Dumpling Festival 端午节

端午节 Duan Wu Jie, commonly known as the Dumpling Festival, is a day for commemorating a Chinese poet Qu Yuan and other national patriots. This day falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and it reminds oneself of one's responsibilities and duties to one's country. Chinese eat rice dumplings and participate in dragon boat competitions on this day.

And usually during this period of time, dumplings or bak zhang is the HOT item now. Just like bak kwa during CNY period, bak zhang's prices will doubled one week before and after the festival. Some buy to pray pray, some buy to eat, some buy because the rest all buying.

This year, fortunately, my dear grandmother decided to "bao" dumplings - hooray ! Then we don't have to spend $20-30 to go and buy, as one bak zhang can easily costs $2.50 at this HOT season. I joined in the fun last week - took some shots of what happened during the "bao-ing".. haha.. enjoy !

My First (& last) Rally of Election 2006

Last night was the first time that I attended the pre-election rally. Went to the one at Ang Mo Kio Street 52 - yupz.. the WP one. Heard so much about the BIG crowd that appeared at WP's rally(s), so I decided to experience one myself.

True enough, there were already a lot of people crowding in front of the stage (of cos the barrier is still there). Waving of flags and shouts added to the mood of the crowd. More people came by and by.. the whole grass field was filled with all kinds of people in less than one hour. Even the car park was filled with people, aunties and uncles squating there, just a nice comfortable place for them to rest their bums while listening to the rally. From where I stood, I also could see people standing outside their HDB flats listening to the rally. Wow wow wow.. So many people...

But hor.. sometimes it really makes me wonder.. whether the overwhelming crowd are really all supporters of WP? Or are they just there to listen to what the opposition has to say? Or they are just like me - there to experience the mood? hahaha... anyway, tomorrow says it all. So many of the media will be covering the vote results, so you guys just stay glued to TV at home lah...