problem lugging the bulky shoes back to KL tomorrow as we are taking the ETS (electric train service) without the hubs around to help me. I’m going to get the girls to carry their own shoes since they reassured me that they will lug them back to KL!
Lunch with my parents and younger brother at Seoul Garden, Jusco Kinta City…
Back home – mum, Sherilyn and Cass continued with round 2 of tang yuan making, which was to stuff the peanut, black sesame and mung bean filling into the dough before rolling them into balls.
Dinner was ‘ngar choi kai’ (bean sprouts chicken) and ‘kai see hor fun’ (shredded chicken flat rice noodles)…
22 December 2015…
My brother, SIL and niece from Singapore arrived in Ipoh by plane. Â After picking them up from the airport, we went to a nearby coffee shop for Ipoh hawkers’ fare.
Back home, we had an early X’mas celebration and birthday cake cutting ceremony for my brother, Raymond.
Cempedak birthday cake from JJ Swissroll for my big bro, yummeh!
Next, we had tang yuan with red bean soup.
We’re off to a Chinese restaurant for a scrumptious family reunion dinner. For the Chinese, the Winter Solstice festival is more important than the Lunar New Year. Here’s a little history on why this is so…. During the Han Dynasty, the Chinese believed that after the solstice, days became longer and so did positive yang energy. Emperors and commoners alike would spend the day offering to the heaven and to deceased relatives. Today, many of the traditions continue.
I’d like to wish all my Chinese readers a very happy Dong Zhi festival 🙂
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