Archive for February, 2010
Toilets, Outhouses and such
Posted in Childhood, Family, Thoughts, tagged noises in the toilets, outhouses, toilets, village outhouses on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nian Gao Stories
Posted in Family, Thoughts, tagged Chinese Lunar New Year, glutinous rice cake, nian gao on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The day after tomorrow will be the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Tiger will be roaring in to take charge for the whole year. Most Chinese household would have by now spring-cleaned their houses and put up New Year decorations of red to usher in the Year of the Tiger. All kinds of auspicious [...]
Doing an egg-stand
Posted in general, Photos, Thoughts, tagged Chinese Spring Festival, eggs -stand, eggs standing up, Lup Chun on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today is the day of the Chinese ‘Lup Chun’ which means the first day of Spring. Officially this should be the first day of the Chinese New Year but it will be celebrated on the 14th February 2010. But it has been like this for decades as far as I could remember. First you have [...]
