Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 129th Edition
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
somehow looking at ur comments and ur nick, i feel tempted to get tat RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE from coffeebean >.>... well maybe tml... I've almost busted all my budget for this month >.> even after cancelling some dinner last week...
go get it! -
I'll definately get it tml... time for me to go off le... bb everyone~
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boh lang liao.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
why not?
sorry, tmr have an important appointment. some other time. thanks -
Good morning.
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Sick now.
This is not fun.
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*me mysteriously appears in a puff of smoke*
Not going to school today - gonna go on all-out revision for my exam tomorrow.
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good luck with your exam!!
i just wrote in the bus freaks topic blasting them for endangering people when taking pictures of the objects of their lust
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goodamorning~~~ and TGIF~!
and LF... i've found ur bun witn nacho cheese... it's a potato bun
and cassie... the shop name is "Marvelous Cream"...
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Originally posted by the Bear:
good luck with your exam!!
i just wrote in the bus freaks topic blasting them for endangering people when taking pictures of the objects of their lust
What are you doing at the bus freaks topics when you hate them so much? -
Good Morning....Rise and Yawn....shine?
..it's free-flow Secret Receipe cakey nite, and it's free...
hope every month is the sponsored cakey dinner nite.. -
I copied from wikipedia.
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Dongzhi Festival
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The DÅ�ngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; Pinyin: dÅ�ng zhì; "The Extreme of Winter") is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term on or around December 22 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest; i.e., on the first day of the Dongzhi solar term
The origins of this festival can be traced back to the Yin and Yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos. After this celebration, there will be days with longer daylight hours and therefore an increase in positive energy flowing in. The philosophical significance of this is symbolized by the I Ching hexagram fù (復, "Returning").
Traditionally, the Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get togethers (especially in the southern parts of China and in Chinese communities overseas) is the making and eating of Tangyuan (湯圓, Cantonese jyutping: tong1 jyun2; Mandarin Pinyin: TÄ�ng Yuán) or balls of glutinuous rice, which symbolize reunion. Tangyuan are made of glutinuous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured. Each family member receives at least one large Tang Yuan in addition to several small ones. The flour balls may be plain or stuffed. They are cooked in a sweet soup or savoury broth with both the ball and the soup/broth served in one bowl. It is also often served with a mildly alcoholic unfiltered rice wine containing whole grains of glutinous rice (and often also Sweet Osmanthus flowers), called jiuniang.
In northern China, people typically eat dumplings on Dongzhi. It is said to have originated from Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears. Feeling sympathetic, he ordered his apprentices to make dumplings with lamb and other ingredients, and distribute them among the poor to keep them warm, to keep their ears from getting chilblains. Since the dumplings were shaped like ears, Zhang named the dish "qÇœ hán jiÄ�o Ä›r tÄ�ng" or dumpling soup that expels the cold. From that time on, it has been a tradition to eat dumplings on the day of Dongzhi.
Old traditions also require people with the same surname or from the same clan to gather at their ancestral temples to worship on this day. There is always a grand reunion dinner following the sacrificial ceremony.
The festive food is also a reminder that we are now a year older and should behave better in the coming year. Even today, many Chinese around the world, especially the elderly, still insist that one is "a year older" right after the Dong Zhi celebration instead of waiting for the Chinese New Year.
To Taiwanese people, the festival in winter also plays a very important role. It is also a tradition for Taiwanese to eat “Tangyuan” during this day. They also use the festive food as an offering dish to worship the ancestors.
In an interesting twist, in accordance with ancient Taiwanese history, many people take some of the “Tangyuan” that have been used as offerings and stick them on the back of the door or on windows and tables and chairs. These “empowered” “Tangyuan” supposedly serve as protective talismans to keep evil spirits from coming close to children.
In addition to following some of the customs practiced in China, the people of Taiwan have their own unique custom of offering nine-layer cakes as a ceremonial sacrifice to worship their ancestors. These cakes are made using glutinous rice flour in the shape of a chicken, duck, tortoise, pig, cow or sheep, and then steamed in different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition.
Another interesting custom in Taiwan is that many people take invigorating tonic foods during this particular winter festival. To the Taiwanese, winter is a time when most physical activities should be limited and you should eat well to nourish your body. This practice follows the habits shown by many animals which follow the law of nature and hibernate throughout winter months to rejuvenate and to preserve life. In order to fight cold temperatures, it is necessary to eat more fatty and meaty foods during winter when your body can better absorb the rich and nutritional foods at this time due to a slower metabolic rate.
Since “Dong Zhi,” is the “Extreme of Winter,” Taiwanese regard it as the best time of the year to take tonic foods. Some of the most widely-popular winter tonic foods enjoyed by Taiwanese to fight cold and strengthen the body's resistance are mutton hot pot and ginger duck hot pot. Other foods like chicken, pork and abalone are also common materials used in making tonic foods with nurturing herbs such as ginseng, deer horn and the fungus cordyceps. [1]
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Anyone having such a party celebration which we can gate crash? -
here no have winter.....i want to go for christmas winter wonderland thingy.. oki.next year, who wanna travel with me to Europe..to spend a white white christmas there??
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
Good Morning....Rise and Yawn....shine?
..it's free-flow Secret Receipe cakey nite, and it's free...
hope every month is the sponsored cakey dinner
nite..how come got free flow cake one?
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Originally posted by av98m:
how come got free flow cake one?
u wanna join us? but...must wear skirt one hor...
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post your "warnings" somewhere else...
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
u wanna join us? but...must wear skirt one hor...
great. another one of those ladies night crap. it sucks to be a man in singapore.
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Originally posted by av98m:
great. another one of those ladies night crap. it sucks to be a man in singapore.
come makan with us at Kuishin Bo tonight then.. i think the critter and hisk going with us -
Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
goodamorning~~~ and TGIF~!
and LF... i've found ur bun witn nacho cheese... it's a potato bun
and cassie... the shop name is "Marvelous Cream"...
i'll be around city hall tomorrow...hmm...
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
here no have winter.....i want to go for christmas winter wonderland thingy.. oki.next year, who wanna travel with me to Europe..to spend a white white christmas there??
i don't mind. i miss cambridge, london and UK. -
nice pics of a guy
so unbelievably random... and was anyone at Bukit Timah at 4pm and saw an angmo literally surfing on the roads -
Originally posted by cassie:
i don't mind. i miss cambridge, london and UK.good good, we discuss :) i intend to visit Manchester and Blackburn too..
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Originally posted by cassie:
i'll be around city hall tomorrow...hmm...
it's opposite a bank and 7-11 in the city link... The tail section of city link just before u move on to the connecting underpass for suntec...Meanwhile company's database server down... Time for me to go have a break...
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Originally posted by av98m:
great. another one of those ladies night crap. it sucks to be a man in singapore.
we could embrace and welcome u as one of us
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
nice pics of a guy
so unbelievably random... and was anyone at Bukit Timah at 4pm and saw an angmo literally surfing on the roads
surfing... as in with a surfboard? was it in the news or the papers???