19-06-07 is 端午节

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节, Duānwū Jié) is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month (五月初五) of the Chinese calendar.

The exact origins of this festival is unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (屈原). He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government.

The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food (用竹叶包裹的米食- 粽子) into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat Qu Yuan's body.

They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called dragon boats （賽龍船）, and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boat's prow.

Other thoughts are that after Qu Yuan committed suicide, that because the people loved him so much, they raced out to recover his body, and the races signify the boats skimming across the water to find him.

However, researches have also revealed that the festival is also a celebration that is characteristic of ancient Chinese agrarian society: the celebration of the harvest of winter wheat, because similar celebrations had long existed in many other parts of China where Qu Yuan was not known. As interactions between Chinese residing in different regions increased, these similar festivals were eventually merged.

端午节的传说故事有: 屈原投江 ; 曹娥尋父屍 ; 白蛇傳 ; 伍子胥的忌日

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Seem like many ppl that i know are doing freelance service, and everytime when they saw me, they will sure say... "hey, must help me promote hor... intro me to ur frens okie".
hmm...Okie, but since so many of your, it's so impossible that i keep going ard telling ppl right. So i decide to write down a list here, so all frens that read my blog will know lor XD.

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4. Tutor (Pri & Sec Sch: Maths & Science) - Aaron
5. Tutor (Pri Sch: Chinese & Maths) - Helen
6. Photographer - Alan, BlessWedding88
   
7. Insurance Agent - Siew Peng (AIA), Joie (Prudential)
8. Estate Agent - Kar Weng (ERA)
9. Drafting (Acad) - LancerTaz Design
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11. Decorative Candles - Candlerella

Friends that wanna me to add u into the list or anyone looking for service from the above ppl...do drop me a comment or email okie thks ;p

A food hunt @ Geylang

Last week, me & my fren gather at kallang ... we walk down sim ave to look for a nice stall to hv our durian feast XD.

We found one along Lor 17 & Sim Ave. Their price are quite reasonable & the durian are not bad also.


After that, we went to this 24hrs 永和油条大王, they serves soya beancurd, and it is definitely more popular than Rochor Beancurd ... cos this place is full of ppl.

Their 油条 is very big, long & crispy, order a bowl of soya beancurd in sweet syrup to go along with it will be perfect =D

There are still alot of nice food at geylang. Geylang Famous Beef Kway Teow & 田鸡粥 is juz nxt door of 永和油条大王, but we are too full to have anymore =S We will be back!! ;p

Welcome

Hi all, welcome to my new blog ;p

Still trying to figure out how to do the setting... do stay tune for more to come

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