Reunion Dinne

In Chinese New Year traditional,every Chinese will have a reunion dinner with family the day before the 1st day CNY (chu yi),we called it as 30th night.But this year very special,we didn't have 30th night,we had 29th night,and the next day will be 1st day (chu yi).

Our 1st round steamboat.....

Traditional Chinese New Year Food and their Superstitions

Since Chinese New Year is coming soon,my family members are busy here and there.My mum busy in preparing the food and doing the houseworks.And we decorate the house and so on.On New Year's Day,the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called Jai.Although the various ingredients in Jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables,but many people attribute various superstitious aspects of them.

Lotus Seed

People believe that it's signify having many male offspring.

Ginkgo Nuts

Ginkgo nuts name as 白果 (bai gua) in Chinese.My mum will cook it every year with tong sui.Ginkgo nuts is good for health.It helps to relief asthma and long congestion.It also regulate blood flow and promote general longevity.This year,my bff came to my house and help me up.Thanks to him too.Well,ginkgo nuts represents silver ingots.So,when CNY,many people will eat it represent silver will come to you.=)

Black Moss Seaweed

Black moss seaweed or Black hair seaweed is an algae and is eaten on Chinese New Year.Its Chinese name ''fa tsai'' (hair vegetable) which means prosperity,as in ''gong xi fa tsai'' and ''gong hei fa choy'' in cantonese,which is a greeting exchanged during chinese new year which means good luck and prosperity.It is a homonym for exceeding in wealth.

Dried Bean Curd

Bean curd sticks (known as “Teik Gah Kee” in Hokkien, or “Foo Chuk”in Cantonese) is eaten by people when Chinese new Year also.It is another homonym for fulfillment of wealth and happiness.

Bamboo Shoots

Bamboo shoots is low in fat and calories.It is a good source of fiber which helps keep a check on cholesterol levels and chronic constipation. It is a good source of potassium, it can aid in maintaining normal blood pressure and a steady heart beat.When CNY,people like to eat it too because it is a term which sounds like "wishing that everything would be well".

Fresh Bean Curd

Bean curd is eaten hot or cold,alone or in combination.When CNY,people eat it because it is not included as it is white and unlucky for CNY as the color signifies death and misfortune.

Bride makeup

Bride make-up style

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Corinthians 13:4-7

Homemade Sambal Belacan Sauce

Since Chinese New Year (CNY) is just around the corner,my mum will make Sambal every year used as condiment.Sambal is very popular in countries like Malaysia,Indonesia,Thailand and Singapore.The Sambal can keep fresh frozen for about 2-3 months.
Now,I'm going to show you how to make Sambal.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 pieces belacan.
• some green chillies.(depend personal taste and amount)
• some red chillies.(depend on personal taste and amount)
• some lime juices.

Preparation:

1. fried the belacan until the colour changed about 15-20 minutes.
2. cut the red chillies and green chillies in pieces.
3. use blender to blend the green chillies and red chillies.
4. then blend chillies with belacan and lime juices.
5. after that,add some salt into it.

A delicious and nice Sambal has been done.=)
P.S If you add water or orange juices,it will not taste good,and won't be last longer.Lime juices is the best.
Ingredients:

Ingredients that we need.

The pictures and the steps:

Finally,a yummy Sambal has been done,well,it's not good looking in this picture,but it's taste good!

Korea makeup

Korea makeup look

About 10 a.m I woke up prepared for make-up game,but then i sat on in front of computer,not play games or fb. But I rush to email my supervisor and so on.Then my cousin came to take me and went to eat breakfast.Then we back to our home,and discussed about the clothes something and my cousin started her work.Well,all I had to do was just sat there,watched the movie and let her drawing on my face.=P

1st..she decided to make me a curvy hair,so,she used this>>>

There were some small rollers like that,she heated all of the rollers 1st and rolled it on my hair.It's quite heavy and I looked like aunty at that time.It's good to use and it won't hurt our hair,some more the hair will look curvy and soft.But my hair is healthy,so,it didn't make my hair curvy much.

India Sari

My India Look

That day I followed my dad went to his India friend's wedding.So,I prepared a India look too since I have all the India gelang and necklace because I performed India dance before for school.When i weared like this to the wedding,even got a India man spoke Tamil to me.Then i was like ''Huh?sorry?'' and he repeated his Tamil again,then I only said ''I don't know Tamil.'' He was shock awhile and apologized. XD

This is how my India look =)

uh..ignore the table at the back.This Sari is my grandma's kakak one,she wanted to give me,too bad I don't know how to wear.We spent 20 minutes something to wear this Sari.

Penang Khoo Kongsi ( 邱公司)

Khoo Kongsi is a large Chinese clan house with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang,Malaysia.It is a grand temple that shines brightly along Lebuh Cannon. It was built to serve as a clan-house for ember of the Khoo family. The walls, pillars and roof are richly decorated with intricate carvings bearing the marks of master craftsmen from China and the beams are made from wood of the finest quality. the temple was rebuilt in 1920 after it was gutted by fire. Some believe the fire was brought about because of the resemlace to the Emperor's Palace in China. During the seventh lunar month, the temple comes alive with Chinese opera performances.The clan temple has retained its authentic historic setting, which includes an association building, a traditional theatre and the late 19th century rowhouses for clan members, all clustered around a granite-paved square.It is located in Cannon Square in the heart of the oldest part of the city of George Town  in the midst of narrow, winding lanes and quaint-looking pre-War houses exuding a palpable old world charm.


History


Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, or Khoo Kongsi for short, is one of the most distinctive Chinese clan associations in Malaysia.The Khoos were among the wealthy Straits Chinesetraders of 17th century
Malacca and early Penang. In the 19th century, the clan complex resembled a miniature clan village, with its own self-government as well as educational, financial, welfare and social organisations.It is well known worldwide for its extensive lineage that can be traced back 650 years, as well as its closely-knit and defensive congregation of buildings and a magnificent clan house.The forefathers of the Khoo family who emigrated from South China built it as a clan house for members of the Khoo family in 1851. It was burnt down in 1894, allegedly struck by lightning, and the Chinese believed that it was due to its resemblance to the Emperor's palace, which provoked the gods. A scaled-down version was later built in 1902 and completed in 1906. Even so, the complex boasts a magnificent hall embellished with intricate carvings and richly ornamented beams of the finest wood bearing the mark of master craftsmen from China.With the respective clanhouses as the nuclei, these kongsi demarcated their territories with their own terrace houses on three or four sides of the perimeters. This adjoining, closely-knit and defensive model settlement, like a clan village in the colonial city, is a rare form of congregation practised among migrant communities.


Contact
Tel: +604-261 4609
Fax: +604-262 2591
Address: 18,Cannon Square, 
                10200 Penang, Malaysia        

Pictures of Khoo Kongsi

4 of us!

''Long Shan Tang''

The picture on the wall.

What's the story in the pictures??

A story about Fisherman,Woodsman,Farmer and Scholar.

The name list of Khoos.

This is the door at the back of Khoo Kongsi,inside still repairing i think.

It's the end of this post too.=)