tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811326.post-43297350072569556372008-02-12T13:04:00.000+08:002008-11-14T14:03:31.524+08:002008-11-14T14:03:31.524+08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Finally I'm back to work. Received <span style="font-style: italic;">hoi gong lai see</span> (start work <span style="font-style: italic;">angpow</span>?) from Boss and Mom. There are a lot of biscuits to eat in the office as well as at home.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I've seen that most of you blogger friends have posted about your reunion dinner. S</span><span style="font-family:arial;">o I'll share about mine too. As usual, my Dad the main cook in the house, will cook our reunion</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> d</span><span style="font-family:arial;">inne</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r. There are 6 dishes all together, which means 'good luck'. If you haven't know, '6' in Hokkien sounds like 'luck'. By the way, I'm Hakka.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E75D3qhpI/AAAAAAAABSI/tuRcXVRWvUQ/s1600-h/noodles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E75D3qhpI/AAAAAAAABSI/tuRcXVRWvUQ/s320/noodles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165976099048031890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">'Cheong Sau Min' or Longevity Noodles or Long Life Noddles is my favourite.<br />As usual, I eat more noddles than rice.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E8xz3qhqI/AAAAAAAABSQ/VA5yc2SS2jE/s1600-h/prawns.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E8xz3qhqI/AAAAAAAABSQ/VA5yc2SS2jE/s320/prawns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165977074005608098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">On Lunar New Year, we must 'siew ha ha' (laugh). So 'ha' as in prawns in Cantonese is a must.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E9xj3qhrI/AAAAAAAABSY/XVTuqZQB2GA/s1600-h/New+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E9xj3qhrI/AAAAAAAABSY/XVTuqZQB2GA/s320/New+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165978169222268594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Fish is a must in Chinese reunion dinner as it represents 'nin ni yau yu' (every year<br />there's more or extra food). And fish in Cantonese is 'yu'.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E-0T3qhsI/AAAAAAAABSg/-5LImA4ccUc/s1600-h/roast+pork.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E-0T3qhsI/AAAAAAAABSg/-5LImA4ccUc/s320/roast+pork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165979315978536642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course there must be roast pork on the table too.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E_Jz3qhtI/AAAAAAAABSo/LIdTKsBWiIc/s1600-h/steamed+chicken.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E_Jz3qhtI/AAAAAAAABSo/LIdTKsBWiIc/s320/steamed+chicken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165979685345724114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">So does steamed chicken.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E_2z3qhuI/AAAAAAAABSw/e_FM9z9zffw/s1600-h/spring+roll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7E_2z3qhuI/AAAAAAAABSw/e_FM9z9zffw/s320/spring+roll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165980458439837410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This is my Dad's specialty, the spring rolls.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7FAXj3qhvI/AAAAAAAABS4/5EWHeklxEdQ/s1600-h/New+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R7FAXj3qhvI/AAAAAAAABS4/5EWHeklxEdQ/s320/New+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165981021080553202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Finally there must be a perfect drink. Like every other year, we will have our version of cocktail (mixture of jelly, canned fruits and Shandy).<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>hcfoonoreply@blogger.com7