the orange ~ weekly

tong yuens

the 3rd week of december. and i missed 2 saturdays from this weekly post. anyway.. ITS DECEMBER!!!! there are a few things about december:~ christmas, ~birthdays, ~winter solstice festival, and most important of all, ~spring cleaning.



at every 22 of december, most of the chinese will be celebrating this winter solstice festival. in chinese will be said as 'tong zhit'. during this day, tong yuen(pic) will be made and eaten with soup or syrup. long ago, people eat tong yuen to keep them warm from the cold winters and it has become a celebration these days. all family members will group together and roll this rice flour into shapes of sphere and then cook with boiling water. sometimes fillings such as red bean paste or nuts are place in the tong yuens. i once tried filling them with hotdogs, crab sticks and even mango.

christmas!!! <=o) the feeling of christmas is in the air!!! owh.. i love this feeling =) christmas, 25 december, the day for presents, reindeers, santa, snowman, turkey, christmas tree, christmas socks etc etc!!! in sandakan there is not much 'chirstmas' fever here... but in penang.. christmas is always the best time to shop. with all the christmas deco for sale plus the christmas songs that are played at every shopping center... ahh... malaysia is just lacking snow... hahaha.. just a question.. whats the story about kissing under a mistletoe?? anyone knows??

as for birthdays, 4 birthdays lining back to back.. time to be broke =/ hahaha..

lastly, for every december, something will begin, as always, spring cleaning!!! time to dig up all the rubbish and kick them out of the house. yay!! surprisingly, i always wonder where did they come from. every year, bags and bags of 'recyclables' will appear from somewhere in the corner. oh well, time to arm myself with the Mr broom, Ms feather duster and the most important one, Mr vaccume cleanner!!! muahahahaha... "Dust beware, Orange is here!!!!"

weather in sandakan is freaking wet. raining day and night. its so wet outside but then, there is water cut everyday. i wonder what on earth is 'bekalan air sabah' doing. Using our water to make rain?? sooner or later, i might have to have my shower under the rain.

for some unknown reason, i am constantl hungry for food after coming back from penang. i have no idea why i can get hungry at 12 midnight since i came back. hmmm.. maybe my stomach has expanded from its usual size... =/

count down: 1 month 2 weeks to adelaide, 1 month 1 week to chinese new year.

reply of comments~

s1m: haha.. thanks.. ta pau?? cannot leh.. i scared i can't resist to eat them before giving them to you... =/

adoria: half a day?? hmmm.. can oso.. never go shopping trips with you =) and bout the koala hugs, didn expect him to hang on me before i leave your house... i am touch *sniff*

amelia: nicer?? i have never tried melaka food before, but i guess penang food is the best!! muahahahahaha

hsei di: better be quick.. apom stalls oso going extinct soon.. the good ones i mean.. need to go hunt for them orh... hahaha

merry merry christmas everyone =)